By Sea
Water Skiing
These activities can be arranged through individual accommodations, hotel concierges or front desk personnel.
Para sailing
Anguilla Watersports located on Shoal Bay, offers a class act parasailing excursion to visitors. Rides at 400 and 600 feet above Shoal Bay are available. Also for rent are paddleboats, windsurfers and sailboats.
Scuba Diving
Anguilla's turquoise waters boast seven marine parks: Dog Island, Prickley Pear, Seal Island Reef System, Little Bay, Sandy Island, Shoal Bay Harbour Reef System and Stoney Bay Marine Park.
Dive sites include wreck dives, shore dives, mini wall dives, night dives and heritage diving.
From the P.A.D.I. Travel Network:
Anguilla is known for its intentionally sunk shipwrecks, artificial reefs that provide for the enjoyment of scuba divers. The island is home to a truly unique attraction, a 960-ton Spanish galleon [El Buen Consejo] that rests quietly on the ocean floor with her cannons and cargo serving as a silent testament to the Caribbean's turbulent past. The site is an award-winning underwater park [Stoney Bay Marine Park] open to certified scuba divers. Anguilla also boasts a healthy double reef system, where a wide variety of corals flourish.
Anguilla's dive shops are manned and operated by seasoned professionals who pride themselves on doing what they love every day: introducing divers ranking from novice to experienced to Anguilla's fascinating dive sites.
Anguillian Divers-Meads Bay (264) 497-4750
Shoal Bay Scuba-Shoal Bay East (264) 497-4371
Special D Diving (264) 235-8438
Special D. Diving and Charters (Douglas Carty) - conveniently situated in Sandy Ground, we offer daily scheduled dives, private dive charters & certification courses, with over 18 years diving experience in Anguilla.
Dive packages also available. Make your day speical - open 7 days a week.
Tel: (264)235-8438/4096. Email: dougcarty@caribcable.com
Anguillian Divers and Shoal Bay Scuba provide a varied menu of dives, diver services, equipment rentals, specialized tours and P.A.D.I. Certification, along with other certificate courses. Visit their sites at www.anguilliandivers.com and www.shoalbayscuba.com.
Paddle Boating
Anguilla Watersports located on Shoal Bay, offers a class act parasailing excursion to visitors. Rides at 400 and 600 feet above Shoal Bay are available. Also for rent are paddleboats, windsurfers and sailboats.
Wind surfing
These activities can be arranged through individual accommodations, hotel concierges or front desk personnel.
- Sailing
- Sail Chocolate 264-497-3394
- Day trips
Footprints Charters 264-729-5179
Gotcha! Garfield's Sea Tours 264-235-7902
No Fear Sea Tours 264-235-6354
- Deep-sea Fishing
Wahoo, Marlin, Tuna, Swordfish, Yellow fin and Black fin Tuna are just some of the game fish found off the shores of Anguilla.
Charters
Footprints Charters 264-729-5179
Gotcha 264-235-7902
Johnno's 264-497-2728
Keg 2 Island Harbour 264-497-4487
Sandy Island Enterprises 264-476-6534
Miss Daisy-Sandy Ground 264-497-3170
No Mercy 264-497-6383
Luxury Yacht Charters – http://www.luxuryyachtcharters.com/
Snorkeling
Snorkels and fins are available at most hotels, dive shops, on most charters and at some beaches where either beach operators or casual, beachfront restaurants are located.
Swimming with the Dolphins
Dolphin Discovery-Meads Bay 264-497-7946
Turtle Nesting
Turtle Nesting - Seasonal April – November
Peak: May – July - Leatherback
Peak: August – September - Green & Hawksbill can be seen occasionally.
Best Beaches for possible sightings: Maundays Bay, Meads Bay
Captains Bay, Limestone Bay
