You are here  Buccoo Reef  Nanan Eco Tours, Buccoo Reef, Tobago
The Buccoo Reef is one of the most accessible coral reefs in the
Caribbean.    • It is a protected marine park located a short
distance off Pigeon Point and store Bay beaches.   • The reef
has a fascinating, colourful underwater life. World famous
French oceanographer and explorer Jacques Cousteau visited
Tobago's Buccoo Reef and rated it as the third most spectacular
reef in the world.   • The Buccoo reef system is approximately 7
km2 (30 mls.2) in area and consists of an arc of five reef flats
that enclose a shallow reef lagoon and the Bon Accord Lagoon.
There is patchy distribution mainly staghorn and star coral
communities within the reef lagoon.   • The Bon Accord Lagoon is
consists primarily of macroalgae and seagrass communities. The
mangrove wetland fringing the lagoon is primarily red mangrove.
Seaward of the reef flats, the fore-reef slopes to depths of
15-30 m. Brain coral, star coral, and elkhorn coral are the
dominant coral species