Diving/snorkeling in Cayo Santa Maria, Cuba

[rockbeauty]

Anybody dive or snorkel around this island? I will be at the sol cayo santa maria and leaving on saturday and I am wondering if the diving is good enough so it worth bringing my full equipment or not...
Also, where is the best snorkel by yourself on the island?
Thanks

 

[badejo65]

Hi, how did you find the diving at cayo santa maria?

Thank you

B.

 

[claplant]

Hi, it was better than I expected (my expectations were low, I thought there would be no coral and not a lot of fish due to overfishing)...no big pelagics but on our second dive, we saw ~ 50 nassau grouper so that was something. All the usual were there, rockbeauties, queen angelfish, french angelfish. I will try to create a folder this week in my gallery and PM you once it's done. It was not as good as Coz, Belize or Bay islands but I paid my all-included week in Cuba less than 700$ canadian (+ diving) so I tought it was still a pretty good deal!

 

[rockbeauty]

Sorry, I was on claplant computer while answering your question badjo65, so look up in my gallery (rockbeauty) this weekend and I should put the picture there by that time,
hope it helps
By the way, I am not sure the air quality was very good from the tanks though, you might want to check that out (or ask when was the last inspection) if you are sensitive to air quality

 

[badejo65]

Hello
Thank you, i´ll be waiting for your PM.

Regards

B

 

[badejo65]

Hi ,
Thank you for the PM , i did see your photos, they're nice.
By the way, can you tell me about the medium depth of those dives, seemed to me pretty shallow.

Regards
BD

 

[rockbeauty]

Yeah, all the pictures were taken between 40 and 60 feet. We haven't dove under 60 feet in Cuba.