bdshort
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Hi all! I will be on a cruise in April on the Carnival Elation. 10 days in the Southern Caribbean. The ports are: Start in San Juan, Barbados, Granada, Trinidad & Tobago, St. Lucia, St. Kitts, St. Thomas, and ending in Jacksonville. The ship offers 4 diving shore excursions: A shore dive at Coki Point in St. Thomas, and 2 tank boat dives in St. Thomas, St. Lucia, and St. Kitts. Any thoughts on which areas offer the best diving? Based on the reviews on Carnival's website, I'm leaning towards St. Lucia, which is the most expensive, but has the most and best reviews. Are there good other options I should consider, independent of the cruise ship? Probably looking at only diving on one of the days since my wife is not a diver. I have some good warm water gear, but my thought is if I'm only going to be diving for one day, it's probably not worth dragging my gear with me?
I've been a member here for awhile, probably have a couple hundred dives under my belt, mostly in 2006-2008. Got kind of burned out on it, since I was diving in cold water nearly every week, but I'm starting to get the bug again. Luckily, I still have all my gear and can dive locally (cold water, drysuit) to warm up.
I've been a member here for awhile, probably have a couple hundred dives under my belt, mostly in 2006-2008. Got kind of burned out on it, since I was diving in cold water nearly every week, but I'm starting to get the bug again. Luckily, I still have all my gear and can dive locally (cold water, drysuit) to warm up.