Molinere Underwater Sculpture Park, Underwater sculpture park in Molinere Bay, Grenada

The Molinere Underwater Sculpture Park is a collection of over sixty-five concrete figures on the sandy seabed of Molinere Bay, Grenada. Its best-known work, Vicissitudes, is a ring of life-size children holding hands, facing inward toward an open sandy center, with a low curving ridge linking them around the outer edge. The figures are cast from local residents and stand upright with arms close to their bodies.

Jason deCaires Taylor submerged the first sculptures in 2006 after Hurricane Ivan damaged the natural reefs. The project inspired similar underwater galleries in Mexico, the Bahamas, and elsewhere across the Caribbean.

The circle of figures is titled Vicissitudes: life-size casts of children of diverse ethnic backgrounds, linked by holding hands and facing into the currents. Taylor says it was never intended as a Middle Passage memorial, though the work has been read that way and he welcomes the debate it stirs about identity and history.

The calmer morning hours offer better visibility and less swell for divers and snorkelers. Those without diving experience can view the figures through the glass bottom of a boat that moves slowly over the forms.

Each sculpture weighs several tons and was lowered into the water by crane before divers positioned it where intended. Some figures hold objects that become overgrown with algae and tiny crustaceans over time, changing their shape.