Fantasea Diving and Watersports - North Shore
Thorn Rock can be a surprisingly vibrant dive if you catch it right, though you’ll need to manage Alaska’s notoriously brisk temperatures. The rock walls here are home to some impressive sunflower stars, their multiple arms spreading wide across the substrate. We've seen good numbers of Dungeness and Red Rock crabs scuttling about, and the occasional Big Skate cruises by, a real treat to spot. It’s a site that rewards a patient, keen eye, rather than promising big pelagics. Definitely one for the drysuit crowd who appreciate the subtler beauty of a colder temperate reef.
- Location
- North Shore, Bermuda, Caribbean
- Coordinates
- 32.323483, -64.835060
Marine Protected Area: Lambda Island
Nearby Dive Sites in North Shore
- AMERICA - 4m (wreck)
- ARISTO - 12m (wreck)
- Bermuda Great Reef - 5-20m (reef)
- Bermudian Tug - 10m (wreck)
- BLANCHE KING - 10m (wreck)
- Caeser - 5m (wreck)
- CARAQUET - 11m (wreck)
- Chaddock Bar (reef)
- CONSTELLATION - 4m (wreck)
- CORINTHIAN - 20m (wreck)
- CRISTOBAL COLON - 11m (wreck)
- Curlew - 6m (wreck)
- Daniel's Island Flat (reef)
- DARLINGTON - 5m (wreck)
- Forceful - 12m (wreck)
Nearest Dive Centres to Fantasea Diving and Watersports
Marine Life in North Shore
Home to 339 recorded species including 286 reef fish, 17 hard corals, 10 sharks & rays, 8 seagrass & algae, 5 other, 3 octopus & squid.
Notable Species
- Lanternfish (Lampanyctus pusillus) - Reef Fish
- Viperfish (Chauliodus sloani) - Reef Fish
- Diaphanous Hatchet Fish (Sternoptyx diaphana) - Reef Fish
- Viperfish (Chauliodus danae) - Reef Fish
- Lanternfish (Bolinichthys photothorax) - Reef Fish
- Axefish (Argyropelecus hemigymnus) - Reef Fish
- Lanternfish (Notolychnus valdiviae) - Reef Fish
- Lightfish (Vinciguerria attenuata) - Reef Fish
- Lanternfish (Hygophum hygomii) - Reef Fish
- Lanternfish (Gonichthys cocco) - Reef Fish
- Lanternfish (Lobianchia dofleini) - Reef Fish
- Lanternfish (Lampanyctus crocodilus) - Reef Fish
- Bristlemouth (Cyclothone microdon) - Reef Fish
- Day Sarpon (Alepisaurus ferox) - Reef Fish
- Hatchet Fish (Argyropelecus aculeatus) - Reef Fish
- Gulper eel (Eurypharynx pelecanoides) - Reef Fish
- Fangtooth (Anoplogaster cornuta) - Reef Fish
- Bigscale (Scopelogadus mizolepis) - Reef Fish
- Glaucus (Cyclothone braueri) - Reef Fish
- Dotback Lanternfish (Lampanyctus photonotus) - Reef Fish