This sheltered inlet if visited during the correct time of year is swarmed by minnows that seemingly block the divers’ vision while pelicans dive bomb feeding on the bait fish.
Nevis' first and only full SCUBA outfit. Dive Nevis, a PADI 5 STAR DIVE CENTER is based at the Oualie Beach, a sheltered, shallow bay on the Northern end of the island. We have been in operation since 1985, offering superior knowledge and experience of our local waters, numerous Nevis and St. Kitts dive sites
Dive Nevis boast friendly professional staff eager to share their knowledge and their dive experiences or just sit, sip a cool cocktail "shooting the breeze" with their guest after an enjoyable day's dive.
A 36 foot shaded dive boat ideal for a two-tank dive group of up to 15 divers.
A 26 foot boat rigged for 6 fishers and a small group of snorkelers.
The Oualie Beach host a small friendly 32 room Hotel with a cozy beach bar a stone throw away from the Dive Shop. The bay is also home to Nevis Water Sports, Deep Sea Fishing, Wind Surf Nevis and Wheel World bicycle Shop all next door to Dive Nevis.
On 25 January 1782, the 28 gun frigate HMS Solebay was wrecked on the Soutwest coast of Nevis in the Leeward Islands on the first day of the Battle of Frigate Bay.
During the engagement the Solebay frigate ran ashore. Several French ships kept firing on her in this distress and the Captain returned it; but, finding that she must inevitably fall into the enemy’s hands, Captain Everett set fore to her and quitted her. She burnt fo an hour or more, and blew up about eight o’clock with a most tremendous report; having 160 barrels of powder aboard. The reverberation from the mountain was like distant thunders. This awful explosion seemed a characteristic conclusion to this memorable day”
The remains of HMS Solebay is scattered on sandy bedrock off the coast of Charlestown, Nevis. Large anchors and numerous encrusted cannons and various artefacts still remain around this protected area.
This sheltered inlet if visited during the correct time of year is swarmed by minnows that seemingly block the divers’ vision while pelicans dive bomb feeding on the bait fish.
The opposite end of “Nag’s Head”: A gentle sandy slope on one side of the area provides refuge for a large number of Southern Stingrays which hide themselves by covering with a thin layer of sand. The other side also slopes downwards but with coral covered boulders surrounded with Tarpon and schools Brown Chromis.
M/V Christena lies at a depth of 73ft close to the “Narrows”, the top reaching about 50ft from the surface. The wreck sitting upright on a sandy ocean floor and is now the home to barracuda, stingrays, moray eels, turtles, lobsters, and an abundance of soft & hard corals, crinoids and schools of fish.
This Stoney cliff side-out cropping proves a safe haven for lobster, bait fish, blue tangs and rays.
This reef has a beginning depth of 15 feet and plummets to 75 feet. Here the large boulders are stacked on top of each other making great hiding places for crustaceans, crinoids and Parrot fish. Here Eagle Rays cruise past divers in fighter jet formation.