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Scuba Forum / Scuba Locations / August 2003Photo recommendations for ABC Islands
I have a week of vacation to use up and I'm leaning toward spending a week in Aruba, Bonaire, or Curaçao primarily taking u/w pictures. I would like some recommendations: which island, resort, and operator. For the diving I'm just interested in boat diving, not shore diving. An operator that specializes in photography would probably be a good idea. But I'm not looking for an introductory course. For the resort I definitely want an inclusive package with three or four dives a day. I don't need high end luxury but convenience to the boat matters. Which island? I know Bonaire (was there years ago) is great for macro and one of the other two islands is good for wrecks. Otherwise, I'm open to suggestions. Thanks, -Irwin > I have a week of vacation to use up and I'm leaning toward spending a week > in Aruba, Bonaire, or Curaçao primarily taking u/w pictures. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > one of the other two islands is good for wrecks. Otherwise, I'm open to > suggestions. I've been to Aruba, and while the diving was OK, I've seen better diving in other places. the water vis wasn't that great either, but that could have been just when I was there. They didn't really have any 'Dive resorts" on Aurba like you do on Bonaire. You get your hotel package and then you add on your diving, either per trip or for a multi day package. It's more of a 'tourist' island than it is a dive island. There are a few good wrecks in shallow water though. It seems that most of the operators seem to limit you to about 45 minutes of dive time also. The ones closer to town like Red Sail seem to cater alot to the cruise boat industry. So, while I liked Aruba, and it's a great place to visit, you can definately get better diving in Bonaire, etc. > I have a week of vacation to use up and I'm leaning toward spending a week > in Aruba, Bonaire, or Curaçao primarily taking u/w pictures. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > one of the other two islands is good for wrecks. Otherwise, I'm open to > suggestions. I've been to Aruba, and while the diving was OK, I've seen better diving in other places. the water vis wasn't that great either, but that could have been just when I was there. They didn't really have any 'Dive resorts" on Aurba like you do on Bonaire. You get your hotel package and then you add on your diving, either per trip or for a multi day package. It's more of a 'tourist' island than it is a dive island. There are a few good wrecks in shallow water though. It seems that most of the operators seem to limit you to about 45 minutes of dive time also. The ones closer to town like Red Sail seem to cater alot to the cruise boat industry. So, while I liked Aruba, and it's a great place to visit, you can definately get better diving in Bonaire, etc. Irwin Poche left this mess on Thu, 28 Aug 2003 02:29:34 GMT for The Way to clean up: >I have a week of vacation to use up and I'm leaning toward spending a week >in Aruba, Bonaire, or Cura?ao primarily taking u/w pictures. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >one of the other two islands is good for wrecks. Otherwise, I'm open to >suggestions. Lion's Dive in Curacao is a nice place, but a bit too far east. Tugboat, however, is within easy reach of their operation, so is Saba, and both are interesting dive photography places. You may be better off staying at the west end, like Habitat. What type of photos do you like to take? Tao te Carl "It takes a village to have an idiot." - Carl (c) 2003 |
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