GULF OF MEXICO
Flower Garden Banks
- United States
- Intermediate
- March - October
Plan your dive
- Experience level
- Intermediate
- Depth guide
- Reef caps 17-30 m on salt domes
- When to go
- March - October
- Site type
- Offshore Coral Banks
Featured wildlife
- Whale shark
- Sand tiger shark
- Green turtle
- Spotted eagle ray
About this dive site
Gulf of Mexico coral mountains rising from deep blue water.
Hundreds of kilometres off Texas and Louisiana, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary protects coral caps on salt domes. Liveaboard and long day boats bring hammerhead season, manta passes and dense Caribbean-style reef fish.
Shore sites reward repeat dives at the same entry marker; check swell, surf and exit points before you kit up. Calendar peak is March - October, but skippers still move sites when wind, swell or current change. Book with a crew that knows Flower Garden Banks day to day, not just the map pin.