Scuba Divers Vacation Spots Idea #1:
Palm Cove is one of the best places to dive Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. The outer reef starts about twenty miles out from the mainland. Here you will find the biggest fish and lots of canyons and cliffs to explore. This is for more experienced divers. Moving closer to the shore, the inner reef is more suited for beginners as the water is warmer, shallower and the bottom is flatter. Near Palm Cove there are islands to explore.
Hayman Island, Green Island and Fitzroy Island all make great diving day trips.
Scuba Divers Vacation Spots Idea #2:
Thirty-five miles from Cancun, Mexico is the island of
Cozumel. This is considered one of the top diving spots in the world because of the Gama Reef – the second largest reef in the world next to the Great Barrier Reef. The crystal clear Caribbean water is another thing that draws divers here. Visibility can reach two hundred feet. There are plenty of hotels that offer accommodations for all budgets. The beaches are soft white sand and from May to September, the giant sea turtles put on a show when they come to lay their eggs on the beaches.
Scuba Divers Vacation Spots Idea #3:
A great diving spot that is on the expensive side is the
Grand Cayman , in the Caribbean Cayman Islands. There are over 150 chartered dive sites here. Like Cozumel, the visibility here is excellent, as much as two hundred feet. The popular
North Wall has shipwrecks, underwater tunnels deep sharp drop offs. Shallow Stingray City offers the opportunity for divers and snorkelers alike to swim with and touch the stingrays.
Bloody Bay Wall is one of the most popular dive spots in the world because of the wide variety of dramatic underwater formations and multitude of sea life.
Scuba Divers Vacation Spots Idea #4:
At the southern tip of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula is
Sharm el-Sheikh. This is a modern and stylish resort area and right offshore are some magnificent colorful coral reefs. The water is warm and shallow and draws snorkelers and divers for the exotic under water flora and rare tropical fish. While here you can take the opportunity to enjoy some unusual activities that don’t require water such as camel riding or a desert safari. Sharm el-Sheikh is also popular for its sulphur springs, which are considered cures for those suffering from rheumatic and skin diseases.
Scuba Divers Vacation Spots Idea #5:
Gozo is one of the three Malta Islands in the Mediterranean Sea. Divers head to the
Azure Window, which is a sixty feet high naturally created hole through solid limestone. Through the Azure Window is an area that divers call the
Tranquil Inland Sea. Here the waters are calmer and warmer than out in the open sea. Overall the clear waters and the mild weather on Gozo make this a great diving vacation idea all year round.
Scuba Divers Vacation Spots Idea #6:
Bonaire Island is a protected marine park and about 80 or so identified dive sites. The reefs here are protected by the government they do not suffer from damage done by divers to reefs in other locations. It is located about 50 miles northwest of Venezuela in Netherlands Antilles. Many of the reefs are just yards off the shore and the water is very clear. There are some two hundred species of fish here including parrot fish, queen triggerfish and spotted moray eels. The island population is small and there is not a huge amount of activity outside of diving but there are decent accommodations and some limited nightlife.
Scuba Divers Vacation Spots Idea #7:
Ambergris Caye is one of some two hundred islands along the Caribbean coast of Belize. The island is only a mile wide and twenty-five miles long and it is a popular diving vacation idea because it provides easy access to many of the best dive spots in the area.
Hol Chan is a protected marine reserve at the southern end of the island that is a favorite dive location. Other popular spots are the long coral canyon tunnels at
Victoria Tunnel and
Amigos Wreck where nurse sharks make a home in wrecked barge. Nearby are two of the western hemisphere’s four atolls
Turneffe and Lighthouse Reef, home of the famous Blue Hole.
Scuba Divers Vacation Spots Idea #8:
Roatan Island, forty miles off the coast of Honduras, has one of the mot pristine dive locations anywhere. The west end of the island is where the diving takes place where more than fifty dive sites are within twenty minutes off shore. Most hotels here offer dive packages. Sixty five of the known Caribbean corals can be seen here. The temperature is great year round and the dive visibility is excellent. Roatan Island is also home to
The Institute of Marine Sciences where you can swim with the dolphins in large pen.
Scuba Divers Vacation Spots Idea #9:
Grand Turk Island is located 575 miles southeast of Miami, Florida, and 30 miles south of the Bahamas. What is lacks in land activities is more than made up for under water.
Grand Turk’s Wall is a sheer drop down 7,000 feet and it’s only a few hundred yards off shore. Bizarre coral formations populate the wall. Hawksbill turtles, stingrays, manta rays and even pods of humpback whales can be seen along Grand Turk’s Wall. There are a number of other smaller walls close by including
Coral Gardens.
The Library is a popular nighttime dive spot.
Scuba Divers Vacation Spots Idea #10:
In the South Pacific Solomon Islands are the site of hundreds of WWII wrecks that attract divers from around the world. Of the many islands,
Ghizo Island has good accommodations for divers and is close to many interesting dive sites. Several good natural dive spots near Ghizo are the
Grand Central Station, Supermarket, Secret Spot and
Kennedy Wall. The 450-foot Japanese transport ship
Toa Maru sits intact in fifty feet of water nearby.
