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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[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?

 

[Motoman4540]

Blue Heron Bridge in Riviera Beach is one exception.

You are absolutely right. We call Blue Heron "ghetto Lembeh," LOL! There is often god macro there, but you have to time the slack tide, can be very crowded on the weekends.

 

[Motoman4540]

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?

We stayed at Sandals Halcyon in St. Lucia, and we went to one cove for several dives, which has several coral fingers. That cove had great diving, and and a good night dive as well. It was the site of the only frogfish that I ever saw in the Caribbean, and we saw at least two octopi during the day and three on a night dive. There is a hotel on the hillside above that cove with what look like bungalows across the hillside. We dove Superman's Flight and nailed some very good sized lion fish there.

We liked the diving in Curacao. It was very nice, good coral, lots of fish, got a few nice lionfish. However, St. Lucia was the best. We have not gone to Bonaire, Cozumel, Dominica or Barbados, although everyone that I talk to has said that Cozumel is one of the best dives they have had. We will probably end up in Dominica at some point and Cozumel is definitely on our list as well. Plus we love Mexican food, and we have spent some time in Playa Del Carmen, so . . .

 

[BigJimDiver]

I'm a big fan of the Turks & Caicos Explorer II, headed there in 4 weeks for the 4th time. I've also done Aggressor. Belize is nice as well.

 

[Scuba_Jenny]

You are absolutely right. We call Blue Heron "ghetto Lembeh," LOL! There is often god macro there, but you have to time the slack tide, can be very crowded on the weekends.

Interesting. I've been diving BHB for 20 years and never heard it called that. Probably accurate though, I've never been to Lembeh.