Will Rogers
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Specifically, Green Turtle Cay and Elbow Cay/Hopetown?
We will be there in mid-June.
Thanks!
We will be there in mid-June.
Thanks!
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Flutter
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@Will Rogers ,
We were there a number of years ago (for diving) in mid-March. The island is long & thin. We were on the windward (eastern) side & only got out 1 day of 5 (1 1/2 dives - we got called back into the boat early on the 2nd dive) due to approaching winds. We talked to other divers (who visited each yr & owned property there), every day at the dive shop as we were hoping to get back out (but never did). Some said that they usually got in the water half the time, due to weather. The shop we dived with couldn't easily get to the other side of the island (not sure what the reef is like on that side, anyway) because of the length of the island.
The one day that we could dive, we enjoyed great viz & dived a really interesting civil war wreck. We would have enjoyed getting back in the water, and blowing more bubbles, but neither the fishing boats nor the dive boats were going out the rest of our stay.
. Hope you get better - less windy - weather!
We were there a number of years ago (for diving) in mid-March. The island is long & thin. We were on the windward (eastern) side & only got out 1 day of 5 (1 1/2 dives - we got called back into the boat early on the 2nd dive) due to approaching winds. We talked to other divers (who visited each yr & owned property there), every day at the dive shop as we were hoping to get back out (but never did). Some said that they usually got in the water half the time, due to weather. The shop we dived with couldn't easily get to the other side of the island (not sure what the reef is like on that side, anyway) because of the length of the island.
The one day that we could dive, we enjoyed great viz & dived a really interesting civil war wreck. We would have enjoyed getting back in the water, and blowing more bubbles, but neither the fishing boats nor the dive boats were going out the rest of our stay.
. Hope you get better - less windy - weather!
OP
Will Rogers
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Thanks Flutter!
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There is a lot of distance between Green Turtle and Hopetown. THe Fowl Cay preserve is OK, you will need a boat. They have mooring buoys in both snorkeling depths, and deeper reefs.
Fowl Cays National Park
It is scattered from Scotland Cay in the north to almost Elbow cay in the south.
There is also a artificial reef off Marsh harbor, snorkeling only.
Video here, I have no idea who took the video:
Fowl Cays National Park
It is scattered from Scotland Cay in the north to almost Elbow cay in the south.
There is also a artificial reef off Marsh harbor, snorkeling only.
Video here, I have no idea who took the video:
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