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INAGUAS DIVING

HOGSTY REEF

One of Fewest Atolls in Caribbean

(from Science Without Borders Websitecom) North of Great Inagua, is one of the few "atolls" in the Caribbean, called "Hogsty Reef". Atolls in the Caribbean are typically not volcanic in origin. Scientists refer to them as “pseudo-atolls.” However, they do have true atoll characteristics: an outer reef (fore reef), a perimeter rim (reef rim) and a central lagoon. The outer reef starts in deep water with shallower portions subject to ocean swells that break around the circumference of the entire atoll. The bottom depths around Hogsty Reef reach an incredible 1800 m. Reef building corals start to grow in roughly 50 m of water, rising up to within a meter of the surface. The perimeter rim contains both reef flats and islands. Reef flats are shallow reef structures that are frequently exposed during low tides and subjected to heavy wave action. Algae encrusted coral debris is plentiful here. Waves around the rim of the atoll also form islands. On Hogsty Reef there are two sandy islands in the perimeter rim. Northwest Cay and Southeast Cay stand on either side of a gap on the western side of the atoll. The Golden Shadow is currently anchored in this gap.

BURIED TREASURE

(from www.theinaguas.com) Tradition has it that Henri Christophe, a deceased king of Haiti from 1811 to 1820, buried his treasure at the Northeast Point of Great Inagua where he built a summer retreat. Many documented treasure laden ships were destroyed on reefs of the Inaguas between the years of 1500 and 1825. The two most valuable wrecks lost off the Inaguas were treasure laden Spanish Galleons, the Santa Rose (1599) and the Infanta (1788). Other ships of considerable value were British HMS Statira and HMS Lowestoffe in 1802, and French Le Count De Paix in 1713.

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