Diving with EcoDive in Grenada
We were back in Grenada after cruising the islands and Pete has finished his diving ticket so we all decided to go for a scuba dive together to celebrate. We chose to do the reef off Grande Anse and then for a second dive to do the Molinere Bay Sculpture Park
After having several weeks of very windy weather we were not expecting great visibility and the sites were close to the main centre of Grenada but the first dive was clearer than expected. The reef went down to 20m and on down further but we didn’t. The fish life and soft and hard corals were all great to see. Unfortunately, I only had a still camera for this part of the dive.
The second dive was in the Molinere Bay Sculpture Park. A very shallow dive but it was really interesting to see the sculptures and also to see the growth of the reef and the growth on the sculptures since they were put there.
Molinere Bay suffered considerable storm damage from Hurricane Ivan in 2004 and the placement of the sculptures provided a new base for marine life to proliferate on. A long-lasting and pH-neutral cement offers a stable and permanent platform that is textured to allow coral polyps to attach themselves to the sculptures.
The comments on the sculptures below are from the official sites and I could not find information on all the sculptures so I leave it for you to discover. Knowing the background and the controversy over the meaning of the sculptures makes the tour quite eerie. Here are some links to help you understand them.
Sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor https://www.underwatersculpture.com/projects/molinere-underwater-sculpture-park/
The Viccisitudes, which features a ring of children holding hands facing out into nutrient-rich oceanic currents. Cast from children with diverse backgrounds, they are a symbol of unity and resilience. They are an example of how we are inscribed and formed by the nutrients we absorb. However, locally it was widely interpreted as a tribute to slavery due to the structural connections resembling shackles and the proximity to the Atlantic Ocean and the Middle Passage.
The Lost Correspondent portrays a man sitting at a desk with his typewriter. A collection of newspaper articles, dating back to the 1970s, covers the desktop, some of them reporting stories from a time in Grenada’s history before the revolution. The piece reflects on how communications are changing so rapidly.
Here is a video of the two dives, I hope you enjoy it.
