Pinecube
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The wife and I will be on a cruise heading to the caribbean in late April(yay!). Since our last diving season was cut a little short we are eager to get back in the water, and this cruise will likely be the first chance we get. For now I'm trying to plan dives at each stop and from there we can work out whether or not we will actually dive there or enjoy the rest of what the islands have to offer. I've done some research but would appreciate any input you guys have.
Labadee, Haiti, doesn't seem to have any way to dive, so I'll skip that one for now.
San Juan, Puerto Rico. We're looking at the Escambron Marine Park. It is very close to the port we'd be docking at, it seems mostly protected from the ocean and it looks like there's a shop (Scuba Dogs) right beside it. I'm not sure if it's actually a shop or not?
Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, I hear good things about Admiralty Dive Center. Has anyone else used them?
Phillipsburg, St. Maarten, Not sure yet, seems to be a couple dive shops in the area to choose from. Any recommendations?
There's one thing that has confused me so far, that is this "Ship time" thing. Our ship leaves from Baltimore (Eastern time), does this mean that the ship itself will use eastern time throughout the entire cruise no matter what time zone the ship is actually in? Also, we just changed over to "daylight savings time", do the Caribbean islands follow that?
Labadee, Haiti, doesn't seem to have any way to dive, so I'll skip that one for now.
San Juan, Puerto Rico. We're looking at the Escambron Marine Park. It is very close to the port we'd be docking at, it seems mostly protected from the ocean and it looks like there's a shop (Scuba Dogs) right beside it. I'm not sure if it's actually a shop or not?
Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, I hear good things about Admiralty Dive Center. Has anyone else used them?
Phillipsburg, St. Maarten, Not sure yet, seems to be a couple dive shops in the area to choose from. Any recommendations?
There's one thing that has confused me so far, that is this "Ship time" thing. Our ship leaves from Baltimore (Eastern time), does this mean that the ship itself will use eastern time throughout the entire cruise no matter what time zone the ship is actually in? Also, we just changed over to "daylight savings time", do the Caribbean islands follow that?