Shark's Mouth
Shark's Mouth
Location
Prince Rupert Bay
Highlights
Shark-teeth Barrell sponges
Visibility
20metres
Currents
Still to Caribbean Light
Site Depth
5metres
Difficulty
Easy to Advanced (Advanced Open Water)
Duration
5minutes
Sight-seeing
Yellow Tube Sponges, Hawksbill Sea Turtle, Black and White Crinoid, Azure Vase Sponges, Giant Barrel Sponges, Paved Clinging Crabs, Stoplight Parrotfish, French Grunts, Black Margates
Hotspot Watch
Giant Barrell Sponge, Brindled Burrfish, Decorator Crab, Goldspotted Eel
DIVE BRIEF: So named for the huge barrel sponges that look like sharkâs mouths! This site has a delightful mixture of soft and hard corals and many brightly coloured sponges which covers the sharply descending slope. There is usually a gentle current present.