Dive guests at Windjammer Landing can help the locals protect coral reefs through three-day Environmental Dive Package, which includes certification as a PADI Reef Rescue Diver.

Anguilla's turquoise waters boast seven marine parks: Dog Island, Prickley Pear, Seal Island Reef System, Little Bay, Sandy Island, Shoal Bay Harbour Reef System and Stoney Bay Marine Park. Dive sites include wreck dives, shore dives, mini wall dives, night dives and heritage diving. Anguilla is known for its intentionally sunk shipwrecks. The island is home to a truly unique attraction, a 960-ton Spanish galleon, El Buen Consejo, that rests on the ocean floor with its cannons and cargo serving as a silent testament to the Caribbean's turbulent past. Anguilla also boasts a healthy double reef system, where a wide variety of corals flourish.

Weather: About 80 degrees year-round.

Average Water Temp: Mid-80Fs in summer in the north, dropping to mid-70Fs in winter. Dive season is year-round.

Average Visibility: 100-plus feet.

Travel Savvy: A passport and onward or return ticket is required. Anguilla is 20 minutes north from French St. Martin by ferry. There are a number of options available for getting to the island. Visitors can fly directly into Anguilla's Wallblake Airport from Puerto Rico via American Eagle/American Airlines and LIAT, or opt to fly directly to St. Maarten, Antigua, St. Thomas or St. Kitts for easy transfer to Anguilla

Destination Links: www.anguilla-vacation.com and www.ahta.ai.

Ocean-Shot, a first-of-its-kind conservation program in Antigua and Barbuda, has a three-prong program it hopes will speed up coral restoration.

Sculpture parks and archaeological sites offer fascinating scuba diving opportunities. Here are some of the best underwater museums you can dive.

If you’re looking to try a more intimate diving experience on a smaller boat, you might want to consider booking a berth on a micro liveaboard.

More than 30 scuba shops across the Caribbean are working with the Perry Institute of Marine Sciences to study cross-island coral restoration.

A week of beautiful reef dives coupled with exciting, adventure dives proves to be the perfect COVID-era escape in the Bahamas.

Caradonna Dive Adventures

These sister islands have a lot to offer and dive sites that will rival the rest of the Caribbean.