Breakers South

This dive site, also known as The Trench, Moray Alley, or Outfall Trench, features a man-made trench that cuts through the reef. The trench is approximately 12 feet wide and runs about 200 feet from west to east. It lies roughly 5 feet (1.5 meters) below the reef’s surface. Although it may appear empty, the trench actually houses an outfall pipe buried beneath the sediment at the bottom. While the outfall pipe is rarely in use these days, it serves to discharge groundwater from land during heavy rainfall, particularly during hurricane season. Divers often explore the trench, which provides shelter from currents. The site is home to various reef creatures, including nurse sharks, stingrays, lobsters, yellowhead jawfish, and an unusually high concentration of moray eels—hence the nickname “Moray Alley” given by some operators. About halfway along the trench’s length from its western end, divers encounter a pile of boulders and sandbags that have become integrated into the reef. Beyond these bags, the channel slopes into deeper water toward the seaward side of the reef. To the south of the trench, the reef habitat generally exhibits lower quality than the northern section. It supports smaller colonies of hard and soft corals, along with numerous barrel sponges (some reaching up to 5 feet or 1.5 meters in size). Cleaning stations are common here, and schools of Bermuda chub, porkfish, and grunts frequently cruise the reef. Immediately north of the trench lies an area called Dive-O-Rama, where lemon sharks are often spotted. This part of the dive site is also a hotspot for small cryptic species like frogfish, flamingo tongues, and cleaner shrimp.