Scuba Dive RMS Rhone Shipwreck

If diving deep into the Caribbean’s otherworldly underwater realm is up your alley, grab your gear and prepare for an amazing shipwreck dive within the British Virgin Islands National Heritage Site. This dive site is one of the most visited spots in the BVIs in the marine park that takes up 800 acres between Salt Island and Dead Chest Island, to the southeast of Tortola. The wreck itself is an over 300-foot-long Royal Mail Steamer that sank in the mid 1800s during a hurricane. Since much of the ship is still together, divers have the opportunity to see the steam engine, cannon, decking, rigging portions, and the propeller, as well as all the marine life surrounding it. You may get to swim alongside pufferfish, damselfish, green moray, octopus, and observe the coral gardens.