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Hello, I am having a hard time choosing our dive location for this cruise. We only get to dive once a year. And when we take a cruise it's two 2-tank dives. So, I have to be sure I get the best dives possible. We are going to Grand Turk, Aruba, Curacao and La Romana. I want to dive at Grand Turk for sure. My second choice was Curacao. However, we don't dock until 1:30 and the dive shops think it will be hard to get 2 dives in. I hate to take a chance on losing 1 dive (25% of our dives). So, is it better to choose Aruba or La Romana? If so, any dive shop recommendations would be appreciated. Thanks!!!!

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For Aruba, I highly recommend Happy Divers Aruba. Jeffrey will pick you up and return you to the cruise port. Rather than the large boats run by most of the operators, you will be a group of no more than 6 divers. Of course this means you should book early. http://www.happydiversaruba.com.

 

However, the operator I use on Curacao is one of the few that will accommodate those on a later arriving ship like yours. If you contact Hans at CURious2Dive, he will meet you at the port, and and take care of everything. http://www.curious2dive.com.

 

As to which is the better place to dive? Well Curacao probably has better life, and some pretty spectacular wall diving. Aruba on the other hand has the Antilla wreck; which I find to be a great dive, especially if you take hte time to learn it's history. Here's a nice outline on wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Antilla_(1939)

 

The wreck is at a depth of about 50 feet, so even though it's large, your air will last long enough for a nice tour of the entire ship. Due to nearly 80 years of storm damage to the shallow wreck, it's not considered safe for penetration, but it's quite possible to see almost all of the interior without getting into an overhead environment, since it has broken up.

 

Harris

Denver, CO

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