About Revisions Bajo de San Felipe/Nose Old Providence Island, Colombia 239.281.6692 | More Info Max Depth: 36-40ft/11-12m Average Viz: 81-90ft/25-27m Entry Type: Boat Bottom Composition: Sand Aquatic Life: Plenty To See Winter: 81-85°F/27-29°C 7/13/2008 12:06 PM

Bajo de San Felipe


This site, located in front of Lazy Hill or the San Felipe sector, is one of the easiest and most entertaining dives in Providence. In this site, Coralina and Ecoastur implemented a marine path. Usually the immersion takes place contouring a little cliff which is followed by a great coralline shoal with abundant brain and star boulder (Montastrea) corals and one of the most diverse fish communities of the island, specially small ones. It’s possible, though, to observe occasionally good size snappers and groupers. Lobsters are common. Excellent for beginners or shallow water diving in double immersions.

Nose
Located at the west side of the Old Providence and Santa Catalina MPA, in front f Lazy Hill Sector. Patch reef owes its name to a rocky point that resemble a nose. Here, stony and soft corals form the scenery of patchy reefs usual in Caribbean. Star boulder corals (Montastrea) dominate this formation and, along with the mustard and brain corals, they configure the habitat for innumerable animal species, like the territorial damsel fish (Stegastes) that defend their algal gardens. This dive does not go deeper than 35 ft and takes place following the coralline shoal border where the larger amount of life is found.