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Scuba Diving -- Montserrat offers 30 excellent dive sites, each with a rich assortment of marine life, including spotted drums and copper sweepers, and perhaps a large sea turtle. At the rim of the island's marine shelf, where relatively shallow waters suddenly drop off to great depths, divers can plunge into 21m-deep (69-ft.) waters to see mammoth sponges along with large star and brain coral reefs.

A particularly well-managed dive and watersports operation is The Green Monkey, which operates from a wood-sided shack adjacent to Festival Village at Little Bay (tel. 664/496-2628; www.divemontserrat.com). From its premises, Midwest-born Troy Deppermann and his wife, Melanie, conduct PADI-approved snorkeling and dive trips with a conscious eye toward safety and the transfer of information about life below sea level. On their premises is a cubbyhole-size bar, which maintains a thriving business completely independent from anything to do with underwater explorations. On island, their most visible competitors are Emmy and Andrew, who operate the well-respected SeaWolf Diving School (tel. 664/496-7807; www.seawolfdivingschool.com). Prices at both outfits are roughly comparable: One-tank dives cost $75, two-tank dives cost $88, and one-tank night dives go for $70. Snorkeling equipment can be rented for $35, but it's a lot more fun and informative to participate in a supervised snorkeling trip, by boat, to nearby Rendezvous Bay, site of a teeming offshore reef, for $35 per person.


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