After living in Grenada for nearly four years, I feel like we’ve seen quite a bit of the country. We’ve driven around the island, sailed up the western coast, gone on hashes, enjoyed rum tours and so much more.
There are so many things to do in Grenada!
But, I was yet to see our beautiful Caribbean home from below the surface of the sea.
When I decided to go diving here, I picked my dive shop the same way I pick all of my dive shops… on trip Advisor. Dive Grenada was number one with some great reviews so I felt confident heading out with them.
Dive Grenada is affiliated with the stunning mount Cinnamon Grenada accommodations. This boutique luxury hotel offers awesome activities for free, beautiful rooms, friendly staff and two fantastic restaurants.
REMEMBER: Don’t miss the awesome video at the bottom of this article!
Here’s what it’s like to go diving with Dive Grenada!
İçindekiler
History Of The Dive Shop
The Dive sites around Grenada
Eco-Minded scuba Diving
The secret is getting Out!
History Of The Dive Shop
Set right on the nicest stretch of sand in Grenada (Grand Anse Beach), Dive Grenada truly has the perfect location, but the owners, Phil & Helen, may not have always thought so.
Back in 2004 when they first opened the shop, everything seemed to be going smoothly… for about 5 weeks. Hurricane Ivan soon bombarded this lovely beach-front business and basically swept away everything that they had worked so hard to create.
Shortly thereafter, Phil was trying to rebuild the shop, fell from a ladder and broke his hip, which left him debilitated for many months. Somehow, through this catastrophe, Phil and his wife were able to pull through and today they run the most recommended dive shop on the island.
“Dive Grenada is the phoenix that rose from the ashes.”
-Phil
The Dive sites around Grenada
After 6 dives around Grenada, I was blown away by the abundant sea life and healthy coral. I always love a good reef dive, but the best diving in Grenada is the shipwrecks.
Dive shops here frequently head out to 9 different wreck dives and while I only had the chance to do 3, I hope that I can return and explore some more of these sunken barges.
Mutlu vadi
This dive site is actually inside of Grenada’s Marine protected area and, like many sites here, it’s not a far boat trip from the dive shop. The visibility was great and we were lucky enough to spot multiple spotted and green eels, two turtles and an octopus, among countless other small fish and crustaceans.
Veronica. L
This is one of Grenada’s many outstanding shipwreck dives and after just a few minutes exploring her cavernous haul, I could see why it’s such a popular site.
It was outstanding how much coral had materialized on her outer bow and deck. This old cargo ship even had an air pocket where we were able to poke our heads out of the water, while being 15 meters below the surface.
I was happy to dive this wreck twice and I enjoyed it even more the second time!
Cojack checking Out Some Fish On Veronica. L
MV Shakem
Another great wreck dive, there is plenty to explore aboard the MV Shakem. The captain’s quarters and kitchen are still intact, as is her massive propeller at around 40 meters in depth. I spotted a couple of moray eels peering out from her many nooks and crannies.
Japon bahçesi
Aside from the wrecks, this was probably my favourite dive. here we had a really relaxing time just floating over a massive garden of hard and soft corals. the most notable thing we spotted was a green eel that looked like a sea snake, but even without any large sea life, the dive was incredible.
Bianca C
This enormous 180-meter long cruise liner sunk way back in 1963 after a massive explosion in the boiler room caused it to start taking on water.
Today the ship is locally known as “The Titanic Of The Caribbean” and makes for one hell of a dive site. At about 50 meters in depth, it’s reserved for advanced divers only, and even though it has deteriorated over the past few decades, Bianca C is still in great shape.
The only problem with this dive is that it’s deep, so we had to ascend before I was finished exploring!
The Bianca C (Image from Wikipedia.org)
Other Dives
Grenada has many other great dive sites and almost all of them are vacant of other divers. This little Caribbean jewel is a dive secret, spoken about in hushed tones between those “in the know”. For more about the outstanding dives in around Grenada, check out the Dive Grenada website.
Eco-MiNDED SCUBA DALICI
Eğer benden hoşlanıyorsanız ve çevre fikirli bir kıyafetle dalmayı tercih ediyorsanız, Dive Grenada’dan daha iyisini yapamazsınız. Sahipleri Phil ve Helen, sadece dalış ustalarının çevre dostu ve deniz eğitimi olmasını sağlamakla kalmaz, aynı zamanda olağanüstü bir proje de var.
Programa Grand Anse Reef Rejenerasyon Projesi (GARRP) denir ve Phil, kasırgalar sırasında kaybedilen bazı mercanları yenilemeye çalışmak için cinderblocks kullanarak bir dizi sualtı piramiti oluşturdu.
Grand Anse Plajı yakınlarındaki Körfez’in dibine 14 battı ve zaten inanılmaz miktarda mercan üretmeye başladılar. Gözenekli bloklardaki birçok çatlak ve açıklık, mercanın hızlı bir şekilde büyümesine izin verir ve balık ve diğer resif türlerinin saklanması için yerler yaratır.
Garrp (resim: Phil of Dive Grenada)
Phil sadece Garrp’i kurmak ve kişisel olarak finanse etmekle kalmadı, aynı zamanda yerel okul çocuklarını deniz ekosistemlerinin önemi ve Grenada’nın balıkçılık endüstrisi ve genel yaşam kalitesi üzerindeki doğrudan etkileri hakkında eğitmek için zaman ayırdı.
Sır dışarı çıkıyor!
Her ne kadar böyle olağanüstü dalış alanlarına sahip olmak harika olsa da, dalış bu ülkenin zayıflayan ekonomisi için değerli bir gelir akışı olabilir. Neyse ki Grenada için, daha fazla insan bu kıyıları jant veren sualtı ödülünü keşfetmeye başlamayacak.
Grenada’ya gitmeyi planlıyorsanız, kesinlikle denizin altına girmeyi ve bu mercan kaplı sahil şeridini keşfetmeyi planlamalısınız. Bir dalgıç değilseniz, şnorkel gezisine çıkmayı düşünün. Oraya nasıl çıkırsanız yapın, bu küçük adanın etrafındaki olağanüstü deniz yaşamını kaçırmak istemeyeceksiniz.
Grenada’daki harika dalışlarımın bu hızlı videosuna göz atın!
Dalışlarınızı dalış Grenada ile rezerve etmek için www.divegrenada.com’a bakın veya E -posta ile Phil ile iletişime geçin.
Grenada’yı adanın etrafındaki 6 tüplü dalışlarımda ağırladığım için dalış yapacağınız özel bir teşekkür. Her zaman olduğu gibi, olumlu bir inceleme yazmam istenmedi ve tüm düşünce ve görüşler kendim kalıyor.
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