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Bermuda Coral Reefs - Ben’s Bender
This reef site has been named after Bermuda’s one of the greatest diving instructors, Ben Lucas. This was his favorite diving site.
This coral reef site is located close to the historic fort of Castle Roads on the south-east corner of Bermuda. The attraction of this site is a huge mushroom shaped coral head. There is a tunnel at the base that makes a dramatic turn upwards into a chimney that rises right up to the top of the head.
Here depths range from 20 to 50 feet and visibility typically is in excess of 100 feet. Ben's Bender is a great site to find schools of massive Tarpons. Nudibranch, the shell less snails, can also be found in the shallow sandy areas. Large sea fans provide homes for Flamingo Tongues. You can see juvenile File Fish hiding from predators. Lobsters and Eels can be found in plenty along the tunnels and overhangs of the main breaker.
The deeper sandy section on the outer side of the breakers is also an ideal place for finding feeding spotted Eagle Rays. Caution should be used when entering the Chimney, as water surge and swell can make the tunnel appear much wider that it really is. As the name suggest, there are many bends as you swim through the tunnels.
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