Diving in St Maarten

What to expect when diving in SXM

Sint Maarten is home to spectacular and colourful marine fauna. From seagrass beds to sponges, hard corals and octocorals, invertebrates, reef fish, as well as elasmobranchs, marine mammals and sea turtles, Sint Maarten has a lot to offer!

There are around 1.000 documented species of fish in the Caribbean Sea, including sharks, flying fish, rays, angelfish, parrotfish, groupers, tarpon, and moray eels, among others. When you go diving in Sint Maarten, you have the opportunity of seeing color varieties, growth patterns, and different life stages for many fish species. 

Other interesting inhabitants of the marine ecosystem to see while diving with us are crustaceans such as lobsters (sometimes massive and in large numbers!), shrimps, and crabs.

Sea turtles are among the top favorite sea creatures for our clients to see on a dive. Here we have two species we see regularly (green sea turtle & hawksbill sea turtle) and one species that it’s not that common (the loggerhead sea turtle)

At SXM Divers we provide a boutique service, and dive in small groups, so that our guests can enjoy the best marine life encounters St Maarten has to offer. We find iconic animals such as this loggerhead turtle, and spend as much time with them as po
To capture the best fish portraits it is necessary to take your time and allow the subject to get comfortable with your presence. I found this colourful grouper hiding on a reef dive here in St Maarten, and managed to record the exact moment it made
One of the highlights of diving in St Maarten is the many sea turtles we encounter at various dive sites along the coast. This large hawksbill turtle is a resident in the marine park here, and is unafraid of divers and underwater cameras! 📷 @dan_nor
Tagging tiger sharks in Saint Martin! We are happy to work as partners with the @one_shark_project to research the tiger shark population in SXM and beyond. Here you can see the team inserting a PIT tag into a large female shark, while also taking s
A highlight of diving in the Man of War Shoal marine park is encounters with spotted eagle rays. They can be skittish and don't always like to get close to scuba divers, but if you give them space and let them approach you instead of chasing them, yo