Seaflower Marine Protected Area

I visited San Andrés Island in February 2024 during my trip to Colombia. I spent four nights there. After the arrival day (from Cartagena), the next three were scheduled for scuba diving. I flied back to the continent to Medellín.

For my first day of scuba diving, following the recommendation of a diver I met in Cartagena, I opted for Sharky Diving. This agency, based near the military base on the west side of the island, offers transportation from the city. We did two dives from a boat, at West Point and Point PADI. We saw some beautiful corals and plenty of tropical fish, but few particularly remarkable specimens. During the second dive, moray eels (including one that had completely emerged from the rocks), nurse sharks and flying gurnards were observed. Flying fish jumped out of the water as we moved from one site to the next.

A storm was threatening my other two days on the island. Since the winds were coming from the west, Sharky Diving's dive masters couldn't assure me that they'd be able to go out for the rest of my stay, while the east side of the island was sure to be calmer. So I switched to Divers Team (an agency based in a hotel directly in town and therefore with easy access to both sides of the island) for my second day (the weather ended up being quite nice and both companies were able to go out on their own). We again …