jgrogan81
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Well, I know this won't be much good to the OP at this point, but for any others diving in Guam I have a couple of suggestions. I was there for a couple of months grand totaled time, and spent a good deal of it under the water. All of the good boat dives have pretty much been summed up above. The ones that I don't see mentioned are the few good beach dives, which are what I did most of.
A beach the locals call Gun Beach (where The Beach Bar is located just north of Tumon Bay) is a safe one to park your car at, with easy access and great stony coral formations both shallow and deeper. You can catch sight of rays here in the mornings, and its not a bad night dive location either. Just find the pipe going out into the water. It creates a channel through the shallow coral and provides an easy navigation tool.
Theres also the Fish Eye. Almost directly across the street from MDA's dive shop. Its another safe place to park, with easy access to walk into the water. More fish here than at Gun Beach, mostly because they get fed by the tourist attraction that is the Fish Eye. An underwater room for tourists to get a glimpse at the sealife, or do ocean walks (Snuba).
The last spot I'd really recommend for shore dives is the Asan cut. This one is just east of Asan Beach park site, and is more difficult of an access spot once you enter the water. This one is much safer if you have a local show you how to enter, but you can meet up with local guides who do guided dives for free. They typically meet at MDA, and you can ask about the schedule for these at the shop. Asan cut is a really cool dive that I recommend, but only for more experienced divers. Very cool underwater topography and rock formations, and even a cast off military personnel transport that can be found underwater.
A beach the locals call Gun Beach (where The Beach Bar is located just north of Tumon Bay) is a safe one to park your car at, with easy access and great stony coral formations both shallow and deeper. You can catch sight of rays here in the mornings, and its not a bad night dive location either. Just find the pipe going out into the water. It creates a channel through the shallow coral and provides an easy navigation tool.
Theres also the Fish Eye. Almost directly across the street from MDA's dive shop. Its another safe place to park, with easy access to walk into the water. More fish here than at Gun Beach, mostly because they get fed by the tourist attraction that is the Fish Eye. An underwater room for tourists to get a glimpse at the sealife, or do ocean walks (Snuba).
The last spot I'd really recommend for shore dives is the Asan cut. This one is just east of Asan Beach park site, and is more difficult of an access spot once you enter the water. This one is much safer if you have a local show you how to enter, but you can meet up with local guides who do guided dives for free. They typically meet at MDA, and you can ask about the schedule for these at the shop. Asan cut is a really cool dive that I recommend, but only for more experienced divers. Very cool underwater topography and rock formations, and even a cast off military personnel transport that can be found underwater.
