Salt Island travel guide

Very few people visit this lovely island, there are no ferries and access is only by private boat. There are two salt ponds from which salt was gathered and a bag sent to the British monarch every year as rent for the island, the remainder sold to visitors and local restaurants. The last remaining inhabitant and salt worker died in 2003. There is a reef-protected lagoon on the east shore. The main reason people come here is for a rest stop between dives. The British mail ship Rhone, a 310-ft steamer, sank off Salt Island in a hurricane in 1867 and the site was used in the film The Deep. Those who perished were buried on Salt Island. The wreck is still almost intact in 20-80 ft of water and is very impressive. The dive is usually divided between the bow section and the stern section; in the former you can swim through the hull at a depth of about 70 ft, be prepared for darkness. In calm weather it is possible to snorkel part of it.