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The Caribbean is looked at as a year round destination. The destinations within the Caribbean seem to attract different clientele in age and nationalities. As such, the peak seasons differ in the different locations.
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The Caribbean is looked at as a year round destination. The destinations within the Caribbean seem to attract different clientele in age and nationalities. As such, the peak seasons differ in the different locations.
The 30 countries that make up the Caribbean are normally accessed by air. The larger tourism destinations may have hundreds of aircraft arriving each day. These destinations will have flights into a few United States’ airports that are hubs to further destinations. They also have direct flights to Europe and to South America. more
Saba offers Scuba divers site sites that are pristine and loaded with marine life.
There are over 30 different countries that make up the Caribbean. The leading tourism destinations include the Cayman Islands, the Virgin Islands, Belize, Honduras and Mexico. The Caribbean is also the most popular cruise ship destination in the world. more
If you are planning on going to the Caribbean, scuba diving and snorkeling is a must. Diving the underwater world of the Caribbean is a phenomenal way to experience the islands. Let’s look at some of the more magnificent reefs and islands suited to explore the underwater world. From huge holes in the ocean floor, to massive expansive reefs, the options are vast for anyone looking for the best places to go scuba diving in the Caribbean.
The Cayman Islands are a must for divers of any experience level. The level of natural beauty and ability to connect with wildlife makes it a bucket list type of event. The Cayman Islands are packed full of marine life, and nearly the entire pallet of colors is available for divers to see on the reefs. Stingray City will allow swimmers to float amongst stingrays and touch them as they swim by. The stingrays are fed regular meals of fish entrails daily, and as such are domesticated and highly unlikely to harm anyone. On an average day in the Cayman Islands visibility is up to 150 feet through the Caribbean waters, and 200 feet on a perfect day. more
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Cozumel is considered by many to be the best spot to snorkel or scuba dive in the Caribbean. The water surrounding the island is crystal clear due to the currents flowing around it, and visibility on a good day is around 100 feet. There are at least 16 reefs to dive from, and the wildlife within them includes stingrays, eels, barracudas and nurse sharks. The landscape around Cozumel is extremely diverse, including dive levels from shore to deep, all of them being drift dives. You may discover landforms like underwater caves, drop offs that go deep down into the black ocean abyss, or underwater mountain pinnacles. An underwater camera would be a good piece of equipment to bring with, as the reefs are aglow with vibrant colors any traveler would want to remember. more
Bimini Road, sometimes called Bimini Wall, is an ancient limestone formation submerged beneath clear, blue waters in the westernmost part of The Bahamas. The steps lining the path appear to be cut at the right angles, which has led people to believe that these formations are remnants of the mythical lost world of Atlantis. more
Shark, turtle, and batoid encounters are pretty much guaranteed when you dive in The Bahamas. The reef between Nassau and the islands of Andros is among the world’s largest, most biodiverse marine ecosystems, so expect to spot an array of unique, tropical sea creatures like barracudas, clown fish, queen conch, and green moray eels. There’s also a great chance you’ll encounter humpback whales and dolphins when island hopping. here
Anyone with a valid passport can visit The Bahamas. A visa may only be required for very specific countries or for visitors who will stay longer than 3 months. Here’s how to get there: here
After being used as props for the James Bond film Never Say Never Again, this dive spot has attracted droves of wreck enthusiasts and film aficionados. Accessed via a short boat ride, divers of all certification levels will enjoy the site’s crystal-clear visibility, warm waters, and mild currents. The deepest point is 45 meters on the Tears of Allah, an island freighter deliberately sunk for the shooting of the film. Advanced divers may get a peek inside the wreck and admire the corals adorning its interior.
08/29/2003 Steve Cunningham (Avg: 3.00 Review) - Living the Caribbean allows Deanna and I dive four or five days a week but sometimes it becomes a little mundane to dive the same location day after day. The dive boats limited us to their time schedules, dive locations, length of dive time and crowds. Enjoying the road less traveled and wanting to be more independent we planed several beach dives to some rather spectacular dive sites. Butler Bay on the West end of St. Croix is an area where five ships, part of a scientific habitat and several old trucks were recently sunk to provide an artificial reef. Our new adventure was to begin on the beach at Butler Bay. Although we have both dived these wrecks before it was off a boat, never as a shore dive. We were unable to find any maps of the area so we decided to test our navigation skills to determine where we were and where we were going. We could see an orange buoy bobbing in 3-foot seas out about 400 yards. Not sure which wreck it was tied to, if any, we decided this would be our destination. We began our swim, kicking out on our backs, at a heading of 310�. The sand bottom gradually drops off to a depth of 70 feet. We reached the orange buoy after 20 Minutes. The water clarity was fair, 60 ft, so we could see that we were over a wreck, YEA! But which one we didn't know. Following the buoy line down we found the bow of the Sulfoulk-Maid, the name we were told later. Neither of us had dived this ship before but found it to be the prettiest of all the wrecks. She has good coral and sponge growth. There is plenty of penetration points but no real wheelhouse so we were not sure what type of vessel we were looking at. There was a huge prop so it could not have been a barge. Since we had not seen this ship before we did not know the relative location of the other 4 ships. Being sure that the barge and the North Wind, a tug, were close our next challenge would be to find them. We swam to the bow and I swam north a hundred yards while Deanna swam east a hundred yards then back to the bow. We were just out of visual contact for a couple of minutes so we decided that separation was a bad idea. We tracked a heading of 270� off the stern together; and with-in 60 yd we could see the shadow of the barge. Having our bearings we now knew that the habitat, and junk trucks were 200� off the port stern. The North Wind was 170� or so off the habitat. We found them all and returned to our entry point swimming underwater on our reciprocal heading ending our dive after 53 min. The gradually sloping sand bottom gave us plenty of time for a safety stop on our swim in. We learned much on this dive: 1st stay with your buddy: 2nd trust your compass: 3rd watch your computer. The next day Deanna wanted to dive at North Star, a 3000-foot deep wall dive site on the north shore and a mile west of Cane Bay. The entry is surgey and rocky which lends itself to only experienced divers with good buoyancy control. Therefore the reef is in great shape with little fin damage. The wall is only a 100-yard swim due north. There is a boat buoy 340� but you miss half the dive using it as a marker. We dropped down the wall a hundred feet and swam west for 25 min, actually to 1200 lb. We naturally came up to 70 feet along the way using our computers as nitrogen fill guides. We watched a 2 � foot diameter hawks bill turtle taking a nap and saw couple of a lobster fighting over something. On top of the wall in 25 ft of water we encountered a 7 or 8 foot nurse shark free swimming with two remora attached. He was looking for lunch and hung around for a couple of minutes. We gassed off with our return swim to the car; another successful 48 min dive. On day three- I wanted to find and map the other two wrecks in Butler Bay. We stopped on the road overlooking the bay and saw a small white buoy a little further out and to the north of the orange buoy. We marked it at 330� from our entry point and started our swim. The seas were much calmer than our previous visit so it was an easy 20-minute swim. Arriving at the buoy we could see that it was attached to a cement slab and nothing more. Disappointed we decided to surface swim west to the orange marker. Eureka! After only 25 feet or so swim we crossed the bow of the Coakley Bay, a tug, whose bow points toward the Rosa Maria, a ferry sitting in 80 to 90 feet of water. DIVE! DIVE! DIVE! We spent most of this dive mapping the two wrecks. We had a close encounter with a free-swimming 5-foot green moray eel; I assured him that I was not lunch. A small southern ray seemed to be having a disagreement with a couple of bar jacks. The largest gray angle I believe I have ever seen was monitoring a 15-member school of angles on the poop deck; French, grays, queens and rock beauties. One queen seems to enjoy swimming upside down, and none of them were interested in or shy of us. We swam back to the car on a reciprocal under water heading. We surfaced after 46 minutes, 250lbs.of air. Even so we were able to maintain a 5 min 15 foot safety stop on the swim in and had less than 100 yards of a surface swim. Next visit we are going to take our lights, gloves and dive reel to penetrate these wrecks With maps, charts and navigation skills divers can discover the joy and adventure available on St. Croix's great beach dives. My wife and I are owners of Bubble makers, Inc in St. Croix if you are interested you can visit us at Bubblesvi.com Thank you.
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Directions: The Northwest end of St. Croix, North of Frederiksted.
10/29/2003 Steve Cunningham (Avg: 3.37 Review) - This is where you will find 5 wrecks that were sunk for artificial reefs. There are a long swim 25 min from shore but worth the effort. The first time you will most likely want a guide. [links]
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