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• Jul 17, 2009

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I am looking to see what island out of the list below is the best place to go for beginners. I will have about 10 dives before we go. or if you have a better one that would be great. -thanks

Antigua, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Grenada, Martinique, Netherlands Antilles, Nevis, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia, St. Thomas, Turks and Caicos, Dominican Republic.

 

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• Jul 17, 2009

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My favorite is Little Cayman.

 

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• Jul 17, 2009

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Bonaire or Caymans

 

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• Jul 17, 2009

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Of the places you list, I have dived

nkeever:

Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, St. Thomas, Turks and Caicos.

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Of those, I liked Turks and Caicos best, although for someone with ten dives, I would recommend St. Thomas.

 

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• Jul 17, 2009

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I have never dived any of those destinations but why isn't Curacao on your list? It's part of the ABC islands (Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao).

Curacao was my post-OW dive vacation with only 5 dives under my belt. 100 ft viz, 86 degree water temps, no dive buddy cause none of my friends nor family are divers, so I had some insta-buddies on each dive boat trip.

Safe dives to you regardless of where you end up from your list.

 

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• Jul 17, 2009

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My vote would be the Caymans, or if interested in wrecks...Bermuda

 

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• Jul 17, 2009

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You can start by taking the Dominican Republic off the list. Not good diving.

The Bahamas are fun, lots of easy dives. The out islands are the best, but Grand Bahamas has some interesting easy dives. And if you're lucky you will see a shark!

Bermuda is nice but not sure about the diving, Snorkeling was great.

Aruba was also nice but not spectacular, the dives I did were easy.

Haven't been to any others that you listed.

If you want real easy nice relaxing dives you may wanna look at Key Largo.

Cozumel is the best value that I've found and the dives are amazing. But it is drift diving which is a new skill but not real hard to get a hang of.

Just make sure you let the dive operator know your skill level and what you are comfy with. Don't dive deeper than your comfort level or do anything that you're not sure about. And have fun.

 

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• Jul 18, 2009

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As a new diver I can get away with saying this....

In the water!

 

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• Jul 18, 2009

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Best reef for the buck, Cozumel. Best Carib reefs, Bonaire. Bonaire has 7 or 8 of the most diverse reefs. Check out Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF) | Diving That Counts for stats on the islands on your list.

 

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Bari reef on Bonaire has the greatest diversity of species of any reef on this side of the globe. It's a very easy dive. Bonaire is really diver's paradise.

The problem with Bonaire is that there is nothing to do but dive. If you want any non-diving activities, it's just not the place to be at all.