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.
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Here’s what it’s like to go diving with Dive Grenada!
Table of Contents
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.
Happy Valley
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.
베로니카. 엘
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. 엘
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-Mi스쿠버 다이빙
당신이 나와 같고 친환경적인 의상으로 다이빙을 선호한다면, 당신은 다이빙 그레나다보다 더 나은 일을 할 수 없습니다. 소유자 인 Phil과 Helen은 다이빙 마스터가 친환경적이고 해양 교육을받을뿐만 아니라 뛰어난 프로젝트를 진행하고 있습니다.
이 프로그램은 Grand Anse Reef Regeneration Project (GARRP)라고하며 Phil은 허리케인 동안 잃어버린 산호를 재생하기 위해 CinderBlocks를 사용하여 일련의 수중 피라미드를 만들었습니다.
그는 그랜드 안스 해변 근처의 만 바닥에서 14를 침몰했으며 이미 엄청난 양의 산호를 생산하기 시작했습니다. 다공성 블록의 많은 균열과 개구부는 산호가 빠르게 자라서 물고기와 다른 암초 종을 숨길 수있는 장소를 만듭니다.
Garrp (이미지 : Phil of Dive Grenada)
Phil은 Garrp를 설립하고 개인적으로 자금을 지원했을뿐만 아니라 해양 생태계의 중요성과 그레나다의 어업 산업과 전반적인 삶의 질에 대한 직접적인 영향에 대해 지역 학교 어린이들에게 교육하는 데 시간이 걸렸습니다.
비밀이 나오고 있습니다!
이러한 뛰어난 다이빙 사이트를 자신에게 두는 것이 좋지만 다이빙은이 나라의 흔들리는 경제에 귀중한 소득 흐름이 될 수 있습니다. 운 좋게도 그레나다의 경우 더 많은 사람들 이이 해안을 림질하는 수중 현상금을 발견하기 시작하기까지는 그리 오래 걸리지 않을 것입니다.
그레나다로 향할 계획이라면 바다 아래로 들어가서 산호로 덮인 해안선을 탐험 할 계획입니다. 다이버가 아니라면 스노클링 여행을 떠나는 것을 고려하십시오. 당신이 그곳에 어떻게 나가든, 당신은이 작은 섬 주변의 뛰어난 바다 생활을 놓치고 싶지 않을 것입니다.
그레나다에서 내 멋진 다이브의 빠른 비디오를 확인하십시오!
Dive Grenada와 함께 다이빙을 예약하려면 www.divegrenada.com을 확인하거나 이메일을 통해 Phil에 문의하십시오.
섬 주변의 6 개의 스쿠버 다이빙에서 나를 주최 한 Grenada 다이빙에 특별한 감사를드립니다. 항상 그렇듯이, 나는 긍정적 인 검토를 쓰라는 요청을받지 않았으며 모든 생각과 의견은 내 자신의 것으로 남아 있습니다.
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