DIVING IN CUBA

[Dawn Littler]

Hi can anyone help, I am going to Cuba in April, staying in Varadero and want to know if anyone can recommend a good dive centre locally out there, plus any tips about the Island would be appreciated...Cheers

[Eddie Clamp]

Hi can anyone help, I am going to Cuba in April, staying in Varadero and want to know if anyone can recommend a good dive centre locally out there, plus any tips about the Island would be appreciated...Cheers

Hi Dawn

Never been there but a diver report from Varadero can be viewed here:http://www.bsac.com/diverreports.asp?itemid=5405&itemTitle=Cuba+%2D+Scuba+Cuba+in+Varadero&section=1217&sectionTitle=The+Caribbean

Other reports from Cuba are here:
http://www.bsac.com/findit.asp?cat=tripreports&section=0001000100150047&view=list&glat=&glng=&gzoom=&keyword=cuba&submit.x=55&submit.y=6

Have a great holiday

[Howard Payne]

Varadero is a long finger of land, almost an island, and has two dive centres, one at the very end of the "finger", one at the mainland end.

They're both simple, reasonably well equipped, air no Nitrox

Try to take your own dive buddy with you, the dive boats are usually like a One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest day trip (The boats themselves are pretty good - it's the buddies :))

Some great wrecks and marine life in the Straits of Florida, we saw a Manta, plus plenty of life on some nice wreck dives in the 10-30m range

The hotels generally increase in quality as you go along the island.

Make sure you have a few days in Havana if you can - it's a truly amazing place :) The Parque Central is the ideal hotel for a few days at either end of a week on Varedero IMO

Have a great holiday - feel free to PM me if you need to know anything else

HTH