La Baleine

Divers may expect to encounter everything from enormous sponges to hard and soft corals at La Baleine. Just east of La Baleine is the wreck of the Nonstop. During Hurricane Hugo, which passed about 40 nautical miles southwest of St. Barths in September 1989, the 200-foot Nonstop, a well-known luxury motor boat, sunk.

Nonstop is presently upside down, with its bow facing roughly south and her upper superstructure smashed, following fruitless salvage operations. The steel hull has been colonized by a huge variety of hard and soft corals, and the wreck is alive with reef fish. As of August 1997, this wreck is said to be splitting up, so do not attempt to explore it.

It is 2Oft / I6m deep to the top of the upside-down ship's keel and 50ft /1 5m deep to the sand bottom close to the wreck. With a spectacular height, La Baleine certainly will not disappoint tourists who love scuba diving. It is one of Best Diving Sites in Saint Barthelemy (France).