After living in Grenada for nearly four years, I feel like we’ve seen quite a bit of the country. We’ve driven around the island, sailed up the western coast, gone on hashes, enjoyed rum tours and so much more.
There are so many things to do in Grenada!
But, I was yet to see our beautiful Caribbean home from below the surface of the sea.
When I decided to go diving here, I picked my dive shop the same way I pick all of my dive shops… on trip Advisor. Dive Grenada was number one with some great reviews so I felt confident heading out with them.
Dive Grenada is affiliated with the stunning mount Cinnamon Grenada accommodations. This boutique luxury hotel offers awesome activities for free, beautiful rooms, friendly staff and two fantastic restaurants.
REMEMBER: Don’t miss the awesome video at the bottom of this article!
Here’s what it’s like to go diving with Dive Grenada!
Cuprins
History Of The Dive Shop
The Dive sites around Grenada
Eco-Minded scuba Diving
The secret is getting Out!
History Of The Dive Shop
Set right on the nicest stretch of sand in Grenada (Grand Anse Beach), Dive Grenada truly has the perfect location, but the owners, Phil & Helen, may not have always thought so.
Back in 2004 when they first opened the shop, everything seemed to be going smoothly… for about 5 weeks. Hurricane Ivan soon bombarded this lovely beach-front business and basically swept away everything that they had worked so hard to create.
Shortly thereafter, Phil was trying to rebuild the shop, fell from a ladder and broke his hip, which left him debilitated for many months. Somehow, through this catastrophe, Phil and his wife were able to pull through and today they run the most recommended dive shop on the island.
“Dive Grenada is the phoenix that rose from the ashes.”
-Phil
The Dive sites around Grenada
After 6 dives around Grenada, I was blown away by the abundant sea life and healthy coral. I always love a good reef dive, but the best diving in Grenada is the shipwrecks.
Dive shops here frequently head out to 9 different wreck dives and while I only had the chance to do 3, I hope that I can return and explore some more of these sunken barges.
Valea veselă
This dive site is actually inside of Grenada’s Marine protected area and, like many sites here, it’s not a far boat trip from the dive shop. The visibility was great and we were lucky enough to spot multiple spotted and green eels, two turtles and an octopus, among countless other small fish and crustaceans.
Veronica. L
This is one of Grenada’s many outstanding shipwreck dives and after just a few minutes exploring her cavernous haul, I could see why it’s such a popular site.
It was outstanding how much coral had materialized on her outer bow and deck. This old cargo ship even had an air pocket where we were able to poke our heads out of the water, while being 15 meters below the surface.
I was happy to dive this wreck twice and I enjoyed it even more the second time!
Cojack checking Out Some Fish On Veronica. L
MV Shakem
Another great wreck dive, there is plenty to explore aboard the MV Shakem. The captain’s quarters and kitchen are still intact, as is her massive propeller at around 40 meters in depth. I spotted a couple of moray eels peering out from her many nooks and crannies.
Japanese Garden
Aside from the wrecks, this was probably my favourite dive. here we had a really relaxing time just floating over a massive garden of hard and soft corals. the most notable thing we spotted was a green eel that looked like a sea snake, but even without any large sea life, the dive was incredible.
Bianca C
This enormous 180-meter long cruise liner sunk way back in 1963 after a massive explosion in the boiler room caused it to start taking on water.
Today the ship is locally known as “The Titanic Of The Caribbean” and makes for one hell of a dive site. At about 50 meters in depth, it’s reserved for advanced divers only, and even though it has deteriorated over the past few decades, Bianca C is still in great shape.
The only problem with this dive is that it’s deep, so we had to ascend before I was finished exploring!
The Bianca C (Image from Wikipedia.org)
Other Dives
Grenada has many other great dive sites and almost all of them are vacant of other divers. This little Caribbean jewel is a dive secret, spoken about in hushed tones between those “in the know”. For more about the outstanding dives in around Grenada, check out the Dive Grenada website.
Eco-Miscufundări nded
Dacă sunteți ca mine și preferați să vă scufundați cu un outfitter eco-gândit, atunci nu puteți face mai bine decât să scufundați Grenada. Proprietarii, Phil și Helen, nu numai că se asigură că stăpânii lor de scufundare sunt ecologici și educați marini, dar au și un proiect de excepție în curs.
Programul se numește Grand Anse Reef Regeneration Project (GARRP) și Phil a creat o serie de piramide subacvatice folosind Cinderblocks pentru a încerca să regenereze o parte din coralii pierduți în timpul uraganelor.
El a scufundat 14 până la fundul golfului, lângă plaja Grand Anse și au început deja să producă o cantitate incredibilă de coral. Numeroasele fisuri și deschideri din blocurile poroase permit coralului să crească rapid și creează locuri pentru ca peștele și alte specii de recif să se ascundă.
Garrp (Image de: Phil of Dive Grenada)
Nu numai că Phil a fondat și a finanțat personal Garrp, dar și -a luat timpul să -i educe pe copiii școlii locale despre importanța ecosistemelor marine și impactul lor direct asupra industriei de pescuit din Grenada și a calității generale a vieții.
Secretul iese!
Deși este minunat să ai astfel de site -uri de scufundare remarcabile pentru tine, scufundări ar putea fi un flux de venituri valoros pentru economia falsă a acestei țări. Din fericire pentru Grenada, nu va trece mult timp până când mai mulți oameni vor începe să descopere soiul subacvatic care face raimile acestor țărmuri.
Dacă intenționați să vă îndreptați spre Grenada, cu siguranță ar trebui să planificați să ajungeți sub mare și să explorați aceste linii de coastă acoperite cu corali. Dacă nu sunteți scafandru, luați în considerare să vă îndreptați într -o călătorie cu snorkel. Indiferent cum ieșiți acolo, nu veți dori să ratați viața de mare excepțională din jurul acestei insule minuscule.
Vedeți acest videoclip rapid al scufundărilor mele minunate din Grenada!
Pentru a vă rezerva scufundările cu Dive Grenada, consultați www.divegrenada.com sau contactați Phil prin e -mail.
O mulțumire specială pentru a scufunda Grenada pentru că m-a găzduit pe cele 6 scufundări ale mele din jurul insulei. Ca întotdeauna, nu mi s -a cerut să scriu o recenzie pozitivă și toate gândurile și opiniile rămân ale mele.
Imi place? Ia! ?
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