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Hotels, dive operators, gear, and how to get here are on the Saba Marine Park location page.
Overview
Volcanic pinnacle off Saba's northwest coast that breaks the surface and drops to 25+ m. Schooling fish wrap the rock, and currents pull eagle rays and the occasional shark past in the blue. Conditions can change fast — a more exposed dive than the leeward sites.
What you'll see
4 species curated- year-roundSchooling horse-eye jack
- seasonalCaribbean reef shark
- seasonalSpotted eagle ray
- year-roundBarracuda
Sightings evidence
1 record on file- high confidenceSchooling horse-eye jack
- Last confirmed
- May 2026
- Recent records
- 130 within 10 km
Sources & methodology
How we summarise this
We aggregate confirmed occurrence records from GBIF and OBIS within a fixed radius of each dive site. Occurrence records confirm presence and reveal seasonality clustering, but they DO NOT measure per-dive probability — there is no eligible-effort denominator. We deliberately do not publish a numeric '% chance of sighting' from this data.
Sources
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility — GBIF Secretariat
- Ocean Biodiversity Information System — IOC-UNESCO
- OBIS-SEAMAP — Duke University Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab / OBIS
- iNaturalist — California Academy of Sciences & National Geographic Society
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species — International Union for Conservation of Nature
- WoRMS — World Register of Marine Species — Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
- FishBase — FishBase Consortium
- Atlas of Living Australia — CSIRO / GBIF Australia
- REEF Volunteer Fish Survey — Reef Environmental Education Foundation
Conditions
| Month | Water | Visibility | Current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 25–26 °C | 20–35 m | moderate |
| Feb | 25–26 °C | 20–35 m | moderate |
| Mar | 26–27 °C | 25–40 m | moderate |
| Apr | 26–27 °C | 25–40 m | moderate |
| May | 27–28 °C | 25–40 m | moderate |
| Jun | 28–29 °C | 20–35 m | moderate |
| Jul | 28–29 °C | 20–35 m | moderate |
| Aug | 28–29 °C | 20–35 m | moderate |
| Sep | 28–29 °C | 15–30 m | moderate |
| Oct | 27–28 °C | 15–30 m | moderate |
| Nov | 26–27 °C | 20–35 m | moderate |
| Dec | 25–26 °C | 20–35 m | moderate |
Season calendar
Peak season highlighted · current month outlined
Gear for this site
Beyond the basic kit- SMB + reel — Exposed pinnacle — drift exits common.
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