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ddthomas,
check out this op
http://www.divearuba.com/index.html
i dove with clive last spring and will again upon my return
regards,
check out this op
http://www.divearuba.com/index.html
i dove with clive last spring and will again upon my return
regards,
cpayne,
welcome to this board.
a search here will provide you with lot's of opinions concerning the quality of diving in aruba.
each of the abc islands are unique unto them selves.
the reefs in aruba are not as developed as bonaire and curacao.
howeverer, there are many wrecks and the fish life is good.
of the 3 islands, bonaire has the highest quality of diving imo.
curacao is somewhere in the middle.
if you are traveling with any non-divers aruba will provide the most topside attractions.
bonaire will provide the least with curacao being in the middle again imo.
after you do a search for info on this board, if you still need more, just ask and you shall recieve.
regards,
welcome to this board.
a search here will provide you with lot's of opinions concerning the quality of diving in aruba.
each of the abc islands are unique unto them selves.
the reefs in aruba are not as developed as bonaire and curacao.
howeverer, there are many wrecks and the fish life is good.
of the 3 islands, bonaire has the highest quality of diving imo.
curacao is somewhere in the middle.
if you are traveling with any non-divers aruba will provide the most topside attractions.
bonaire will provide the least with curacao being in the middle again imo.
after you do a search for info on this board, if you still need more, just ask and you shall recieve.
regards,
mike_s
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ddthomas:
For charters, take a look at Dive Aruba, Pelican Watersports and Unique Watersports. Red Sail also has a location there, but tends to have more
crowded boats.
Where are you staying? some of the dive operators have locations in the hotels.
I love aruba! Been there numerous times, but I made the mistake of using Red Sail Sports (booked it through the cruise ship...). Red Sail is probably the worst company i've ever used. They pretty much told us to stick near them, then the dive "guide" left us on the antilla at the bottom for 47 minutes. He kept trying to pick up a baby octopus which escaped and finally...got a bit angry INK was everywhere! I've never laughed so hard underwater!
I usually use Pelican Adventures at the holiday inn pier. I love the staff, they're so friendly and helpful. Pelican has several locations, a nice size boat, and the staff works very hard. They are a bunch of safe divers.
I strongly urge you to do the south coast dives that are only open to advanced divers. The sites are probably more dynamic, and the viz is a lot better.
Other sites not to miss:
Antilla- a great wreck
Pendernales- if you haven't been in the water in a while...fragmented wreck...pretty good stuff.
Have an excellent trip!
-Christine.
I usually use Pelican Adventures at the holiday inn pier. I love the staff, they're so friendly and helpful. Pelican has several locations, a nice size boat, and the staff works very hard. They are a bunch of safe divers.
I strongly urge you to do the south coast dives that are only open to advanced divers. The sites are probably more dynamic, and the viz is a lot better.
Other sites not to miss:
Antilla- a great wreck
Pendernales- if you haven't been in the water in a while...fragmented wreck...pretty good stuff.
Have an excellent trip!
-Christine.
If your into shore diving here is a link to some good sites around Aruba with some nice beaches also.
http://www.shorediving.com/Earth/ABC/Aruba/
http://www.shorediving.com/Earth/ABC/Aruba/
I've been diving in Aruba multiple times and agree totally with the posts above. Avoid Red Sail Sports! Pelican Watersports next to the Holiday Inn is who I usually dive with and they have always been fantastic. I'm not really into wrecks but the Antilla is a nice dive -- especially at night. I always try to do the "South Coast" trips. The reefs there are closer to those in Bonaire and Curacao and there are lots of fish. However, this is a long boat trip for the operators and the seas can get rough so they classify it as an advanced trip and usually only go on morning trips there. The Pedernalis is a broken up wreck which is shallow and near the boats so they often go there or to Malmok (also relatively close) in the afternoons. The viz in these areas is much less than the South Coast and there is much less coral, but they are reasonable dives, especially for new divers.
If you have non-diving members of your party, Aruba is definitely the choice over Bonaire and even Curacao as there are tons of topside things to do while you're off diving.
If you have non-diving members of your party, Aruba is definitely the choice over Bonaire and even Curacao as there are tons of topside things to do while you're off diving.
KidK9
Contributor
Not to be rude, but please use the search funcyion. This topic comes up at least once a week.
Ontwreckdiver
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Just got back from 2 weeks in Aruba on april 24. I always dive with Romeo at Native Divers. (www.nativedivers.com) He just got his new Sea ray in the water. It has an air conditioned cabin and galley. he only takes up to 6 divers out at a time. He is docking it south of town so he can dive the south coast sites that most of the bigger operators don't go down too.
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