January Cruise - Help!

[schu1842]

My family will be on the Celebrity Summit Jan. 3 - 10. We will be in San Juan -
Phillipsburg, St. Maarten - Roseau, Dominica - Scarborough, Tobago and Bridgetown,
Barbados. I can book some dives through the ship but does anyone have any information on dive ops at these ports and which ports will be the best to dive? Thanks.

 

[Jsh]

I've been diving in Barbados and Dominica (Portsmounth, not Rosseau). The soft coral is really nice in Barbados but I didn't see much more than that and a bunch of turtles, around 8 in 2 dives (so if you like turtles, that's the place to dive).

Dominica had some really nice diving, I liked it better than Barbados. LOTS of colourful coral and lots of small stuff (a couple of sea horses, rays, eels, nudibranches, small fishes etc.).

Pricing was about the same if I recall ($100 US for 2 dives).

I hope this helps, good luck.

Josh

 

[Torontonian]

We did a Southern Caribbean cruise last year. We went to Puerto Rico for 6 days pre-cruise. Stayed in San Juan for 2 days, and went to Farjado to take a fast cat to Vieques Island for a bio bay tour one night. You get to jump in the water and see glows. We then went to La Parquera for 2 days of diving/snorkeling, and 2 days at Rincon. Went to Desecheo Island for diving/snorkeling. It was quite nice.

In Dominica, we went to Aldive.com for diving/snorkeling. We went to Scotts Head, saw nice top side scenery, but the current was strong that day for snorkelers, so we went to another site. The second site was Champagne Reef. A nice shallow dive. All of us saw many squids lined up in a long straight line, kind of interesting. Then went for an island tour.

In Barbados, the dive at the Stav wreck was pretty good. Then went to the front of the Sandy Lanes Resort for snorkeling. Saw several large turtles. The next dive was pretty good too. Not spectacular, but nice colorful soft corals.

Between Dominica and Barbados, I'd pick Dominica. Barbados have a lot more people, whereas Dominica felt rugged, prestine, and of course fewer people.

 

[Eddietours]

Hello schu1842,

You can contact us at Eddie Tours & Taxi Services and we will surely make your cruise to Dominica on January 6th a memorable one. please contact us at eddietours2001@yahoo.com by email or 1 767 245 2242, mobile, or fax 1 767 449 6808 for more details.

Eddie S.

 

[chucklindsey]

I am an IANTD instructor living in San Juan. if your looking for trips it will depend on how long your in PR. I have a non profit website with information on the area including the islands your visiting. check it out and feel free to email me with any questions, ill help point you in the right direction. Deep-Descent

 

[petergrannum]

Hello,

I own a dive a dive shop in Barbados and we look after the diving for the cruise ship you are coming in on and we offer really good diving and not cattle boat diving. The reefs are good and the fish life is graet with lots of turtles. My shops name is west side scuba. Let me know by e mailing me to peterg@sunbeach.net.

Thanks,

 

[tctmd]

I just got back from Dominica. The diving in Soufriere was FANTASTIC. On one of our dives, there were 7 people from the various cruise ships and a bunch of cruise ship passengers who came for a snorkel trip (they went on a separate boat). On our second dive that day, just 4 cruise-ship passengers, my buddy/myself and our DM. Nature Island Dive is the shop to go with. Attentive, safe, informative, friendly, well-maintained equipment.