Thinking about going there in June. You should be back from your trip now. Any advice.
Hi everybody! (and Sharon),
First of all, let me tell you that that diving there was awesome! There are many places around the island to go diving, one is about a five-minute boat journey (called The Pyramid). There are others where you can go, viz is more than 15 metres, and depending on the day, you can see sharks, stingrays, eagle stingrays, morays, barracudas and all sorts of fish, besides different coral reefs. You cannot even imagine how nice it is! Water temperature was 28 degrees (hot), I didn't need a suit, I just wore my diving socks, a t-shirt and short cycling pants (and believe me, I'm always cold!).
You can contact either Jorge H. Sanchez,
info@2oceanos.com, I didn't have the chance to meet him (he was in a diving trip in the island in front of San Andres, though he seems very nice!), Taddeo (a member of scubaboard) gave me the info, or contact the local guys (in my case Buzos del Caribe, there you can contact David S. Guggenheim,
contactenos@buzosdelcaribe.com, and tell him that you're contacting them through me, the girl from Argentina!). David is very, very nice, and the staff who actually dive are really taking care of everything.
One thing to take into account is that at this very moment is their low season, but from June on is high season for them. This means that the water temperature will rise 1 degree (more or less), but it is more relaxing to go there in the low season, even though it's more windy now (the wind blowed during the morning and in the evening with a three-day full moon). Divings are scheduled from 9 AM on. The temprerature is also aroung 28 - 30 degrees, nice indeed.
I hope you can go there because it's really really nice! Be prepared to have great dives, good food (vegetables, fish and fruits are the specials in the island) and enjoy every minute there!
By the way, do not take the so called "submarine", a boat with glass on the bottom, it seemed popular, but it was crowded all the time and everybody said there was no air to breathe while taking the journey! (besides feeling dizzy!)
I think I covered it all, do not hesitate to contact me for further details!
Cheers,
Karina