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!
Índice
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.
Vale Feliz
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.
Jardim japonês
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-Mimergulho NDed Scuba
Se você é como eu e prefere mergulhar com um fornecedor ecológico, não pode fazer melhor do que mergulhar Granada. Os proprietários, Phil e Helen, não apenas garantem que seus mestres de mergulho sejam ecológicos e com educação marinha, mas também têm um projeto excelente em andamento.
O programa é chamado Grand Anse Reef Regeneração Project (GARRP) e Phil criou uma série de pirâmides subaquáticas usando blocos de concreto para tentar regenerar alguns dos corais perdidos durante os furacões.
Ele afundou 14 no fundo da baía, perto de Grand Anse Beach, e eles já começaram a produzir uma quantidade incrível de coral. As muitas rachaduras e aberturas nos blocos porosos permitem que o coral cresça rapidamente e eles criam lugares para peixes e outras espécies de recifes se esconderem.
Garrp (Imagem por: Phil of Dive Granada)
Phil não apenas fundou e financiou pessoalmente Garrp, mas também dedicou um tempo para educar as crianças do ensino local sobre a importância dos ecossistemas marinhos e seu impacto direto na indústria de pesca de Granada e na qualidade de vida geral.
O segredo está saindo!
Embora seja ótimo ter sites de mergulho tão destacados para si mesmo, o mergulho pode ser um fluxo de renda valioso para a economia vacilante deste país. Felizmente para Granada, não demorará muito para que mais pessoas comecem a descobrir a recompensa subaquática que borga essas margens.
Se você planeja ir para Granada, definitivamente planeja ficar debaixo do mar e explorar essas costas cobertas de coral. Se você não é mergulhador, considere sair em uma viagem de snorkel. Não importa como você chegue lá, você não vai querer perder a excelente vida marinha em torno desta pequena ilha.
Confira este vídeo rápido dos meus mergulhos impressionantes em Granada!
Para reservar seus mergulhos com o Dive Granada, consulte www.divegrenada.com ou entre em contato com Phil por e -mail.
Um agradecimento especial a Dive Granada por me hospedar nos meus 6 mergulhos em torno da ilha. Como sempre, não me pediram para escrever uma crítica positiva e todos os pensamentos e opiniões continuam sendo os meus.
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