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Scuba Forum / Scuba Locations / October 2004Best Carribean diving Nov-Dec?
We're trying to plan our annual three week holiday and need some help. We generally try to plan around locations we can spend about 1 week scuba diving and two weeks doing other activities. We just seem to be at a loss this year. We're not hard core divers, just do it for fun and pleasure and as an activity we love to do once a year on holiday. Last year was Fiji, the year before Belize, and the year before Egypt. For some reason this year we're struggling. We note very cheap airfare to the Carribean right now, and nearly double the price for the south pacific area. We're open to suggestions, please help! Thanks. > We're trying to plan our annual three week holiday and need some help. > We generally try to plan around locations we can spend about 1 week [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Carribean right now, and nearly double the price for the south pacific > area. We're open to suggestions, please help! Thanks. Where did you find the cheap fares? What locations? TIA > We're trying to plan our annual three week holiday and need some help. > We generally try to plan around locations we can spend about 1 week [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Carribean right now, and nearly double the price for the south pacific > area. We're open to suggestions, please help! Thanks. By the way, did you give any consideration to flying into Cancun and doing a couple of weeks at Playa and one week in Coz? Staying in Playa, you'll get lovely beach time and there are ruins trips (ie: Tulum, Chichen Itza) and other adventures to be had. >> We're trying to plan our annual three week holiday and need some help. >> We generally try to plan around locations we can spend about 1 week [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >Staying in Playa, you'll get lovely beach time and there are ruins trips >(ie: Tulum, Chichen Itza) and other adventures to be had. First, I found some cheap airfare on the Virgin Vacations website. I just kept going through all their locations, Turks & Caicos, Aruba, Jamaica, Virgin Islands, Dominican Republic, and was getting airfaire in the $550-700 range (unlike Manila which was over $1000). Mexico has been repeatedly recommended to us, but to me, since we're from California, it doesn't really feel like a vacation. I like to go far and be on a plane for hours. But I'm beginning to reconsider. Is the diving really good in Cozumel? Another consideration is an island like French Polynesia or Tahiti for a week and two weeks in New Zealand. > First, I found some cheap airfare on the Virgin Vacations website. I > just kept going through all their locations, Turks & Caicos, Aruba, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > and be on a plane for hours. But I'm beginning to reconsider. Is the > diving really good in Cozumel? While Mexico is still Mexico, I suppose, I found that area to be quite different and more beautiful than say Puerto Vallarta and certainly Tiajuana. The beaches are magnificent at Playa. As for the diving in Coz, I think it's great but it is drift diving. Sometimes the drift isn't that noticeable and other times it can whiz you along like a freight train. > Another consideration is an island like French Polynesia or Tahiti for > a week and two weeks in New Zealand. That sounds cool too! Have you checked out the Cook Islands? Quite a bit less expensive than Tahiti. There's some decent diving (I go with Pacific Divers) and all kinds of hiking and sightseeing. And it would be hard to find a funnier golf course. kaasman <idont@think.so> pounded away at his keyboard resulting in: :We're trying to plan our annual three week holiday and need some help. :We generally try to plan around locations we can spend about 1 week [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] :We're not hard core divers, just do it for fun and pleasure and as an :activity we love to do once a year on holiday. My suggestion is to re-think your approach. Instead of looking for a good dive spot for a third of your vacation, find a good spot for the other two thirds and accept whatever diving is available there. Dan Bracuk Is it my imagination, or do Buffalo Wings taste like chicken? The Best of rec.scuba http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/RecScuba/ >kaasman <idont@think.so> pounded away at his keyboard resulting in: >:We're trying to plan our annual three week holiday and need some help. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > >---= East/West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- I like that approach. We'll get on the computer and see what we find. As for *chilly* yes I started my round the world trip in the Cook Islands and loved it. What a wonderful place to vacation. I had a marvelous time there. Ever thought of trying Dominica? waterfalls, rainforest, superb diving, and out of the rat race of tourists herds.Dive in the morning, whale watch or hike the afternoons. check out www.avirtualdominica.com make up your own mind. I"m checking it out right now and it looks pretty darn nice. How was the diving? My husband had mentioned going here, this might be it.... >Ever thought of trying Dominica? >waterfalls, rainforest, superb diving, and out of the rat race of tourists >herds.Dive in the morning, whale watch or hike the afternoons. > >check out www.avirtualdominica.com make up your own mind. The diving is awesome, in the south the SSMR, the Soufriere Scotts Head Marine Reserve (SSMR), nestled around the rim of a volcanic crater, vertical walls ~ all sheltered, pinnacles, slopes etc. I n the central part of the island (west coast) gentle reef slopes and shallower dropoffs, in the north, slopes and reef flats try www.avirtualdominica.com/ssmr or www.dominicamarinereserves.com I would suggest Nature Island Dive or Dive Dominica. Water over winter will be about 72-74f f (27c), visibility around 60-70ft, sometimes more. Generally frogfish, seahorses etc. "The usual suspects". >The diving is awesome, in the south the SSMR, the Soufriere Scotts Head >Marine Reserve (SSMR), nestled around the rim of a volcanic crater, vertical [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >72-74f f (27c), visibility around 60-70ft, sometimes more. Generally >frogfish, seahorses etc. "The usual suspects". How long did you spend there? And did you consider it an "expensive" country or not too bad? I must confess initially I thought it was the Dominican Republic. Now I know. We were thinking about 1 week in Puerto Rico, two weeks in Dominica. Thoughts? It's not an expensive country to vist, there is a lack of high rises and franchise or chain resort hotels , but there are some really nice places to stay, especially if you have folks who wish to hike in addition to dive. Most places can arrange hike tours in the afternoons boats generally return to dock about lunchtime. Of course it all depends opn what you want out of the trip. Some elect to hire a vehicle and stay up in the hills (Papilotte resort is great), driving to the dive shop in the morning, others prefer to stay on site and tour with a guide. Either way whatever you want can be accommodated most days. November sees Independance festivities and the World Creole Music festival occurring at the beginning of the month, and December though things are quieter, there is always the "cruise ship season". Thankfully, Cruise ship tours are kept totally seperate to regular guests. But it can mess traffic up a bit in Roseau. The diving is superb, if I'm not diving there I'm in the Red Sea, all other Caribbean Island pale in comparison. Landward attractions in addition to marine. |
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