About Shark Point
Shark Point off Scrub Island is a current-swept point where reef sharks gather to ride the flow. The site also attracts big schools of jacks and barracuda, and the reef is decorated with sea fans and sponges. Current can be strong, so it is dived as a drift by experienced divers. It is the most reliable shark dive in the British Virgin Islands.
Highlights
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Dive site facts: Shark Point
- Depth
- 12–27 m
- Current
- Strong
- Entry
- Liveaboard only
- Level
- Advanced
- Dive type
- Drift, Reef
- Region / port
- British Virgin Islands
- Coordinates
- 18.4750° N, 64.5167° W
Conditions & Currents
Guides normally rate the water movement here as strong current. Dive profiles here run between roughly 12 and 27 metres, so plan your gas and no-decompression limits around the deeper part of the site. It is usually briefed as a dive for advanced divers. The site is reached by liveaboard, so entries are run from the tender or straight off the back deck. Because the flow can pick up quickly, drift profiles, a surface marker buoy and a tight group are standard practice here, and the crew's briefing always overrides any general description.
Why dive Shark Point from a liveaboard?
Shark Point is one of British Virgin Islands's signature dive sites. A liveaboard sleeps you on the water and puts you in the water for three to four guided dives per day, including dawn and night dives that day-boat operators rarely offer. You skip the daily commute back to port and reach quieter, less-crowded sites in the same region on a single trip.
Below are the liveaboards that include Shark Point on their British Virgin Islands itineraries.
Liveaboards diving Shark Point
These liveaboards may visit Shark Point on selected itineraries — the exact dive sites depend on departure, weather and conditions.
All Star Cuan Law
Virgin Islands