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The Chimney is a more advanced site, allowing divers to follow a ledged slope down to around 25-metres and peer into a chimney-like cave. Likewise, Snapper’s Ledge is a favourite among experienced divers, featuring terraced walls which rise from the seabed like an amphitheatre. Yellow tail and mahogany snapper can often be seen in schools here, while reef sharks and nurse sharks hide amongst the shadows. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pillars of Hercules is another renowned dive site in Antigua and lies a little further west, near the entrance to English Harbour. Named after a series of naturally-carved pillars which appear to hold up the nearby cliff, this site offers a tapestry of multi-hued soft corals which contrast with the shadowy silhouettes of passing black durgons. 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