Diving in HAITI

[haitidivingpegasus]

Hello Mike,

It will be a real pleasure to welcome you at Pegasus Diving. We are looking forward to go diving with you.

Jean-Claude is still leaving at Cormier Plage but apparently the Dive Center is closed. Several friends told us he does not dive anymore because of health problems, but I could not verify whether or not this is true. I would not be surprised to learn that he still does, from time to time, just for the pleasure of visiting his wrecks.

Sincerely,
Nicole

Hi Nicole
I will come and dive with you, one day! Often wonder if Jean-Claude is still there? Saw him on a TV program a few years back, with respect to one of several wrecks he spoke of....the Marie Celest, in this case. That parrot startled many new guests, who then shared their fruit. I lived just up the beach for somewhere in the ballpark of 6 months.
Mike

 

[VASigEp]

I will be in Haiti next week (March 3rd - 8th) to survey several building sites for 9 new homes for a local orphanage just outside Les Cayes (Pwoje Espwa). i'd like to sneak in a day to go diving...I will need gear. I'm a PADI Open Water Diver. Donald

 

[floridanewbe]

welcome aboard

 

[morelosmike]

Thanks, Nicole. Sorry for my tardy response....been out of touch with the site. Nice to hear Jean Claude is still there.
Mike

 

[Pan Panadero]

Hello Nicole and Jose,

I used to work as an instructor for Alan Baskin and Eva Cope in 1983. I threatened to take over and change the name to Bakin in the Sun. I still think the diving there is better than any I've seen in the Caribbean. The wall at La Gonave is incredible. Is the huge elephant ear sponge still there at 130', the chimney? I have such fond memories of Haiti. Who owns the hotel now? It looks like they have remodeled it.

Best regards,
Brett Baker

 

[haitidivingpegasus]

Dear Brett,

ItŽ´s so good to hear from you. Your message brings back a lot of sweet souvenirs in our memories regarding Basking in the Sun at kaliko. Diving is always great here. Jose and I named a beautiful shallow reef after Eva: it looks like a colorful tropical garden at only 20 feet deep, with an incredible visibility - a real aquarium between Kaliko and Les Arcadings Islands!

The wall at Gonave Island is still spectacular. However, we went searching the huge elephant ear sponge and the chimney but could not locate them. Of course, there are other big sponges, but THE ONE was not found. We are wondering whether bad weather did not precipitate both of them to the bottom which is too deep to check or if we simply had the wrong location.

Jose sank two boats for diving purposes: "TINA D" between 57 and 120 feet for advanced divers. It was a cargo ship with two cranes. And the "Elie Jeanne", a bigger three-crane cargo ship between 115 and 200 feet for technical diving. A friend of ours sank a former coast guard medium boat at 91 feet. All of them around KalikoŽ´s area. So we have plenty to offer to our Divers Community.

The hotel is now owned partly by Fred Pierre-Louis (Owner of the Holiday Inn/Le Plaza Hotel in Port-au-Prince) and partly by Samy Zuraik (Owner of CASAMI - appliances and furniture store), and few small share holders. It had been remodeled into a beautiful white and blue gingerbread house with a very nice swimming pool in the middle. You can have a glance at the web page: Welcome to Kaliko Beach Club

Thanks a lot for getting in touch. We hope some day your path will cross ours again and we will go diving together.

Warm regards,
Nicole and Jose
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Hello Nicole and Jose,

I used to work as an instructor for Alan Baskin and Eva Cope in 1983. I threatened to take over and change the name to Bakin in the Sun. I still think the diving there is better than any I've seen in the Caribbean. The wall at La Gonave is incredible. Is the huge elephant ear sponge still there at 130', the chimney? I have such fond memories of Haiti. Who owns the hotel now? It looks like they have remodeled it.

Best regards,
Brett Baker