Man with hands on a shark's mouth (AM 84602-2)
Destination · Dominica

Dominica

Volcanic pinnacles, hot-spring bubbles and the reefs of Dominica’s west coast. 10 dive sites, each with species by month from open records, NOAA reef heat stress and cited local rules.

Shark's Mouth · At this site Man with hands on a shark's mouth (AM 84602-2) · Collins, Tudor Washington, 1898-1970, photographer · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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Dive sites

Coordinates: OpenStreetMap (ODbL) dive-site nodes on the northwest coast; the Soufrière–Scotts Head sites use Wikidata (CC0) positions of the nearby beach or headland, so they are approximate. They mark each site in general, not an entry point.

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Local rules

Rules we can cite from official sources. Check them yourself before you dive; they change.

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The reef right now

As of 2026-10-13, NOAA Coral Reef Watch puts its “Leeward Caribbean Islands” region at 10.1 °C-weeks of accumulated heat stress (status: Alert Level 2). That's a region-wide satellite value, not a reading from any one site.

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Most-recorded species

  1. Caribbean hermit crab (25)
  2. Spotted Soapfish (24)
  3. Sunshinefish (21)
  4. Scaly-chinned Duckbill (18)
  5. Elatopathes abietina (18)
  6. Rusty Goby (16)
  7. Tusked Goby (16)
  8. Ozius reticulatus (16)
  9. Bluehead Wrasse (15)
  10. Cardinal Snapper (15)
  11. Bicolor Basslet (15)
  12. Collared Eel (15)

GBIF.org (2026-10-15), CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records within about 1 km of these 10 sites (14,855 records). Counts reflect survey effort, not abundance.

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Conditions

Official forecasts first. There is no NOAA NDBC buoy close enough to be useful here, so we link the official local forecast only.