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Underwater at Kelleston Drain
Southern stingray confirmed 20 days ago

Kelleston Drain

Speyside · Trinidad and Tobago

Drift dive off the southern flank of Little Tobago, 3 km east of Speyside, ending at the largest documented brain coral colony on Earth — a boulder brain (Colpophyllia natans) roughly 3 m tall and 5 m across, estimated to be more than two centuries old. The reef slopes from 18 m down past 40 m through forests of gorgonians, sea whips, and barrel sponges fed by nutrient rich currents pushing up from the Guiana plume.

Conditions

Depth

18 to 40 m

Advanced depths

Current

Often strong

Can pick up on the edge

Visibility

10 to 20 m

Clearest in the calm season

Water

26 to 30°C

Tropical 3mm or shortie

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Gear

  • Basic kit

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