Escape from New York

[t0by]

Hello. I'm looking for a place to go for 3 or 4 days fantastic diving. New York weather has finally got me down :06:

I'm an experienced diver and enjoy wrecks, walls, caverns. Not too interested in shallow reefs. Drysuit diving would be fine. Not sure about ice, though.

Where would you go??

TIA
Toby

 

[dbosullivan]

Hello. I'm looking for a place to go for 3 or 4 days fantastic diving. New York weather has finally got me down :06:

I'm an experienced diver and enjoy wrecks, walls, caverns. Not too interested in shallow reefs. Drysuit diving would be fine. Not sure about ice, though.

Where would you go??

TIA
Toby

How far away? You might want to check out the latest issue of Sport Diver:
http://www.sportdiver.com/in_this_issue.jsp;jsessionid=D2754C46A778DFEE3BFBDE5E891463B4?ID=35056
For a 3-4 day trip from this neck of the woods (NYC), I'd probably go to Roatan, Turks & Caicos, Belize or Cozumel (Bonaire= shallow reefs). Not too long a flight, although most would require transfers.
Good luck figuring it all out.

 

[t0by]

How far away?

Not too far, if possible. I did go to Cozumel a couple of months ago and enjoyed the diving.

There's direct flights to Cancun from here and a 350 dollar special might entice me back again. Perhaps back to Tullum for some awesome cenotes diving.

 

[baltimoron]

Caves in central florida? If you have AOW and a lot of dives under your belt (I think its 300 you need... I am probably wrong on this,) you could go out for your cave cert in the caves in Central Florida. A lot more people have more information on this than I do, but it sound worthwhile should you be eligible.

Also, I would try the Florida Keys… There's a lot of variety from what I have seen so far. One flight from JFK to Ft. Lauderdale (I think Song flies cheap to FLL from the New York Airports…) and you're there.

Whatever rubbs your buddha.

 

[t0by]

I've done some research into the florida caves/caverns and it sounds pretty good. Anyone recomment an operator/instructor. (I will go through the postings on this board).

I did dive the keys a few years ago. And did a few dives from ft lauderdale.

Thanks for the tips.

Keep 'em coming ;-)

 

[wandernsoul]

I understand you can get to Turks and Caicos right now from NYC for $300 RT. That outrageously good. I've dived Grand Turk a number of times and love the place. Nice walls, easy diving as the reef is a 10 minute boat ride. It's also Humpback season, as they migrate down to the Silver Banks over the winter, and pass right by TCI.
Just a thought.