SCTLD report may have been unfounded!

[rmorgan]

Per BES Reporter, the findings of SCTLD may have been a misdiagnosis--they're keeping the sites closed while they monitor, but how great would that be. Link to the article

 

[scubadada]

Has anyone seen any follow up on this topic?

 

[rmorgan]

I haven't. But also, there's been no advisory regarding any other sites. Given the way the thing progressed around Grand Cayman, I'd've expected some badness by now.

 

[shopguy]

Karpata and La Dania’s Leap Dive Sites Reopened

After much research and consideration by STINAPA, Karpata and La Dania's Leap dive sites have been reopened on Bonaire.

infobonaire.com

Seems it wasn’t SCTLD.

 

[rmorgan]

The AGRRA SCTLD Dashboard shows several samples from Bonaire as still "under review"--they are from various locations around the island, and the "under review" samples are all from after the Karpata closure. Notwithstanding the tentatively-good news from Bonaire, the map is dispiriting because it now (updated three weeks ago) shows confirmed SCTLD on the north end of Saba. So far, though, nothing on Little Cayman. Interestingly, the map used to show Grand Cayman inside a ring of red; now there are only a couple of red pins. I wonder if the disease has run its course on GC and moved on? One can hope.

 

[scubadada]

See Boat dive package in Bonaire