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Underwater at Molinere Underwater Sculpture Park
Sergeant major damselfish confirmed 1 month ago

Molinere Underwater Sculpture Park

Bianca C Wreck · Grenada

The world's first underwater sculpture park, opened in May 2006 by British sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor in 5–8 m of water inside the Molinière-Beauséjour Marine Protected Area off Grenada's west coast. The signature work, Vicissitudes, is a ring of life sized child figures holding hands, cast from real children of mixed ethnicities. Nearby: The Lost Correspondent hunched over his typewriter, the 26 standing Grace figures, and the 2023 Coral Carnival expansion. The pH-neutral cement sculptures function as artificial reef substrate — encrusting sponges, fire coral and damselfish have colonized the figures, slowly fusing art and reef. Shallow enough for snorkelers; National Geographic listed it among 25 Wonders of the World.

Conditions

Depth

2 to 8 m

Good for beginners

Current

Usually gentle

Can pick up on the edge

Visibility

10 to 18 m

Clearest in the calm season

Water

26 to 30°C

Rashguard or 2 mm top

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Gear

  • Basic kit

    • Mask and fins
    • BCD and regulator
    • 3mm full wetsuit · warm water
    • Dive computer
  • For this site

    • Wide-angle camera or GoPro · The sculptures are big — Vicissitudes spans ~3 m across — and the appeal is composition with figures, not macro. Wide-angle in shallow sunlit water is the move.
    • Reef-safe sunscreen · MPA rules and surface-interval snorkeling around the buoys; standard sunscreens are discouraged.