gentlegiant
Contributor
I just saw the thread about a Scubaboarder cruise and a better thought has come to my mind...Why don't we get a group up and charter the Ultimate Getaway for a 4 day trip to the Dry Tortugas. No dealing with a cruise line and only getting in 4-6 dives over a 5 day trip. Try getting 20+ dives over the 4 day trip in an area that is just a pretty and has as much life as most places in the Western Carib. The cost comes out to about $650 per person or so depending on how well you tip.
OK, so the acomodations are pretty spartan and the food is not cooked by a 5 star chef, although I would say the food was better than on the Carnival 7 day cruise I went on for my honeymoon, no discos and no bars, but a bunch of great diving. The dives range from 25 foot reef dives to a couple of 115ft wreck dives on a WWII freighter that got torpedoed. My last trip I saw a 10-12 bull shark, a bunch of barracuda, many giant grouper, a ton of Amberjacks, many reef fish and great coral reefs. Most of the dives are within the National park which is a protected area. The boat has Nitrox on board and I bet we could talk an instructor or two to go with us and schedule a class or two.
Let me know if anyone is interested. My wife and I are going again in December and we can try to make arrangements then if we get enough interest.
OK, so the acomodations are pretty spartan and the food is not cooked by a 5 star chef, although I would say the food was better than on the Carnival 7 day cruise I went on for my honeymoon, no discos and no bars, but a bunch of great diving. The dives range from 25 foot reef dives to a couple of 115ft wreck dives on a WWII freighter that got torpedoed. My last trip I saw a 10-12 bull shark, a bunch of barracuda, many giant grouper, a ton of Amberjacks, many reef fish and great coral reefs. Most of the dives are within the National park which is a protected area. The boat has Nitrox on board and I bet we could talk an instructor or two to go with us and schedule a class or two.
Let me know if anyone is interested. My wife and I are going again in December and we can try to make arrangements then if we get enough interest.