Tag: Caribbean diving

Saint Lucia is one of the mountainous volcanic Eastern Caribbean islands most recognizable for its two Pitons peaks – Gros (big) Piton and Petit (small) Piton. There is good diving with colorful reefs, impressive topography and a few ship wrecks. The video has the highlights. We dove with Eastern Caribbean Diving dive shop located in…

Grenada is the southern most island in the chain of Eastern Caribbean islands. It is a beautiful mountainous island popular with yachting community for its many safe bays. The island has a coral reef, a few wrecks and a unique underwater sculpture garden. One can dive or snorkel around the underwater sculpture garden. Diving highlights…

Barbados is the eastern most island in the Caribbean. One can say it is an Atlantic island rather than a Caribbean one. It is surrounded by Atlantic ocean. Geologically it is not on a Caribbean plate but a result of sediment accumulation from subduction of the South American plate under the Caribbean plate. The island…

Ocho Rios in the north of Jamaica is one of the main tourist areas on the island. DIving is pretty good with a nice Katherine wreck that was sunk on purpose for helping to create a reef for divers, and very impressive reef formations. Video has the highlights. We dove it in May of 2023…

Runaway bay is a small town on the bay of the same name on the northern shore of Jamaica between Montego Bay and Ocho Rios. There is a reef all along the northern shore of Jamaica and sections around Runaway bay have a very impressive canyon, nice scattered reefs and a couple of wrecks. Video…

Oracabessa is a small town on the northern coast of Jamaica, about 20km east of Ocho Rios. This is where Ian Fleming spent his winters and wrote James Bond books. His house still exists, now part of the Golden Eye resort. There is a small marine sanctuary and a very basic diving operation. One can…

Port Antonio in the north-eastern parish of Portland in Jamaica has a very beautiful coast line with pretty bays and coves. Many exotic beach movie scenes were shot here over the years. There is a coral reef stretching along the coast and a marine sanctuary to protect it. Coral formations are impressive and fish life…

Negril on the west side of Jamaica island has the best long sandy beach on the island and some very good diving. The reef goes along the entire famous 7 mile beach and beyond. As most reefs around Jamaica and the Caribbean, it is degraded and algae dominated with limited fish population. But Negril reef…

We did a 7 day liveaboard around Glover Atoll with a few dives around Turneffe in October of 2023. Here is a video from 26 dives on that trip Our trip was on Aggressor III. Departing from Belize City we did 4 days at Glover Atoll primarily south east side, and then headed over to…