cow and calf rocks

AcquaAction took us snorkeling between Cow and Calf Rocks. It was the most amazing snorkeling adventure we have ever been on. We swam over rock cavern walls from which coral fans and elk horn coral grew. Brightly colored fish swam everywhere. Hundreds of photos were taken. Wow!

I seem to end up here every year I come. Its a short boat trip with Aqua Action and well worth it. Plenty of sites to see.

The fish here are great I even saw a shark sleeping under a ledge. It is a quick boat ride from secret harbor and lots to see in colorful shallow waters.

These are great SCUBA diving sights. Not far by boat. Interesting coral and fish. We saw an eel swimming, two sharks and a turtle.

This is THE best dive site in St Thomas. After diving over 10 of them, we decided that we liked these the best! The reef life is amazing and there are so many caverns and arches that have formed. Truly beautiful. If possible, convince your dive guide to take you here!

The Cow & Calf Rocks are shown on all nautical charts as a hazard to navigation. They are partially submerged, so they are always "awash". Fortunately, they are easily visible in the day time. You can stop hereto snorkel if conditions are calm, and there is great snorkeling. The area is out in otherwise open water, so this is not a place for beginners. You can anchor in nearby Christmas Cove and dinghy out to the rocks.From a distance, you see the large rock, with several small rocks at a distance behind it. Hence, the locals long ago described them as Cow & Calf, because they kind of look like that !!

Clear warm water and swim throughs with nice reef life. Always good underwater time and a short boat ride.

Very short boat ride to a great reef system teeming with life. We saw a nurse shark, octopus, eels and hundreds off fish. Literally swimming through a fish tank. Fish everywhere!

Great place to dive. An abundance of of things to see. For a relatively novice diver at the point I was, it was amazing. High point was "playing chicken" with a nurse shark that was wanting to go through the swim through I was emerging from. A bit exciting at first, but the shark got bored and just swam off. Looking forward to a return sometime.

Saw lots of good marine life here. Visibility good most of the time. Good dive for beginners as well as advanced. Something for everyone.

Went diving and saw tons of fish and reefs, a lot of swim thrus and arches as wall. A great dive spot.

Went diving here with Aqua Marine (the Cow portion), and I enjoyed the swim throughs in this dive spot. We got to about 40ft, and observed some lobster, eel, crabs, and shrimp - in addition to a number of fish of varying sizes.

Nothing really to write home about here except for the swimthrough and the champagne cork. The latter will launch the diver up through the hole. Watch your head!

This dive site was just amazing. Just everywhere you look there is something to see. There were some nice ledges to look under and a couple of nice swim-throughs. The reef is really beautiful here. I'd go back in a heartbeat!

These are 2 adjacent great dive sites for coral and sea life. Some swim thrus. Too choppy to do the part that spits you out but a great dive.