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!
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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.
Šťastné údolí
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.
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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!
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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.
Japanese Garden
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 potápění
Pokud jste jako já a raději se ponoříte s ekologicky smýšlejícím outfitterem, nemůžete udělat nic lepšího než potápěčskou Grenadu. Majitelé, Phil a Helen, nejen zajišťují, že jejich potápěčští mistři jsou ekologičtí a námořní vzdělaní, ale také probíhají vynikající projekt.
Program se nazývá projekt regenerace regenerace Grand Anse Reef Regeneration (GARRP) a Phil vytvořil řadu podvodních pyramid pomocí Cinderblocks, aby se pokusil regenerovat některé z korálů ztracených během hurikánů.
Potopil 14 na dno zátoky poblíž Grand Anse Beach a už začali produkovat neuvěřitelné množství korálů. Mnoho trhlin a otvorů v porézních blocích umožňuje, aby korál rychle růst a vytvářejí místa pro ryby a jiné druhy útesů, které se mohou skrývat.
GARRP (obrázek: Phil of Dive Grenada)
Phil nejen založil a osobně financoval GARRP, ale také si vzal čas na vzdělávání dětí místních škol o důležitosti mořských ekosystémů a jejich přímém dopadu na rybářský průmysl Grenada a celkové kvalitě života.
Tajemství se dostává ven!
Ačkoli je skvělé mít tak vynikající potápěčské stránky pro sebe, potápění by mohlo být cenným tokem příjmů pro slabující ekonomiku této země. Naštěstí pro Grenadu to nebude dlouho předtím, než více lidí začne objevovat podvodní odměnu, která tyto pobřeží okraje.
Pokud plánujete vydat se do Grenady, měli byste určitě plánovat dostat se pod moře a prozkoumat tyto korálové pobřeží. Pokud nejste potápěč, zvažte výlet na šnorchl. Bez ohledu na to, jak se tam dostanete, nebudete chtít nechat ujít vynikající mořský život kolem tohoto malého ostrova.
Podívejte se na toto rychlé video mých úžasných ponorů v Grenadě!
Chcete -li si zarezervovat své ponory pomocí Dive Grenada, podívejte se na www.divegrenada.com nebo kontaktujte Phil e -mailem.
Zvláštní poděkování do potápění Grenady za hostování mě na mých 6 potápěných ponořích kolem ostrova. Jako vždy jsem nebyl požádán, abych napsal pozitivní recenzi a všechny myšlenky a názory zůstávají moje vlastní.
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