Upcoming Carnival Cruise to W. Caribbean

[chrishet]

Thx on the Belize recommendation...the wife has read this recommendation and has decided on Mayan ruins over salt water...I may still dive it and opt for 4 dives...she will do the Coz dive and Roatan.

 

[3000dives]

I just found this forum...wow...so much info...so little time...

I could use some advice on an upcoming cruise, sorry for the double posts but I think this forum could really help with some decisions on my part.

In April we are taking a Carnival Cruise to W Caribbean. We are stopping in:

1) Cozumel
2) Isla Roatan
3) Belize
4) Costa Maya.

All have 2 tank dive excursions offered by the cruise line. I don't typically take cruise dive excursions...of these 4 how would you rank them? I am assuming I will do the cruise packages becuase of time constraints but if anyone has other advise that would also be greatly appreciated!

Also, my son, 16, is coming along and he is not Certified. I want him to take the bait. Which of these locations would be the best intro 'resort dive' location?

Thanks!

Costa Maya is home to some phenomenal diving if you dive the right locations. The reefs are pristine and look as if they've never been dove before with lots of swim thoroughs. When you dive south where all the best diving is you find 3 rows of reef parallel to the shore in some areas and other areas have row after row perpendicular to the shore.

I dove there with Maya Palms who has an on site dive shop. You can do a two tank dive with them for I think 85.00 or 95.00 and they offer snorkeling and beach breaks for cruisers also. Check out their web site and call Doug in St. Louis, him and his wife own Maya Palms.