Grant Farquhar on an ascent of one the most classic DWS in Bermuda, Night Dive. Photo Jonathan Charles.

Hogfish Bay lies to the west of Clarence Cove and the climbing area can be seen from the point west of the quay in Clarence Cove where the steps and caves are. From there you look across Hogfish Bay to the western point of it which is distinguished by an arch. Google Map.
Topo at the bottom of this page. Unless otherwise indicated, first ascents and photos by Grant Farquhar.

TROUBLE AND STRIFE 5.10b 12m 17th August 2006
Walk down to the platform on the seaward side of the arch in Hogfish Bay. Looking eastwards is an obvious overhanging pink streaked arête with green water below, the line of Night Dive. Step off the platform and traverse the lip of the east side of the arch leftwards to a knee-bar rest on the landward arête. Continue traversing leftwards at mid-height to the base of a ragged pockety crack. Finish up this. Beware the patch of reef underneath certain parts of the traverse. Definitely one for a high spring tide. Can also be started as for the following routes through the arch before moving up to the higher traverse at the exit of the arch in which case it is less tide dependent.

ARCH ENEMA 5.11d 13m 2nd June 2009
A crimpy extended finish to Trouble and Strife. Follow Trouble and Strife through Mick Fowler territory across the arch to the base of the crack. Continue leftwards on pockets past Mrs Pedersen to cross the pink wall and gain large holds and a shake out on Night Dive. The final section of Night Dive awaits.

The remainder of the routes start by traversing west to east (leftwards) through the arch on the landward side.

BONSAI PIPELINE 5.11a 13m 22nd August 2006
Traverses the entire wall from right to left taking the least line of resistance. Most of the following routes initially start along this before exiting at various points along the traverse. Traverse in from the landward side of the arch eastwards underneath and through the arch. Continue traversing along the shelf to a no-hands rest in a cave. Move left to a slot beneath the arête and a knee-bar rest. Climb up and leftwards on the lip of the overhang to a horizontal rail and shake-out. Step leftwards to a good rest at the Bonsai tree. The traverse now continues at this level before grovelling up onto a no-hands resting ledge. From here it is possible to follow the ledge system easily up and left to finish. Although this finish is loose and above a lower ledge system and is therefore not recommended. If you don’t fancy this finish then it is possible to jump off into deep water after the grovel onto the ledge system. The best finish however is to climb Pidgin Politics.


Claire MacLeod on the initial traverse of Bonsai Pipeline
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The low level traverse of the entire wall. Follow Bonsai Pipeline to the knee-bar rest of Night Dive. Climb down leftwards under the roof to look back out through the knee-bar slot from the inside. Crawl past the pigeons through a tunnel into the next cave. From the back of the cave climb the left (looking in) wall outwards until it is possible to turn the left arete/roof and gain the outside wall. Continue traversing left at this level until it is possible to climb directly up to the ledge below Pidgin Politics. Best above mid-tide because of the reef below the final section. On the first ascent there was a recently savaged headless pigeon in the cave of Night Dive and a Portugese Man O'War directly underneath the ledge of Pidgin Politics. Decapitated pigeon Jellyfish soloing, the latest "extreme" sport?
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CLARK KENT 5.10a 11m Paul Van Rensburg, 2003
Follow Bonsai Pipeline through the arch and step left around the arête before climbing the wall to the top. There is a patch of reef in the vicinity of the landing zone so it’s best to climb at high tide and avoid uncontrolled high dives.

MRS PEDERSEN 5.11a 13m 24th June 2006
This route climbs the wall to the right of Night Dive. Follow Bonsai Pipeline to the no-hands rest. Undercut the lip of the cave and make tricky moves into friable territory (crux). Continue past amazing pockets to the top out via a thank god tree branch.