Dving conditions PR

[pdelannoy]

I am going to be diving later this week on the southern side of PR. If anyone out there has been down to PR this summer, how about giving a shout regarding water conditions, vis, temp and such. I'd like to hear any tips and so on. I'll be diving with westdivers PR.

PD:D

[Corey O.]

Water conditions don't really change much on that end of the island. It will be hot, sunny, dry, and windy. Water is always clear and calm. Are you going to be in La Parguera, Guanica, Cabo Rojo?

Here in Aguada and Rincon, the visibility varies drastically in the summer. When it rains, all of the rivers dump out mud and pollution that the Puerto Ricans inland dump into the water. When we go a couple of days without much rain, the water is clear.

Down in the southern end of the island, there is very little rain, and they don't have the rivers dumping into the ocean, so it's not as much of an issue. I would expect your trip to be par for the course.

A tip: wear plenty of sunscreen. I have been sunburned in under 12 minutes just hosing off my terrace.

[pdelannoy]

Thanks for getting back to me. We are going to La Parguera and will have a rental car. We should have afternoons free and I was wondering about potential shore diving at locations away from La Parguera? Or any other recommendations for additional diving reasonably close to La Parguera.

Or for that matter beaches, etc.

PD

[Corey O.]

Hi PD,
I'm not as familiar with the southern end of the island as I would like to be. If you are willing to drive about 45 minutes north, there are several offshore snorkeling spots that I recommend. I outlined them in this post:

http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/greater-antilles/284496-page-ranking-july-need-advice.html#post4534471

not sure if that helps

~ Corey O.