RMS Rhone
Dive site
The RMS Rhone went down in an 1867 hurricane off Salt Island and has since grown into one of the Caribbean's most decorated wreck dives. The 310-foot Royal Mail steamer lies in two sections: the bow sits at 24 metres, the stern at 8, so the dive works for beginners and experienced wreck hunters in the same water. Brightly coloured encrusting sponges and cup corals now cover almost every surface. Featured in the 1977 film The Deep, the Rhone is BVI's most iconic dive by a wide margin.
Conditions
Depth
8 to 30 m
Open water and up
Current
Usually gentle
Can pick up on the edge
Visibility
15 to 25 m
Clearest in the calm season
Water
26 to 30°C
Tropical wetsuit
Month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water (°C) | 26 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 |
| Vis (m) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 20 |
| Current | calm | calm | Gentle | Gentle | Gentle | Gentle | Gentle | Gentle | Gentle | Gentle | Gentle | calm |
Your chances of seeing each animal
Yellowtail snapper
Photo: Ricardo Betancur · CC BY-NC-ND
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
French angelfish
Photo: LASZLO ILYES · CC BY
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
Spotted moray
Photo: Kevin Bryant · CC BY-NC-SA
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
Banded butterflyfish
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
Spotted eagle ray
Photo: michel candel · CC BY-NC-SA
Rare
Now and then
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