nodakdive
Contributor
If you really, absolutely have to dive the wreck......
1. Plan on taking a cab down to the caleta and a cab back to the iberostar. Probably $20 each way.
2. Contact a few dive ops and see what they suggest. All the shops will dive the wreck under the right circumstances. I dive with Deep Blue, and they offer a twilight wreck/night dive combo. Most of the diving here is "Hey, where should we go today?..." once you get on the boat. If you contact a few shops, you might be able to get something arranged. Just remember, the shops need advance notice to book dives, and especially to cancel dives. So, you don't want to line up three shops, and when one can get you there, forget about the other shops working to get you to the wreck.
Before you start contacting the smaller shops, you might want to contact Dive Paradise. They're a large shop, and might do the wreck on a schedule. Also, Del Mar Aquatics. I know they have a scheduled 3rd tank to Paradise in the afternoons. They may also have a "wreck day". There are 2 to 5 dive groups there almost every time I'm there, and I've heard people talking about their wreck dives.
At Deep Blue, there are times when others want to do the wreck, and the shop will let me know and ask if I'd like to do the wreck too. Usually it's because there are only 2 divers that want to do the wreck, and they're looking for a couple more divers so they have enough people to do the trip. I've also been on the boat when people said they wanted to go to the wreck, and we just went.
I haven't much to compare it to. I've done some of the Bimini wrecks like the Sapona, and a plane in Jamaica. Wrecks don't thrill me much, and frankly I'd rather dive a wreck that wrecked, as opposed to one that was purposely sunk. Someone above mentioned it might be a good "starter wreck". I think I agree, though I'd rather be on a reef or a wall.
-Blair
1. Plan on taking a cab down to the caleta and a cab back to the iberostar. Probably $20 each way.
2. Contact a few dive ops and see what they suggest. All the shops will dive the wreck under the right circumstances. I dive with Deep Blue, and they offer a twilight wreck/night dive combo. Most of the diving here is "Hey, where should we go today?..." once you get on the boat. If you contact a few shops, you might be able to get something arranged. Just remember, the shops need advance notice to book dives, and especially to cancel dives. So, you don't want to line up three shops, and when one can get you there, forget about the other shops working to get you to the wreck.
Before you start contacting the smaller shops, you might want to contact Dive Paradise. They're a large shop, and might do the wreck on a schedule. Also, Del Mar Aquatics. I know they have a scheduled 3rd tank to Paradise in the afternoons. They may also have a "wreck day". There are 2 to 5 dive groups there almost every time I'm there, and I've heard people talking about their wreck dives.
At Deep Blue, there are times when others want to do the wreck, and the shop will let me know and ask if I'd like to do the wreck too. Usually it's because there are only 2 divers that want to do the wreck, and they're looking for a couple more divers so they have enough people to do the trip. I've also been on the boat when people said they wanted to go to the wreck, and we just went.
I haven't much to compare it to. I've done some of the Bimini wrecks like the Sapona, and a plane in Jamaica. Wrecks don't thrill me much, and frankly I'd rather dive a wreck that wrecked, as opposed to one that was purposely sunk. Someone above mentioned it might be a good "starter wreck". I think I agree, though I'd rather be on a reef or a wall.
-Blair
