Northwest, Aguadilla
Crash Boat piers
Also called Crashboat
Crash Boat Beach, Route 107, Aguadilla.
- Depth
- To 35 ft (To 11 m)
- Around the piers, 35 ft; a sunken buoy at about 120 ft marks routes and is a technical divers' target (underwaterphotography.com dive-site listing)
- Entry
- Shore
- An easy shore entry, day or night (underwaterphotography.com dive-site listing)
- Level
- Open Water and up
- All levels at the piers; the 120 ft buoy needs technical training (underwaterphotography.com dive-site listing)
- Visibility
- 10 to 30 m typical (underwaterphotography.com dive-site listing)
What's down there
- Four piers above water and one sunken; the remains of Navy rescue-boat docks from the former Ramey Air Force Base (underwaterphotography.com dive-site listing)
Marine life
- Frogfish and seahorses, day and night; turtles and tarpon in open water (PADI blog)
- Lobsters under the sunken pier; queen conch on the sand (underwaterphotography.com dive-site listing)
When to go, and when not to
Stay away when
- Winter north swells bring High Surf Advisories and high rip-current risk to north-facing beaches (St. Thomas Source)
How each coast fares in a swell: which coast is divable.
Hazards
- A box jellyfish sting was reported here in September 2014 (JellyWatch sting report)
Emergency numbers and the jellyfish days: diving safety.
Who dives it
- Aquatica Underwater Adventures, Aguadilla Site checked
- Crashboat Watersports, Aguadilla Not verified
- Puerto Rico Technical Diving Center, Aguadilla Not verified
In the 787daily Guide: Aguadilla / Crash Boat, with today's conditions.
Sources
Sources (4)
- PADI blog (opens in a new tab), press, Feb 11, 2026
- underwaterphotography.com dive-site listing (opens in a new tab), dive log or listing, no date; checked Oct 18, 2026
- JellyWatch sting report (opens in a new tab), dive log or listing, Sep 2014
- St. Thomas Source, reporting NWS San Juan alerts (opens in a new tab), press, Dec 12, 2022
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