Dive Destinations a few hours flight from Miami?

[scubadada]

if you dive in indo/PI, don't bother with reef diving in the caribbean.

focus on wrecks off florida or tigers/hammers in the bahamas.

I was going to suggest in my previous post that you look at Dolphin Dream to Tiger Beach and Bimini, but thought it was a little out there.

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Trip Report - Tiger Beach and Bimini on the Dolphin Dream, March 11-19, 2022

Tiger Beach and Bimini on the Dolphin Dream, March 11-19, 2022 My friend and dive buddy, @Dan and I recently had the pleasure of going to Tiger Beach and Bimini to dive with Tiger Sharks, Lemon Sharks, Reef Sharks, a Great Hammerhead, a few Bull Sharks and many Nurse Sharks. Reservations: I...

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[bmag78]

Have a look at the Explorer Ventures boats.
Turks and Caicos Explorer and the Caribbean Explorer (St Martin-Saba-St Kitts) . Both are great
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[Motoman4540]

I live in Miami so we dive a lot both locally and in the Caribbean. Frankly, I dive for a month every year in Indonesia and specifically Lembeh Straits, so that type of diving is not something you will see in the Caribbean. You’ll be lucky to see a nudibranch or a frogfish anywhere, although there is a seahorse or two. IMHO, the best diving in the Caribbean so far is in St. Lucia, and we have been to the Caymans, St. Maarten, St. Kitt’s, Turks (Beaches and LoB), Belize (same), St. Vincent, Curaçao, and are heading for Grenada next week. The Turks LoB is good, FYI. You won’t go wrong in St. Lucia or St. Vincent, but if you want the diehard dive experience, do a LoB in the Turks or Belize (however, the Blue Hole is a total waste of a dive, unless you would like to drop down to 150ft for 4 minutes, see nothing at all and then head up).

 

[Divin'Papaw]

I live in Miami so we dive a lot both locally and in the Caribbean. Frankly, I dive for a month every year in Indonesia and specifically Lembeh Straits, so that type of diving is not something you will see in the Caribbean. You’ll be lucky to see a nudibranch or a frogfish anywhere, although there is a seahorse or two.

Blue Heron Bridge in Riviera Beach is one exception.

 

[Ray and Pam]

I live in Miami so we dive a lot both locally and in the Caribbean. Frankly, I dive for a month every year in Indonesia and specifically Lembeh Straits, so that type of diving is not something you will see in the Caribbean. You’ll be lucky to see a nudibranch or a frogfish anywhere, although there is a seahorse or two. IMHO, the best diving in the Caribbean so far is in St. Lucia, and we have been to the Caymans, St. Maarten, St. Kitt’s, Turks (Beaches and LoB), Belize (same), St. Vincent, Curaçao, and are heading for Grenada next week. The Turks LoB is good, FYI. You won’t go wrong in St. Lucia or St. Vincent, but if you want the diehard dive experience, do a LoB in the Turks or Belize (however, the Blue Hole is a total waste of a dive, unless you would like to drop down to 150ft for 4 minutes, see nothing at all and then't head up).

Where do you like diving in St. Lucia and how often do you go? We dove one day from cruise ship many years ago, Supermans Flight down by the Pitons and someplace else close.
Have you dove Bonaire, Cozumel, Dominica or Barbados?
You didn't like Curacao?
What type diving do you like, walls, currents, big stuff, small stuff, wrecks, coral reefs/heads?