Scotch Bank

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About This Site

The name of this dive site goes back a loooong ways. There was a cargo ship that ran aground attempting to maneuver from Scotch Bank to Christiansted Harbor. If a ship takes a direct route it gets into very shallow water. That's what this ship did and it ran aground. To free itself a lot of the cargo was ditched including many bottles of scotch. At least that's the story, we haven't found any of those bottles of scotch yet. The mooring at this site is in 25' of water. There's a mini wall…