Soufrière - Anse Chastanet Marine National Park

Anse Chastanet coral reef offers several depth challenges. On a plateau of 5 to 25 ft (2 to 8 m) divers experience colored sponges, soft corals plus boulder and brain corals. Parrot fish, goat fish, wrasse, chromis and sometimes barracuda swim over the corals. There is also a large cavern inhabited by frogfish.

The edge of the plateau is a wall that drops down 150 ft to a lace coral ecosystem. The coral is inhabited by lobsters, crabs and eels under schools of fish. Plate coral starts below 100 ft (30 m).

North of Anse Chastanet is a reef called Turtle Reef where the wall down to 150 ft (45 m) presents pillar coral and barrel sponges.

On the surface, there are good views of the Pitons.

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