Angel City is the easiest of the double reefs on the south coast: an inner reef, a sand flat, and a second reef that starts at around twelve metres. The crossing is short enough to do within an ordinary dive. That makes it the best introduction to this type of dive.
Angel City is a beginner shore dive on the south coast: an inner reef at five to eight metres, a sand flat, and a second reef from twelve to thirty metres, with a short crossing.
The inner reef lies at five to eight metres and is full of finger coral and sponges. The sand flat between is a hunting ground for stingrays and tarpon. The outer reef begins around twelve metres and drops to thirty, with big brain corals and schools of grunts.
In light current and in the morning, before the sand has stirred up. Plan the crossing out against the current and back with it.
The sand flat stirs up quickly, so visibility between the reefs can disappoint. Two reefs tempt you into a longer dive than planned. Ample but unpaved parking, no shade, no water, no toilet.
Decisions on diveability, technique and health belong with STINAPA, a dive school or a doctor. This page only describes the conditions.
The double reefs along the south coast formed when an older reef ridge dried out at a lower sea level and later became overgrown again. Angel City, Alice in Wonderland and Invisibles belong to the same formation.
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