DiverDave65
Contributor
Recently returned from a short dive trip to Sosua, Dominican Republic. I've been there several times, and while the diving may not compare to some of the best places in the Caribbean, I always have a blast there!!
This trip I dove with a new dive shop there, Superior Diving Sosua, and the owners are a couple from the U.S., Chuck and Wendy. They have a great shop in a nice hotel (the Sosua Bay Hotel) right on the beach, and it is a class act. They offer all the usual stuff, intro to diving classes, training and certification up to AOW, and their prices are very reasonable ($70 for a two tank dive, plus rental). There is a great wreck there, the Zingara, in about 110 ft of water that I really like to dive on, and an assortment of reef and wall dives that are pretty decent.
On my most recent trip I was discussing the ever present lionfish invasion and I was informed that it was legal to spearfish them with scuba grear. ALLRIGHT!!!! Their divemaster, Anoldo, showed me how to use a speargun and down we went to assasinate the little b_stards!! What a hoot!! Most fun I've had diving in quite a while.
If you're heading to Sosua, I highly recommend Superior Diving in Sosua and if you've never done any spearfishing before, I think you'd really get a kick out of it, esp. since we are helping to eradicate the hated lionfish!!
For tourists, I think they offer the intro to scuba experience for around $65 and the full cert for around $350, a pretty good deal.
Enjoy!!
This trip I dove with a new dive shop there, Superior Diving Sosua, and the owners are a couple from the U.S., Chuck and Wendy. They have a great shop in a nice hotel (the Sosua Bay Hotel) right on the beach, and it is a class act. They offer all the usual stuff, intro to diving classes, training and certification up to AOW, and their prices are very reasonable ($70 for a two tank dive, plus rental). There is a great wreck there, the Zingara, in about 110 ft of water that I really like to dive on, and an assortment of reef and wall dives that are pretty decent.
On my most recent trip I was discussing the ever present lionfish invasion and I was informed that it was legal to spearfish them with scuba grear. ALLRIGHT!!!! Their divemaster, Anoldo, showed me how to use a speargun and down we went to assasinate the little b_stards!! What a hoot!! Most fun I've had diving in quite a while.
If you're heading to Sosua, I highly recommend Superior Diving in Sosua and if you've never done any spearfishing before, I think you'd really get a kick out of it, esp. since we are helping to eradicate the hated lionfish!!
For tourists, I think they offer the intro to scuba experience for around $65 and the full cert for around $350, a pretty good deal.
Enjoy!!
