The beaches are just breath taking and words cant do them justice! The perfect weather and welcoming people make every moment memorable. Curacao has it all—reefs, walls, wrecks, night dives—but the island’s incredible marine life and healthy reef system with a sea floor that drops steeply a few hundred feet from shore, make this a shore divers dream and my new favorite place to dive!
World-class beaches, always-perfect weather and welcoming culture are only a part of what makes Aruba so special. The diving is mostly wrecks which there are plenty to choose from. The wall off the airport has the best coral but the seas were rather rough so plan a drift dive if you can.
Nestled within the Caribbean Sea, Grand Cayman is the largest and westernmost of the Cayman Islands. Spanning around 76 square miles and 22 miles long, it offers abundant activities, accommodations, and attractions for all explorers. Grand Cayman also has Dramatic seawalls, shallow reefs and storied shipwrecks lead this list of sites.
Grenada is the southernmost island of the north-south arc of the Lesser Antilles off the coast of Venezuela. Grenada has Amazing shipwrecks, colorful reefs and making it a diver’s wonderland. Most of the dive sites are concentrated around the south and west coasts. You could easily dive just wrecks on Grenada, but you would miss the reefs, walls and incredible marine life.
Named for its breathtaking bluff, Cayman Brac is off the beaten track but remains charming, allowing thrill-seekers and nature-lovers to get up close and personal with rare flora and fauna. The tiny towns here have names like West End, Watering Place, Cotton Tree Bay, Creek and Spot Bay. Diving Cayman Brac you can observe a sunken Russian warship and reefs home to friendly schools of fish.
Bonaire is the shore diving capitol of the world and divers can see colorful large sponges and sea fans while scuba diving around Bonaire, as well as explore quite a few shipwrecks, and encounter various marine life like turtles, barracudas and groupers. Angelfish, butterflyfish, seahorses, crabs, and shrimps can also be seen.
Little Cayman is the smallest of the three islands that form the Cayman Islands. Dive sites at Little Cayman consist of vertical walls, beautiful coral gardens and boulder formations. The best dive sites are located along Bloody Bay Wall which is a spectacular vertical wall with more than 15 different dive sites. The wall begins at a depth of 20ft (6m) and drops off to 1,000ft (304m). Along the wall, colorful sponges, gorgonian sea fans and other coral formations make a wonderful home for reef fish and critters.
With more than 50 dive sites, San Salvador is renowned for epic diving. Swim through ruins, shipwrecks, walls and colorful reefs teeming with grouper, sharks, and more sharks! Popular sites include Devil's Claw and Vicky's Reef, which are home to stingrays and sharks, and French Bay, which boasts Elkhorn and staghorn coral.