Hi Oreillyk,
We just got back from Punta Cana and we stayed at the Barcello Bavaro Beach Resorts. Overall the diving wasn't too bad and some of it was eeven good but the Red Coral dive shop is very disorganized and they never seem to know who is supposed to be diving. That was probably the worst thing about diving there.
on the other hand I do recommend Catalina Island and if you can, visit the St. George Wreck, I got some good pics of both. Be prepared for the lack of colorful fish and coral.
If you can the best way to dive would be if you could find someone from the diveshop (Red Coral) to take you places on their day off. I did this to the St. George and it worked very good there was just a small group of four of us and two guides. It is a bit more expensive but then again you do have more say on where you want to go.
To find another diveshop you may have to look as far away as Higuey (45min) but they will pick you up.
Right off the beach at the barcello the diving is pretty bad unless you can go to the wrecks ( Astrom and Monica) which were not bad. If the weather is a little windy they might want to take you to a shallow dive ( 25feet if your lucky) with nothing to see. I also have a map of their dive sights and you should have a decent dive if they take you to one of them.
If you have any other questions about the resort or diving just reply back.:diver:
We just got back from Punta Cana and we stayed at the Barcello Bavaro Beach Resorts. Overall the diving wasn't too bad and some of it was eeven good but the Red Coral dive shop is very disorganized and they never seem to know who is supposed to be diving. That was probably the worst thing about diving there.
on the other hand I do recommend Catalina Island and if you can, visit the St. George Wreck, I got some good pics of both. Be prepared for the lack of colorful fish and coral.
If you can the best way to dive would be if you could find someone from the diveshop (Red Coral) to take you places on their day off. I did this to the St. George and it worked very good there was just a small group of four of us and two guides. It is a bit more expensive but then again you do have more say on where you want to go.
To find another diveshop you may have to look as far away as Higuey (45min) but they will pick you up.
Right off the beach at the barcello the diving is pretty bad unless you can go to the wrecks ( Astrom and Monica) which were not bad. If the weather is a little windy they might want to take you to a shallow dive ( 25feet if your lucky) with nothing to see. I also have a map of their dive sights and you should have a decent dive if they take you to one of them.
If you have any other questions about the resort or diving just reply back.:diver:
