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Mayreau Gardens Among Top Caribbean Dive Sites Mayreau Gardens, Tobago Cays in the Grenadines, has been rated no. 5 in a survey of the top dive sites in the Caribbean. The Mayreau Gardens, a deep sea reef, sits in between two islands (of the Tobago Cays) and has both shallow and deep sections. The Miami Herald, which recently conducted the survey, said that, while the Grenadines are not particularly known for diving, it was surprised to discover what the islands offer. “Maybe it is exactly because the islands are low on the radar screen that the reefs are so amazingly plentiful – the healthiest I’ve seen in the Caribbean in a decade,” wrote veteran scuba diver travel writer Anne Kazel-Wilcox, whose dive travels span, among others, Baja and Bali, the Mediterranean, and Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. “And there’s no better spot than by the Tobago Cays, a string of uninhabited islands surrounded by coral reefs that are a protected marine park,” she added. “Mayreau Gardens is exceptional, a stunning drift dive in 40-60 feet over a sloping coral wall with nurse sharks, stingrays, lobster, eels and more – a dizzying spectacle to say the least,” Kazel-Wilcox continued. The paper rated The Elbow, off Turneffe Island, Belize, as the region’s no. 1 dive destination; Ocean Blue Hole off Andros Island, the Bahamas no. 2; Wreck of the Antilla, Aruba no. 3; Bloody Bay Wall off Little Cayman, Cayman Islands no. 4; and Wreck of the RMS Rhone, Tortolla, British Virgin Islands no. 6. The others are: Carvel Rock, St. John, US Virgin Islands no. 7; Bianca C, Grenada, dubbed the “Titanic of the Caribbean,” no. 8; Northstar, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands no. 9; and Champagne, Dominica, no. 10. “Give me the Caribbean any day for its amazing diversity of underwater attractions,” Kazel-Wilcox said, stating that the Caribbean boasts “two of the world’s longest barrier reefs - in the Bahamas and off Belize – a dizzying array of shipwrecks, and healthy reefs that, in many places, have benefited from marine park protection for years.” “Add in sunken ocean caves, aka blue holes, and some jaw-dropping walls, and the deep blue doesn’t get more enticing,” she added. Source of article: |
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