Puerto Rico Dive Sites

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Patti's Reef

Depth
15–45 ft (5–14 m)
Access
Boat dive
Type
—
Confidence
Low confidence

Overview

Patti's Reef is a Vieques boat dive described mainly in older sources. A 2015 source described two sand bowls with coral heads at about 20 to 45 feet, home to nurse sharks, eagle rays and moray eels, while a 1998 guide gave 15 to 40 feet. Older reports also noted varied corals less hurricane-damaged than many reefs; current conditions have not been confirmed.[1][2][3]

Safety considerations

No site-specific hazards are recorded in our sources. That does not mean there are none.

Ocean conditions change daily. Dive within your training, plan with current local information and consider a local professional guide. Full safety note.

Depth reports by source

ReportedSourceStatus
20–45 ft (6–14 m)SEVENSEAS Media (authors Tania Puell & Arnaud Erhart of Isla Nena Scuba)[1]Historical
15–40 ft (5–12 m)Colleen Ryan & Brian Savage / Complete Dive Guide Publications[2]Historical (1998)

Historical record

What a historical source reported at the time. Not verified as current — access, moorings, reef condition and names may have changed.

Listed as “Patti's Reef” · 15–40 ft (5–12 m) · 1998[2]

  • boat
  • coral patches reaching within ~15 ft of surface
  • dense staghorn coral

Sources & verification

Last researched: 2026-10-04 · Last independently verified: not yet field-verified · Confidence: Low confidence

  1. 1.Vieques, Puerto Rico and the two dive sites you cannot miss — SEVENSEAS Media (authors Tania Puell & Arnaud Erhart of Isla Nena Scuba) (2015-08) · Dive publication · Tier 3: Corroborating · historical
  2. 2.The Complete Diving Guide: The Caribbean, Volume 3 (Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands) — Colleen Ryan & Brian Savage / Complete Dive Guide Publications (1998) · Historical guide · Tier 3: Corroborating · historical
  3. 3.Isla Nena Scuba (homepage, site list) — Isla Nena Scuba (Esperanza, Vieques) · Dive operator · Tier 2: Specialist · historical

Facts are summarised in our own words from the sources above; we do not reproduce operators’ or publishers’ descriptions. How confidence is assigned.