The Top Five Diving Destinations of the Caribbean
June 12, 2010
Thinking of choosing a destination for your next trip where you go diving? The Caribbean is a great space for visiting, relaxing and traveling but mostly to get their water, warm in all seasons.
Diving is an unforgettable experience in this area. Here we invite you to know a little more about what we consider the five best places in the Caribbean to undertake this activity.
When choosing, you can take into account these data and thus know the particularities of each of the points. Anyway, the whole area is great for practicing this adventure; you are an experienced diver or a beginner.
Calm waters and visibility at a distance: Cayman Islands
Cayman Islands is one of the favorite destinations in the world for diving and you cannot miss. With very calm waters and so transparent that allows a view of up to 38 feet away under the sea. Its simple approach to wildlife and that is calm and unafraid of human presence. All three islands of this archipelago located northwest of Jamaica are Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman.
* Grand Cayman, the largest, can display on its banks, including rays, barracudas, turtles and impressive groups of fish to only four feet deep. In addition, the walls are filled with colorful colorful reefs and wrecks offer interesting background. Sand Bar and Stingray City are the most recommended.
* Cayman Brac has a beautiful cliff and is the pleasantest, but has only three dive centers.
* Finally, Little Cayman is the most untouched and preserved that it can be accessed only by plane. Bloody Bay Wall and Jackson Marine Parks are the most visited dive sites for its walls, narrow gorges and caves that can be done. There you will find sea turtles, snapper, barracuda and angelfish.
Coral Corner: Belize
Looking to be surrounded by reefs? Here in Belize’s barrier reef find America’s largest and second in all the earth. In addition, Lighthouse, Glover’s Reef and Turneffe Islands are the only three coral atolls in the Atlantic Ocean. The great Blue Hole 120 meters deep that Jacques Cousteau popularized also surrounded by these colonies may even be seen from the air.
Between the months of April and June, you can watch the whale shark. It’s most striking fauna complete with rays, turtles and colorful schools of fish.
Sharks! : Bahamas
Feel like? Bahamas is a collection of 700 islands with amazing blue holes, a variety of animals, walls, wrecks and excellent visibility. But the most distinctive of this area is the ability to swim with sharks.
You can practice all levels of diving. The islands are visited by fans:
* Andros : It is the largest group of the archipelago, among their lands passing streams and lakes. The area remains in a state bit penetrated so far. A coral reef runs along its 200 kilometers east coast and can be enjoyed even at shallow depths. Holes, caves and underwater caves make the journey as enjoyable and interesting.
* Long Island: it is estimated as the best water and climate. It is also sparsely populated. Here you can experience the thrill of being with sharks.
* New Providence: The majority of the inhabitants of the Bahamas live on this island where the capital, Nassau. In addition to flora and fauna similar to that of the other areas, the attraction is the feeding of sharks with a rod and the half dozen shipwrecks to be found.
Incredible experience : Riviera Maya
The five best places in the Caribbean to dive the Riviera Maya, we’re going to be surprised by the presence of sinkholes, the result of soil erosion that filled with water to create pools of water always transparent and a unique feeling to see the light entering these holes. Experts can also enter the caves that form between them, and have an adventure even more striking.
Here you’ll see the rarest species of colors and even some specific to offshore even though we are miles away. Imagine. For the Maya, these holes were windows to a new world.
Coast Diving: Bonaire
Bonaire is ideal if you’re planning your first underwater experience and is one of the most beautiful in the world to do so. Its huge variety of exotic fish and corals make this island a very chosen for the activity. It is located 48 kilometers from Curacao and offers over 80 points for snorkeling and diving.
The Caribbean side is ideal for inexperienced and dives can be made 24 hours. Moreover, only seven miles away, you can access the most uninhabited and small island of Klein Bonaire.
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