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| Tortola |  
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Description:
Main island in group and site of capital, road town. Plenty of good hotels, restaurants and dive companies, including liveaboards | |
| Details: |
 Nearest commercial airport: Beef island (EIS) |
| Average watertemp: Min 25 - Max 30 oCelcius. |
| Average visibility: 25 Horizontal metres |
| Bottom composition: Sand, Corals, Rocks, Vulcanic |
| Dive conditions: Ocean/Sea, Salt water |
| Seasonality: Year round diving! |
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Marinelife in the area:
| Species | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | | | Blacktip reef sharks |  | | | | | | | | | | | |  | |
| | | Bottlenose Dolphins | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | more likely seen on the north side of the island
| | | Bull sharks (Zambezi/Whaler) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Coastal fish & Reef Life |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | wide variety of Caribbean reef species, plentiful on many sites
| | | Coral Spawning |  | | | | | | |  | | | | | | |
| | | Eagle rays | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Green turtles | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Hawksbill turtles | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Humpback whales | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | good chance of sightings,
| | | Manta rays | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Occasional on North side particularly at brewer`s bay.
| | | Moray eels | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Nurse sharks | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Pelagic fish | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | All kinds of tropical atlantic pelagics. More seen on the north side of the islands and some offshore pinnacles.
| | | Stingrays | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Probability of encounter:  0%,  0 > 60%,  60 > 90%,  90 > 100%
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