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CUBA DIVING

Scuba en Cuba

AN UNSPOILT DIVERS PARADISE

 

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   Scuba en Cuba

CUBA DIVING OFFERS INDEX:

 

1. MARIA LA GORDA - 2. THE ISLE OF YOUTH - 3. CAYO LARGO -

4. VARADERO – 5. PLAYA GIRON - 6. FARO DE LUNA - 7. TRINIDAD -

8. JARDINES DE LA REINA - 9. CAYO COCO - 10. SANTA LUCIA - 11. GUARDALAVACA –

12. SANTIAGO DE CUBA.

 

       HAVANA CITY

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1.  MARIA LA GORDA

Maria La Gorda offers fantastic diving from a very beautiful and tranquil location. The area has excellent wall diving with colourful and abundant coral formations. Tropical fish are plentiful and whale sharks can be seen. Remnants of Spanish galleons are also found in the waters around Maria La Gorda.

ACCOMMODATION

Located next to a beautiful white sand beach, Maria La Gorda is a small and intimate Hotel. All rooms have private bathrooms and air-conditioning.

 

 

  

 

 

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2.  ISLE OF YOUTH

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One of Cuba's most beautiful and exciting dive sites. Diving around the Isle of Youth gives you the chance to experience tunnels, grottoes, over 40 varieties of coral, and a multitude of tropical fish and turtles. This resort offers 56 spots for scuba diving. Other marine species found in this area include tarpon, groupers and rays.

 ACCOMMODATION - Colony Hotel

The Colony Hotel offers 24 refurbished bungalows/rooms with en-suite bathroom facilities, telephone, radio and television. The Colony also has a swimming pool and two bars.

 

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3.  CAYO LARGO

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Pure white sand and turquoise seas characterise Cayo Largo. It is the perfect place to relax and enjoy water sports. The marine life is rich and plentiful. Chromis, snappers, groupers and tarpon abound. The corals and sponges are bright and varied and visibility is normally excellent. Short range and long range dives are offered as part of the diving package. The long range trips include some stunning wall dives.

 

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4. VARADERO

 

Varadero is a popular diving site for those wishing to develop their scuba diving skills. Diving in this region is of a good quality including caves, wrecks, reefs and channels, offering over 20 dive sites. The beautiful 12 mile long Varadero beach offers the perfect spot for relaxation before and after a dive.

 

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5. PLAYA GIRON

 

The Bay of Pigs, famed for the failed American Invasion of 1961, is also known for its excellent shore diving. A typical sea dive at Playa Giron includes a short swim on the surface to the drop-off. Once below, there are some nice swim-throughs to get to the wall, where a range of large and colourful sponge species abound. You may also see a wreck. Returning to shore you pass over some lively and attractive patch reefs.

Playa Giron also offers inland cave diving, for more experienced divers.

 

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6. FARO DE LUNA

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Faro de Luna is three hours from Havana - a quiet and beautiful dive site. From Faro de Luna’s romantic shoreline can be found ship wrecks, coral gardens, colourful sponges and a wide range of marine life including parrot fish, snapper, and barracuda to name but a few. Whale sharks can also be seen in this region.

            ACCOMMODATION - Faro de Luna Hotel

Faro de Luna Hotel is a cosy shoreline Hotel. All rooms offer en-suite facilities and the friendly management at this hotel ensure that your stay will be a memorable one. The hotel also has a bar, restaurant, swimming pool, shop and post office. Excursions can be arranged from this hotel to Havana, Cienfuegos, and Trinidad.

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7. TRINIDAD

Hotel Brisas Trinidad del Mar

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In Trinidad's waters you are likely to see various types of snapper, angel fish and damsel fish - to name but a few. Turtles are also found in this area. As well as offering good diving Trinidad is important from a cultural perspective. The city of Trinidad has been deemed by UNESCO as a world heritage site.

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8. JARDINES DE LA REINA

Cuba has many excellent diving areas, but one of the best is certainly Los Jardines de La Reina (Gardens of the Queen). Located in South East Cuba, Los Jardines is an archipelago made up of hundreds of little islands - stretching approximately for 100 miles. In this region's waters are around sixty different species of fish to include groupers, rays, jack crevalle, bone fish and barracuda. Los Jardines de la Reina is famous for its sharks, including silky, blacktip and bull sharks. There is also the possibility of seeing turtles in this region. Another reason for visiting this area is to see sunken ships - including remnants of Spanish galleons from the seventeenth century.

ACCOMMODATION - Tortuga Lodge – floating hotel

The Tortuga Lodge - a floating hotel - acts as an excellent base from which to explore Los Jardines de La Reina by boat. Accommodation on the Tortuga consists of seven rooms with en-suite bathrooms and air conditioning. Rooms can be booked on a four bedded, triple, double or single basis. You can also dive Los Jardines from a range of liveaboards.                                

 

 

                                    

 

 

 

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9. CAYO COCO

The reef at Cayo Coco is approximately thirty-two kilometres long, and is known for its luxuriant coral mounds, and variety of gorgonians and sponges. Groupers are abundant in Cayo Coco’s waters, including those of the black, tiger and Nassau variety, as well as various snappers and angel fish. It is also possible to see southern stingrays and eagle rays.

 

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 10. SANTA LUCIA

 

 

Santa Lucia provides the diver with attractive and lively reefs, and wrecks - in particular the Motera – a Spanish merchant ship sunk in 1896, around whose stern it is possible to see bull sharks.

 

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11. GUARDALAVACA Photo by M Keife

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The warm weather and clear visibility at depths of 20 metres make this an ideal region for a scuba diving holiday. Fifty species of coral, molluscs, sponges, crustaceans and a variety of fish including barracuda, wrasse, swordfish, and Spanish mackerel inhabit the dive sites.

              

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12. SANTIAGO de CUBA

Santiago de Cuba’s waters are known for their caves, channels and tall buttes. Several wrecks are accessible in this region, including the famous El Colon, an armoured cruiser sunk during the Spanish-American War of 1898. The marine life in this region includes Angel fish, groupers, damselfish and jacks.

 

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