One of the best dives of my life ... The Rosa Maria has been down for a long time so there is lots of growth ...
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This is a great site, which is not often visited by divers, the only draw back is you can only get to it by boat.
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Belize was fantastic. Great variety of diving wonderful coral and marine life. Folks at Frenchies Dive Shop on Caye Caulker did a great job showing us around!
| Facts about Black Coral Wall, Turneffe, Belize It is in Belize- Black Coral Wall, Turneffe, Belize is in the Caribbean Sea.
- The typical depth is 0-30 Metres 0-100 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
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Belize had great marine life and great visibility. We stayed in Caye Caulker and used Frenchies Dive Shop and they went out of their way to show as much marine life as possible.
| Facts about The Sands at Turneffe, Belize- It is in Belize
- The Sands at Turneffe, Belize is in the Caribbean Sea.
- The typical depth is 0-20 Metres 0-60 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
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nice dive for take photos, dive with begginer, teach course, fun dive
| Facts about 3 Rock's, Sosua, Dominican Republic It is in Dominican Republic- 3 Rock's, Sosua, Dominican Republic is in the Atlantic.
- The typical depth is 0-10 Metres 0-30 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 30+ Metres 100+ Feet.
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black wall very vertical site full of black coral , tropical fish and many reef creature, deep of 1000 feet,,,dive profile 85 feet,,,,the top of the reef is a 60-65 feet,,trenchs and many corals...
| Facts about black wall in parguera area It is in Puerto Rico- black wall in parguera area is in the Caribbean Sea.
- The typical depth is 0-40 Metres 0-130 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 30+ Metres 100+ Feet.
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Playa Crashboat is an excellent diving site. It is located on Route 107 in Aguadilla. Offering easy shore entry and exits, it is a must dive for all levels of divers. There are four piers above the water and one sunken. Originally, Navy boats docked there to be ready to rescue downed airplanes from the former Ramey Air Force Base. Max. depth around the piers is 35 feet. There is a vast amount of marine life on the piling of the piers. Often you find a lobster or two under the sunken pier. Turtles and seahorses linger around the pilings. The sandy bottom is home to gobies and queen conch.
For the technical diver, a sunken buoy sits at 120' feet of water. Local divers have marked with lines routes to points of interest such as the "tires" and the sunken buoy.
Puerto Rico Technical Diving Center offers guided shore dives to Playa Crashboat (and other local dive sites) during the day or night for a reasonable fee. Experienced divers may want to rent equipment and do a self-guided tour. PRTDC will give a complimentary briefing to its customers upon request about the conditions and route.
-DAY OR NIGHT--Good all around dive
| Facts about Playa Crashboat- It is in Puerto Rico
- Playa Crashboat is in the Caribbean Sea.
- The typical depth is 0-40 Metres 0-130 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
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I have been diving over all of the Caribbean and have at last settled on St Eustatius (Statia). I has everything a diver could want and the folks are nice. The population of the island is under 3000, so there is little tourist trade and is passed by the cruise ships. I have been diving since 1964 and this will have to rate as probably the top. I expect to be going here until I get too old to dive.
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21°49' N, 84°28' W
Situado en la Ensenada de Corrientes, Península de Guanacahabibes.
Provincia de Pinar del Rio
| Facts about Ma. La Gorda It is in Cuba- Ma. La Gorda is in the Caribbean Sea.
- The typical depth is 50+ Metres 160+ Feet.
- The typical visibility is 30+ Metres 100+ Feet.
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Divetech at Cobalt Coast Resorts house reef is an easy shore dive just off the end of the pier. The mini wall is 5 minutes off shore that teams with seafans to the coral reef formation that starts at 30 feet of depth. Excellent photo opportunities, abundant marine life, large schools of snapper, grunts, sargeant majors, baracuda, schoolmasters and riddles with colorful sponges in all colors of the rainbow.
Access for shore is easy, and the dive shop hosts restrooms, showers, changing rooms, lockers, retail shop, restaurant, bar, rental equipment, dive site maps, shaded setup benches, rinse tank, drying rack, fresh water pool. Snorklers are welcome also!
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| Facts about Cobalt Ridge, Cobalt Coast Resort It is in Cayman islands- Cobalt Ridge, Cobalt Coast Resort is in the Caribbean Sea.
- The typical depth is 0-50 Metres 0-160 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 30+ Metres 100+ Feet.
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The Reef Resort: A Grand Cayman all beachfront luxury resort located on an exquisite quiet side of the island. This boutique resort is perfect for its watersports, diving, world class snorkelling, pool facilities and its private patio views.
Ocean Frontiers, Grand Cayman’s premier diving and snorkeling company, has a dive shop located on-site at The Reef. This PADI 5-Star Gold Palm IDC Center provides divers with everything they need for unbelievable underwater adventures. Divers consistently rank Ocean Frontiers as having both the world’s best dive staff and best dive operation.
Dive classes are taught for divers of every experience level, from beginners to divemasters. High-quality diving gear is available to rent, as are boats, kayaks and more.
Ocean Frontiers also rents boats and operates The Beach Locker, a fully stocked boutique located off The Reef’s lobby.
Some of the world’s most spectacular unspoiled coral reefs and walls can be explored in the waters off The Reef and the East End of Grand Cayman. Ocean Frontiers offers a two-tank wall and reef dive each morning and each afternoon, as well as stingray dives and snorkeling, coral reef snorkel trips and night dives.
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Amazing Dive Site. The wall is superb, yet any dive site in the turks and caicos is absolutely magnificent. Always go with "Provo Turtle Divers". They are friendly, helpful, and take small personal tours.
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Abaco Dive Adventures -- Tim Higgs, NAUI Instructor and Commercial Diver.
I ran into Tim shortly after moving to Marsh Harbour, Abaco, Bahamas in late August 2006. Due to the pressures of getting myself acclimated and "in the groove" with my work, I did not dive for some time. When I began to dive with Tim, I discovered one of the most knowledgeable and friendly Dive operators I have encountered in over 30 years of diving and instruction. I am also a Naui instructor, and while my Bahamaian work permit does not allow me to teach, I can strongly recommend Tim to anyone who wants any level of instruction.
We dove December 22, 2006 on both The Tunnel, a shallow, 15 to 20 foot reef and a bit later that morning on The Edge, a 65 foot reef dive. WOW! The shallow dive was one that was teeming with life. Yellow Tail Snapper, small Grouper, French Grunt, medium sized Parrot fish, Blue Chromis, several varieties of Damsel fish, several variety of Wrasse, Lobster (which the Bahamians usually call Crawfish), and Conch. It was a great, gentle dive with many swim-thrus and a memorial plaque set for a young man killed in a motorcycle crash, whose favorite dive was this site. This is an excellent place to take a first dive and see a great diversity of small and medium sea life, get used to the water after not diving for a while and just relax and get your groove. Slight current present along with some surge, it is shallow and we dove at the beginning of and exiting tide.
The Edge was a much different story. We planned to dive with a half gallon plastic juice jug filled with pieces of a Wahoo carcass that Tim had caught days earlier. The fish was chopped small and then filled with water making a sort of chum. The bighead of the Wahoo was tossed overboard to begin attracting fish as we prepared to dive. I was first in the water and settled down on the sand between coral heads at 20 feet to wait for the others. The Wahoo head was in a difficult place for the Yellow tail and small Nassau grouper (5 to 10 pounds) to reach, so I picked it up, and tossed it out in the open. As it settled toward the bottom a 70 pound plus Black Grouper came from nowhere, scooped it up and swallowed it. By then some other divers were down and quickly a 4 1/2 Gray Reef Shark showed up to cruise around. When we were all assembled, Tim led us over the edge and we settled in a nice sandy area at 60 feet where he unscrewed the bottle lid and began to squirt out some small pieces of fish. Soon, the Grouper were nosing our hands, I was able to handle and stroke the sides of one big guy who was about 40 pounds and that Shark kept crusing around us. He came within 2 feet of me, calmly swimming and watching. We kept the feeding under control and while the Groupers got a bit worked up, the Shark never got too crazy. This 50 minute dive was just delightful.
You also might consider diving the Blue Holes with Tim. These deep, inland holes are fascinating for their geographical and geological formations. I have only dove The Far Side, but it was spectacular. I no longer like extremely deep dives (getting older -- ha!) but we went 140 feet of the 230 feet possible in this hole. Lots of fossils in the walls. Just be skilled enough to do decompression diving and let Tim or someone with the experience lead you.
I recommend Tim and his operation anytime. And if you need a dive buddy while out here, drop me a note. I am always ready.
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| Facts about Abaco -- The Edge & The Tunnel It is in Bahamas- Abaco -- The Edge & The Tunnel is in the Caribbean Sea.
- The typical depth is 0-20 Metres 0-60 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 30+ Metres 100+ Feet.
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An amazing dive site close to shore just 5 minutes out from Nelsons Dockyard in English Harbour. Teaming with marine life and an abundance of lively coral, this reef is seldom visited by dive shops, except Dockyard Divers. Suitable for all levels you can dive it from 40 to 80 ft. In my opinion one of the best dive sites Antigua has to offer. A trully world class dive site.
| Facts about Carpenters Rock It is in Antigua & Barbuda- Carpenters Rock is in the Caribbean Sea.
- The typical depth is 0-30 Metres 0-100 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
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My wife and I have been diving on Little Cayman since 1989. We've dived throughout the Caribbean and also two trips to the Bligh Water in Fiji. I can't imagine a more dramatic wall dive anywhere, at least in the western hemisphere. Bloody Bay Wall crests in water less that 20 feet deep, then goes vertical to 2000 feet deep. It's like floating along the walls of the Grand Canyon, with deep ravines and undercuts, and marine life of all forms just teeming on the wall and on the colorful coral gardens on top. There are enough swim-throughs, arches, and other formations to keep anyone in awe. As great as the wall is for wide-angle photography, I've taken some great macro shots here too.
A site that has to be seen to believe!
| Facts about Bloody Bay Wall - Little Cayman- It is in Cayman islands
- Bloody Bay Wall - Little Cayman is in the Caribbean Sea.
- The typical depth is 0-30 Metres 0-100 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 30+ Metres 100+ Feet.
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A great shore dive operated by Divetech in Grand Cayman. Mini wall ranging to 60 feet jsut minutes off shore offers a large variety of sponges, gorgonians, corals and reef fish inlcuding a tarpon cavern. The deep wall is accesible from shore (starting at 60 feet and dropping into the abyss) - about a 10 minute surface swim. All ameneties needed are onsite including setup benches, shade, Restaurant, retail shop, showers and restroom facilities, rental equipment. Great marco opportunities in the shallows are afforded. Rebreathers welcomed. Open 7 days a week from 7am to 5pm.
| Facts about Turtle Reef- It is in Cayman islands
- Turtle Reef is in the Caribbean Sea.
- The typical depth is 0-50 Metres 0-160 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 30+ Metres 100+ Feet.
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One of the best land based dives in Costa Rica is at the Catalina Islands between the months of November and May. That is the best time to have an opportunity to see giant Pacific manta rays. These are not just ordinary manta rays but Manta birostris . This species of manta ray can have a wingspan of up to 24 feet (about 7 meters) and weigh up to nearly 3,000 pounds (1,360 kg). These enormous animals feed primarily on the microscopic plants and animals found in the plankton that is so plentiful at Catalina Islands.
They glide by you in no particularly hurry allowing you to get a good view and take prized photographs. The distinctive patterns on their bodies provide a personal signature for each manta. Some are nearly all black, while others sport white chevrons on their backs. The patterns and sometimes scars make the mantas easy to recognize.
The manta’s mouths are bracketed by two flexible cephalic lobes that look almost like horns when rolled up. During feeding, these lobes unfurl in a downward direction like two arms and appear to sweep plankton toward the mouth. When not feeding the lobes roll back up or are held in a relaxed gesture beneath the mouth with the tips nearly touching. Mantas do have teeth. To be more precise, they have rows of tiny pinhead-sized teeth along the lower jaw. The teeth are probably no rougher than the sandpaper hide of the manta are useless as a defensive tool. During mating the male grasps one of the female’s wingtips in his mouth as he swims under her for a brief belly-to-belly 90 second interlude in which the eggs are fertilized. It probable that the teeth help hold the female in position much like sharks do during mating.
During the manta ray season at Catalina Islands the water is cooler than normal and you should wear a full 3MM wet suit or maybe even a 5MM if you chill easily. If the water is not cold enough for a 3MM then it is probably not cold enough to see schooling, giant manta rays. You should make reservations in advance for Catalina Islands as you don’t want to miss this opportunity to swim with the giant manta rays.
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| Facts about Gulf Of Papagayo It is in Costa Rica- Gulf Of Papagayo is in the Pacific.
- The typical depth is 0-30 Metres 0-100 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 3-10 Metres 10-30 Feet.
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Great site with lot's of surprises. Manta's; giant schools of Rays (Mobula; Pacific Stingray, Eagle etc.); Schooling Jack's. If you're lucky you've got the dive of your life! Dive with "Summer Salt".
| Facts about Catalina Islands- It is in Costa Rica
- Catalina Islands is in the Pacific.
- The typical depth is 0-40 Metres 0-130 Feet.
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Murcielago or Bat islands
This dive spot is for experienced divers and really worth taking the 1 hour and 15 minutes boat trip.
A free decent and you are in a wonderfull place. In the season May - November this place is famous for it's bull sharks.
My firts trip to these islands was awesome.....16 bull sharks!
The biggest Murene eels and big schools of rays. It's just a magnificent place to dive!
Your saftey stop has to be made in mid water without reference, this can be tricky because sometimes the currents are strong; therefore the experienced dive certification.
If you plan to go, be prepared, bring a saftey tube for the boat to spot you.
Bat islands is a national park and an entrance fee of $6 needs to be paid, make sure you take a diveshop that has legal permission because alot of divecenteres will take you on this trip and then you end up returning without any dives because the coast guard interfered with the plans.
One of the dive shops with a permit is Rich Coast Diving in playa del Coco.
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| Facts about Bat Islands- It is in Costa Rica
- Bat Islands is in the Pacific.
- The typical depth is 0-30 Metres 0-100 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 3-10 Metres 10-30 Feet.
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The SS Stavronikita is the wreck of a 365ft Greek freighter which ran in to trouble off the coast of Barbados in 1976. The ship caught fire and was severely damaged. It was towed into the port of Bridgetown where she sat for almost two years.
In 1978 The Greek Government disowned her, so the Barbados government decided to deploy the ship as an artificial reef in the calm tranquil waters of the west coast, just off of Fitts Village in the Parish of St James. The shipwreck lies bolt upright with her bow facing East and the prop is at 40m/130ft. The top of the mast is at 6m/20ft. The house and main deck are to be found at 24m/80ft. The huge forward and aft cargo holds, and the cabins, stairways and engine rooms can be penetrated. This dive is rated as one of the best wreck dives in the Caribbean. Hightide Watersports visit this site approx 3 times a week.
| Facts about SS. STAVRONIKITA West Coast It is in Barbados- SS. STAVRONIKITA West Coast is in the Caribbean Sea.
- The typical depth is 0-40 Metres 0-130 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
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