Butcher’s Bank

Butcher’s Bank offers is so much variation, making it a firm favorite with many dive operators in the area. The line is set at the usual 40 ft / 12 m at the inner end of a coral finger running in from the outer wall.

Marine life at this site

To the east and south is a huge pristine sand patch littered with coral heads and bommies and soft branching corals. This is a great place for photography.

Based on open species observationswithin ~5 km — likely to see, not necessarily confirmed at the site itself.

Massive Starlet Coral

Siderastrea siderea1 obs.

Greater Star Coral

Montastraea cavernosa1 obs.

Caribbean Spiny Lobster

Panulirus argus1 obs.

West Indian Fuzzy Chiton

Acanthopleura granulata1 obs.

Caribbean Reef Squid

Sepioteuthis sepioidea1 obs.

Svamp

Callyspongia plicifera1 obs.

West Indian Sea Egg

Tripneustes ventricosus1 obs.

Atlantic Ghost Crab

Ocypode quadrata1 obs.

Mountainous Star Coral

Orbicella faveolata1 obs.

Giant Anemone

Condylactis gigantea1 obs.

Beaded Periwinkle

Cenchritis muricatus1 obs.

Branching Fire Coral

Millepora alcicornis1 obs.

Sally Lightfoot Crab

Grapsus grapsus1 obs.

Atlantic Long-spined Sea Urchin

Diadema antillarum1 obs.

Scaly Chiton

Chiton squamosus1 obs.

Flamingo Tongue Snail

Cyphoma gibbosum1 obs.

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Svamp

Aplysina archeri2 obs.

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Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata1 obs.

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Svamp

Agelas tubulata1 obs.

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Stinker Sponge

Ircinia felix1 obs.

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Svamp

Ectyoplasia ferox1 obs.