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Published Apr 20, 2020Site briefing for route shape, mooring, coral structure, fish life, and depth profile.
The Bahamas · San Salvador
San Salvador wall dive with a chimney-like crevice.
San Salvador wall dive with a chimney-like crevice.
North Pole Cave is a boat-access wall dive on San Salvador's lee side, centered on a half-moon chimney that drops into a crevice before opening onto a deep outer wall. The route rewards divers who can hold precise buoyancy, manage a depth-sensitive profile, and follow a guided plan back to the mooring. It is best treated as an advanced scuba dive with strong coral structure, abundant reef fish, and regular hammerhead passes.
Site Conditions
Safety Notes
Use a dive computer, keep tight buoyancy through the chimney and crevice, and treat the site as a depth-sensitive wall profile rather than a casual reef hop.
Access Restrictions
Boat-only from the local operator. Advanced certification and solid wall-diving buoyancy are the practical minimum.
Legal Notes
San Salvador diving is managed within a protected marine reserve, with mooring buoys used instead of reef anchoring.
Community notes to help plan your visit.
Scuba Diving
A moored wall dive built around a half-moon chimney and crevice, best for divers who can hold a stable profile in deep water.
Freediving
Not a good freedive target. The main feature is a deep scuba profile with an overhead chimney and crevice.
Snorkeling
Not suitable for snorkeling. The main route and features sit well below the surface and require scuba-level depth control.
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Site briefing for route shape, mooring, coral structure, fish life, and depth profile.
Independent dive-site profile for certification level, shark sightings, and access overview.
San Salvador diving overview with lee-side calm water and visibility context.
San Salvador-wide visibility, crowding, and reserve context.
Community trip-report context for coral condition and grunts seen at North Pole Cave.