Volcanic seamounts rising from the abyss to within 27m of the surface, Third Encounter, Eye of the Needle, Twilight Zone…Volcanic seamounts rising from the abyss to within 27m of the surface, Third Encounter, Eye of the Needle, Twilight Zone, coated in sponge and black coral and surrounded by open ocean. Blacktip and reef sharks, big jacks, and occasional hammerheads. It feels like diving a mountain top in the sky. Saba is a single volcano with no beaches, whose road was declared impossible by Dutch engineers until a local man took a correspondence course and built it anyway. The marine park was created in 1987 and Saba banned shark fishing in its waters in 2011, one of the earliest Caribbean sanctuaries. Anchorage: Saba has no natural harbour, Fort Bay is a tiny exposed jetty and anchoring is difficult. Day-trip from St Maarten or a very settled forecast. Hazards: No site-specific hazards noted, brief normally. Altro