Saba Diving

Saba had the foresight to preserve its surrounding coral reefs and other marine life by designating the nearby surrounding waters, reefs, and other underwater formations as the Saba National Marine Park in 1987.

The Marine Park has implemented and strictly enforced sensible science-based regulations regarding recreational diving, including limiting the number of divers allowed to visit any particular Saba diving site in a given time period.

The strategy has paid off, and now Saba is recognized as a pioneer in demonstrating that sustainable dive tourism and coral reef health are compatible. It is a hopeful sign that the lessons learned at Saba Island have not been lost on other coral reef managers around the world.

Because the area has been so well protected and relatively lightly used, Saba’s reefs and marine life remain healthy, and Saba diving remains as good as it gets in the Caribbean region. The island has justly earned its nickname as the “Unspoiled Queen of the Caribbean”.

Saba’s volcanic origins have led to the formation of incredible underwater structural diversity. The surrounding fringing reef grows right from the shore and soon descends steeply into the depths.

Among the more attractive features of Saba diving are spectacular coral formations and steep walls.

Another major attraction for divers is a series of “pinnacles” that represent the submerged summits of nearby smaller underwater mountains lying off the west coast of Saba. These formations top at about 80-90 ft. and plummet into the abyss.

There are three such peaks, joined by a relatively flat plateau at about 130 feet. As with such features in general, the pinnacles attract many large pelagic fishes not frequently seen on most Caribbean reef dives.