Toucari North
Dive site off Dominica’s west coast. Here's what has been recorded at this site month by month, how the region’s reefs have weathered ocean heat, and how to prepare.
Toucari North: dive site off Dominica’s west coast.
Entry
Entry points, depths, currents and any local rules will be added once we can verify them from official sources.
At this sitegeotagged 205 m from the site coordinates Brown chromis (Azurina multilineata) · Alexis Garretson · CC0 · iNaturalist
The surface noise falls away.
Reds go first. The world turns blue-green.
Then Toucari North rises to meet you.
What lives here, by month
Pick a month. These are the species most often recorded within about a kilometre in that month, from open survey records.
| Species | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tusked Goby | ||||||||||||
| Bluehead Wrasse | ||||||||||||
| Brown Chromis | ||||||||||||
| Scaly-chinned Duckbill | ||||||||||||
| French angelfish | ||||||||||||
| Yellowtail Damselfish | ||||||||||||
| Sharpnose Puffer | ||||||||||||
| Blackear Bass | ||||||||||||
| Yellownose Goby | ||||||||||||
| Pugnose Bass | ||||||||||||
| Tenagodus modestus | ||||||||||||
| High-hat |
Most-recorded species, all months
- Tusked Goby (8)
- Bluehead Wrasse (6)
- Scaly-chinned Duckbill (6)
- Brown Chromis (6)
- French angelfish (5)
- Yellownose Goby (4)
- Blackear Bass (4)
- Pugnose Bass (4)
- Yellowtail Damselfish (4)
- High-hat (4)
- Sharpnose Puffer (4)
- Tenagodus modestus (4)
- Common Lionfish (3)
- Blackbar Soldierfish (3)
- Smallmouth Grunt (3)
- Twospot Sea Bass (3)
- Orangeback Bass (3)
- Swordtail Jawfish (3)
- Ocean Surgeonfish (3)
- Paragiopagurus pilimanus (2)
GBIF.org (2026-10-15), occurrence records within ~1 km, licensed CC0 or CC BY 4.0 only. Birds and land animals are excluded. Counts reflect survey effort, not abundance. 1,819 qualifying records. See them on GBIF. Common names: Wikidata (CC0) / GBIF. Species photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited with each species.
Forty-one summers of heat
Each stripe is one year since 1985, colored by its peak heat stress across NOAA's “Leeward Caribbean Islands” region. These are NOAA Coral Reef Watch satellite figures for the whole region, not for this one site.
Heat stress, measured from orbit.
NOAA CRW virtual station “Leeward Caribbean Islands”. NOAA's alert thresholds are 4 °C-weeks (Alert Level 1) and 8 °C-weeks (Alert Level 2). Station page · Method. Credit: NOAA Coral Reef Watch.
Conditions
Average sea temperature through the year. Check the live readings before you go.
Average sea surface temperature by month: NOAA CRW “Leeward Caribbean Islands” station climatology (monthly means).
Buoy readings are measurements; forecasts are models. Use them for planning only, and assess conditions on site. Depth and visibility data aren't listed until we can cite a source.
Plan & prepare
- Read the official marine forecast the night before.Offshore, wind and sea state decide the day.
- Confirm access, hours and any fees with the site.[Placeholder: verified operator list to come]
- Study this month's species above.You'll recognise more when you know the names.
- Hands off, fins up, buoyancy dialled. Log what you see.Your sightings can become tomorrow's open data.
Photographs from Toucari North
Openly licensed photos, each checked for location against its title, description, category or geotag. Labels show how close each one is to the site.
Credits
- Coordinates
- OpenStreetMap node/4758372668 · source · ODbL. 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. Approximate position.
- Species records
- GBIF.org, CC0 & CC BY 4.0 records. By license: CC_BY_4_0: 1,612, CC0_1_0: 207
- Dataset
- EOD – eBird Observation Dataset · doi:10.15468/aomfnb (1,575 records) · GBIF
- Dataset
- NMNH Extant Specimen Records (USNM, US) · doi:10.15468/hnhrg3 (82 records) · GBIF
- Dataset
- iNaturalist Research-grade Observations · doi:10.15468/ab3s5x (80 records) · GBIF
- Dataset
- NMNH Material Samples (USNM) · doi:10.15468/jb9tdf (47 records) · GBIF
- Dataset
- Museum of Texas Tech University Mammalogy Collection · doi:10.15468/3z2std (29 records) · GBIF
- Dataset
- Birda - Global Observation Dataset · doi:10.15468/6kud7x (2 records) · GBIF
- Dataset
- INSDC Sequences · doi:10.15468/sbmztx (2 records) · GBIF
- Dataset
- Generic reassignment of Centropristis fuscula Poey, 1861 (Teleostei: Serranidae), with re-description of the species and comments on its geographical range and sexual system · doi:10.15468/m5kwkh (1 records) · GBIF
- Query
- https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/search?decimalLatitude=15.60196,15.62196&decimalLongitude=-61.47728,-61.457280000000004&license=CC0_1_0&license=CC_BY_4_0&taxonKey=44&taxonKey=206&taxonKey=229&taxonKey=136&taxonKey=225&occurrenceStatus=PRESENT&limit=0
- Heat stress & SST
- NOAA Coral Reef Watch, 5 km Regional Virtual Station “Leeward Caribbean Islands”
- Hero photo
- At this sitegeotagged 176 m from the site coordinates Creole wrasse (Bodianus parrae) · Alexis Garretson · CC0 · iNaturalist
- Arrival photo
- At this sitegeotagged 205 m from the site coordinates Brown chromis (Azurina multilineata) · Alexis Garretson · CC0 · iNaturalist
- Gallery
- 7 photos, credited under each image
- Species photos
- Wikimedia Commons, credited with each species. Full list: Data & sources