Afternoon in Da Nang - worth diving?

[BabyLitigator]

Will be in Da Nang next year and will have one lunch and afternoon free (tight tour). Is it worth seeking out a dive shop for an afternoon dive (which would entail cost vis-a-vis family stuff)? Would only do so if the diving is excellent, and it seems maybe not so based on the lack of posts on the board relative to the size of the tourism infrastructure generally. But would welcome some advice.

 

[happy-diver]

Is Da Nang where Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore smelt napalm in the morning

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[drakcheslav]

I dove Nha Thrang, to be honest. Not much. Some dead coral, shallow, conveyor belt scuba diving. I'm guessing Da Nang is similar to that.

 

[lexvil]

Is Da Nang where Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore smelt napalm in the morning

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No but there was some action there.

 

[Lorenzoid]

Isn't Da Nang the same as, or near, the China Beach of wartime (and in the 1990s, TV) fame? My trip to the region was at least 10-12 years ago, and I don't remember much. What I do remember is eating grilled cuttlefish at a beach restaurant. Then getting a guy on a motorbike to give me a ride to the airport. Didn't even consider diving.

 

[Centrals]

Mỹ Sơn - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

This could be far more interesting but relatively quite a distance from Da Nang. We hired a car in early 90s.

 

[paddydiver]

I paid extra to dive the best site in Nha thrang, this was years ago and it was very poor back then so God knows what it's like now. I just googled diving Da Nang for the hell of it and got this immediately ...A picture speaks a thousand words...

 

[cleung]

I was on a liveaboard in Raja Ampat and a couple told me they dove near Da Nang and said it was not worth diving. Very little fish like the region was fished out. Saved me a future dive.