Anse Chaudière
A cove you can only reach from the sea
Town : Les Anses d'Arlet
Anse Chaudière is number 60 in the register of Martinique sites, between the Tombant des Anses and Diamond Rock.
It is a secluded cove in Les Anses d’Arlet, reached only by boat or along the hiking trails. The water is calm and clear, and it looks like a natural swimming pool.
What seclusion changes underwater
A site with no road to it gets fewer people. Less trampling in the shallows, fewer anchors dropped anywhere, less of everything that damages a reef without anyone meaning to.
It is a rule that holds everywhere: for equal quality of bottom, the site that is hard to reach is in better condition than its neighbour served by a car park.
Going by boat is not a luxury
It is the only way to dive it with equipment. A tank and a jacket are not carried along a kilometre of footpath, and certainly not on the way back.
The boat brings something else, which matters more: it lets you choose the entry point on the morning itself, according to the day’s wind and swell. On a coast like this one, that is the difference between a good dive and a cancelled one.
What level you need here
| Your level | What you can do here |
|---|---|
| Try dive | Depending on the layout on the day, just ask |
| Level 1 and above | The site |