cuba

[snuggle]

im thinking f going to either cuba or mexico to for a week of diving..any advice as to the best places to go including dive operators in each country?thanks..

 

[DandyDon]

I suggest Searches and Readings on Carribean forum for Cuba, Mexico forum for the mainland, and Cozumel for the island.

 

[scubagirl15]

im thinking f going to either cuba or mexico to for a week of diving..any advice as to the best places to go including dive operators in each country?thanks..

In January, I went to Santiago de Cuba (in the south, west of Guantanamo Bay) and stayed at a resort called Bucanero.

Food could've been better, but the rooms were very nice, the beach is cozy. But since I mostly went to dive, the only thing that really mattered was the fantastic dive operation there! Ask for Javier: he runs the place.

 

[ewong]

If you are going to Cuba, this book might help:

www.cubascuba-thebook.com


Eddy.
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[elbuzo]

In my opinion, and for my taste, Cuba have the best diving of the caribbean at Jardines de la Reina.
It's a small archipielago about 70 kms. from the central south coast of Cuba.
Due to their protection ( is a reserve ) and isolation is like a travel to the past , to how the caribbean reefs were 40 years ago .

In no other place in the caribbean you will see the amount of big fish that you will see there.

I went in the m/v Explorador 3 years ago and my only complain is that we didn't made more than 3 dives per day, mainly because the profile in most of the reefs are a bit deep ( 70 - 100 ft.) and no nitrox available.

Also don't expect luxury , boat is old and rustic but we were only three amigos and had the boat for ourselves because very few people go there and most of them are sport fishermans ( but don't worry because is catch and release).

The only catch allowed is for the meals of the visitors . By the end of the week you will probably hate to eat lobster .

I went Cuba 5 times during the last 8 years and trust me Jardines de la Reina is the best place by far.

This operator have an web page but i think that it doesn't provide much information also is not easy to comunicate with the italian operators (the manager is Pepe ) because they spend most of the time at the islands .

If you want to contact them i think that i have their phone numbers , let me know.

Regards

El buzo

 

[elbuzo]

I forgot their web page

It is www.avalons.net

El buzo

 

[scubagirl15]

In my opinion, and for my taste, Cuba have the best diving of the caribbean at Jardines de la Reina.
It's a small archipielago about 70 kms. from the central south coast of Cuba.
Due to their protection ( is a reserve ) and isolation is like a travel to the past , to how the caribbean reefs were 40 years ago .

In no other place in the caribbean you will see the amount of big fish that you will see there.

I went in the m/v Explorador 3 years ago and my only complain is that we didn't made more than 3 dives per day, mainly because the profile in most of the reefs are a bit deep ( 70 - 100 ft.) and no nitrox available.

Also don't expect luxury , boat is old and rustic but we were only three amigos and had the boat for ourselves because very few people go there and most of them are sport fishermans ( but don't worry because is catch and release).

The only catch allowed is for the meals of the visitors . By the end of the week you will probably hate to eat lobster .

I went Cuba 5 times during the last 8 years and trust me Jardines de la Reina is the best place by far.

This operator have an web page but i think that it doesn't provide much information also is not easy to comunicate with the italian operators (the manager is Pepe ) because they spend most of the time at the islands .

If you want to contact them i think that i have their phone numbers , let me know.

Regards

El buzo

Sounds amazing! Wil have to figure out how to get there!