Carib Traveler's Grenada Travel Journal: Scuba Diving in Grenada

[ edit profile ] Handle: Carib Traveler Real Name: Neal W. Email: Send User an Email Lives in: Indianapolis Birth Date: 1972-01-19 Member since: 2001-08-01 23:21:52 Last Login: 2008-02-23 Web Page: NealWhitley.com "Love to scuba dive...!" Places Carib Traveler has visited: > Akumal Mexico > Cayman Islands > Cozumel Mexico > Grenada > Playa del Carmen > St. Lucia > Tulum Mexico > Turks and Caicos Carib Traveler's Grenada Travelogue:      Introduction | Travel Tips 6 | Travel Journals 1 Date of Grenada Visit: April 2005 "Scuba Diving in Grenada" Page Last Updated: Fri March 24, 2006 Diving After Ivan Aquanauts Dive Center Even after Hurricane Ivan the reefs around Grenada are still doing fairly well. Noticiable damage was limited to minor damage to the hard corals and many of the sea fans had tears in them. Scuba diving in Grenada is concentrated mainly on the South West Caribbean Coast, off Grand Anse Beach and going north, which is on the leeward side of the Island. Most sites can all be reached within 10 - 20 minutes from Grand Anse Beach or from Aquanauts DiveShop located at True Blue Bay. Aquanauts Dive Shop Aquanauts main location is at the True Blue Resort - http://www.truebluebay.com. Peter and his wife run the the dive operation and with there staff I had a wonderful diving experience on Grenada. While diving with them in May of 2005 they were professional, friendly, safe and there staff was fantastic. The dive boat, ''Salsa'', was big and roomy and easy to move about and get ready for each dive. Bruce, one of the dive masters, was always helpful, freindly and knowledgable about the diving in Grenada. Roxann (Roxy) in the front office is both beautiful and a character - and was helpful in all matters! Linda & Peter, the owners, have put togehter a fabulous dive operation in Grenada. They have two locations, on Grand Anse Beach and the main office/dive center is at the True Blue Bay Resort. Aquanauts Dive Boat Dive Sites We Visited Flamingo Bay Dragon Bay Shakem (wreck) Shark Reef Purple Rain With more than 30 dive sites, Grenada offers dives a chance to dive sites that are still relatively virgin territory. Grenada's underwater adventures include wrecks, reefs, or be a little adventurous and do a shark dive. The ''Bianca C'', one of the largest ship wrecks in the Caribbean, gives divers a chance for a deep water wreck dive. The boat is so long that unless water clairity is perfect you can not see from one end of the ship to the other. Aquanauts Dive Boat 5 Diving on Grenada The only drawback to Grenada diving is water clairity, which can be variable depending on the Atlantic or Orinoco currents. The Orinoco river in Venezuela flows north in the Caribbean/Atlantic. If the current flows due north this makes visibility from Trinidad to Grenada a little less. Though - just because Grenada does not have the same vis as Cayman or Cozumel does not mean it's not fantastic diving. During the rainy season (June - December) the heavy rains in South America ''can'' bring the silt flowing out of the Orinoco river via the North Equatorial current. The current also brings nutrients and plankton to Trinidad, Tobago, Grenada and farther north - thus allowing for a healthy reef and fish life. The upside is larger fish life are more prevalant - whales, whale sharks and mantas. Aquanauts Dive Boat - Bruce the dive master Diving with Aquanauts Photo from the top deck of one the dive masters for Aquanauts.

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