Gentle Winds
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About this site
Gentle Winds is a reef dive on the north side of St Croix in the US Virgin Islands. It is named after a condo complex on the beach there, and it marks the start of a mile-long stretch of spur-and-groove reef. The maximum depth is about 18 m (60 ft).
The terrain is a series of large, thriving coral fingers separated by narrow sand chutes. They bottom out onto a sandy plain at 60 feet (18 m). The hard and soft corals are diverse and dense.
The layout and depth make Gentle Winds a good second dive and a useful training site for divers working on their navigation skills. It suits beginners.
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Marine life is best found by looking closely. Scorpionfish, flatworms, lettuce sea slugs, lobsters and flying gurnards sit among the coral heads or lie camouflaged on the sand.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Mustard Hill CoralPorites astreoidesReported here · unconfirmed
Greater Star CoralMontastraea cavernosaReported here · unconfirmed
Massive Starlet CoralSiderastrea sidereaReported here · unconfirmed
Bicolor DamselfishStegastes partitusReported here · unconfirmed
Redband ParrotfishSparisoma aurofrenatumReported here · unconfirmed
Blue ChromisAzurina cyaneaReported here · unconfirmed
Princess ParrotfishScarus taeniopterusReported here · unconfirmed
Flying gurnardFlying gurnardReported here · unconfirmed
ScorpionfishScorpionfishReported here · unconfirmed
NudibranchNudibranchReported here · unconfirmed
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