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be counting down our picks for the top
five Caribbean destinations for scuba
diving 2019 are you a fan of our videos
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a look at the best places for scuba
diving in the Caribbean in 2019
according to scuba diving comm number 5
Turks and Caicos Islands with well over
40 islands and Cays to choose from of
which only eight are inhabited the Turks
and Caicos Islands offer underwater
explorers diversity privacy and some of
the Caribbeans most impressive dive
sites the Caicos Islands and the Turks
Islands are separated by the Columbus
Passage also known as the Turks Passage
a channel which serves as a migration
route for countless species of marine
life including sea turtles dolphins and
humpback whales
this makes Turks and Caicos one of the
best places in the Caribbean for getting
up close and personal with some of the
region's largest underwater creatures
the archipelago is also famous for its
wall diving with the islands of Grand
Turk palm of the Columbus National
Marine Park and West Caicos being two of
the best spots for seeing vibrant coral
and large schools of fish as well as
nurse sharks eels and fat fish home to
the third largest Barrier Reef on earth
Turks and Caicos offers divers the
chance to experience Caribbean scuba
diving at its finest number four
bone air technically a special
municipality of the Netherlands the
island of Bonaire lies roughly 50 miles
off the coast of Venezuela in the
southeastern region of the Caribbean Sea
with a fringing reef that you can swim
to excellent underwater visibility and
limited to no currents poner has been
dubbed the shore diving capital of the
world for decades the island has
fastidiously protected its marine life
with the bone air National Marine Park
serving as a global example for how to
protect manage and grow marine resources
as such bone heir has developed a
reputation for its abundance of diverse
and colorful sea life with more than 400
70 species of fish and 57 species of
coral populating its waters while you
won't find any large fish in bone Ayers
waters there are a handful of awesome
wrecks worth checking out with no
hurricane season to speak of diving in
bone air is a year-round activity number
three the Bahamas despite the horrible
destruction of Hurricane durian which
many Bahamians will be recovering from
for years with more than 700 islands to
explore and a climate that allows for
year-round diving the Bahamas are still
a diverse paradise here you'll find
variety on land at sea and below the
surface with land-based shops and dive
aboard accommodations available for all
skill levels and a plethora of dive
sites for fans of walls reefs wrecks
sharks or all of the above voted the
best place in the Caribbean and Atlantic
region for big animal diving and wreck
diving in scuba diving magazine's 2018
Readers Choice Awards diving in the
Bahamas means close encounters with
hammerheads bull sharks tiger sharks and
much much more an hour off the coast of
New Providence you'll find schools of
silky sharks in Sharkboy while the trip
to Bimini means hammerheads and lots of
them while on Bimini be sure to check
out the sapone erech which ran aground
nearly 100 years ago all told the
Bahamas are home to more than 40 wrecks
32,000 feet of cave passages and
hundreds of miles of stunning reefs and
some of the clearest waters in the world
what more does a diver need number two
Cayman Islands it's not just a tax haven
it's a haven for divers - comprised of
three islands Grand Cayman Cayman Brac
and Little Cayman the Cayman Islands are
actually exposed peaks the only visible
part of an underwater Ridge that plunges
deep into the Caribbean Sea with its
dramatic drop-offs and plummeting walls
the Caymans are ideally suited to wall
diving aficionados with grand Caymans
north wall and little Caymans mixing
bowl firmly entrenched as the best wall
diving sites in the region while you'll
see plenty of coral and sea life during
a wall dive a surefire way to ensure you
get up close and personal with the
locals is by visiting stingray city
these shallow sandbars serve as the
eating place for swarms of southern
stingrays well while intimidating our
totally harmless
for a combination of wall rec and reef
diving Cayman Brac is where it's at
it's there that you'll get the chance to
dive the captain Keith Tibbets shipwreck
something every diver worth their salt
needs to cross off their bucket list
number one Mexico with coastlines on the
Pacific Ocean the Gulf's of California
and Mexico as well as the Caribbean Sea
not to mention a vast network of
freshwater caves Mexico is arguably the
best Caribbean destination for scuba
diving with thousands of dive sites for
all skill levels to choose from the
question you should be asking yourself
isn't which site you should visit but
how many if it's ocean wildlife you seek
then Isla Mujeres off the coast of
Cancun Isla San Pedro in the Sea of
Cortez and the small island of Guadalupe
are must visits there you'll find whale
sharks sea lions and great whites
respectively
if reef diving is more your speed then
the island of Cozumel is where you
should strap on your fins and for
something completely different
check out Musa an underwater museum with
more than 500 life-size sculptures
finally if it's caves you seek then be
sure to check out chin not a dos ojos in
tulum in Mexico
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