Grenada

(Dive Travel Business News - April 19, 2013)-- ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada - In the silent shallows off Grenada, an Underwater Sculpture Park models the practice of sustainable tourism. The first of its kind in the world, Grenada’s Underwater Sculpture Park was designed to act as an artificial reef, offering an ideal environment for colonization by fish and colorful coral.

Recognized as one of the "Wonders of the World – Earth’s Most Awesome Places” in a special edition of National Geographic, the park is located just outside St. George’s in the Molinere Bay Marine Protected Area. Created by British sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor, the park has become one of the main tourist attractions for Grenada. The statues are accessible to both divers and snorkelers. read more »

(Dive Travel Business News - March 28, 2013) -- ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada - Named the Wreck Diving Capital of the Caribbean by Scuba Diving magazine’s 2012 Readers’ Choice Awards and featuring reefs bursting with vibrant coral gardens, as well as its renowned underwater sculpture park, Grenada is a magnet for divers who seek an assortment of underwater adventures. Just in time for summer, many of Grenada and Carriacou’s hotels and dive operators are offering a variety of dive packages.

Among the packages and deals available to travelers are:

Explore Carriacou’s “land of many reefs” by taking advantage of Arawak Divers’ Scuba Dive package. The package includes 10 tank dives and 7 nights’ accommodations in a quaint cottage just 30 seconds from the dive shop. Rates begin at US$660 per person based on double occupancy for stays from now until December 31, 2013. For more information, visit www.arawakdivers.com , e-mail arawakdivers@spiceisle.com , or call 473-443-6906. read more »

(Dive Travel Business News - January 31, 2012) -- Blue magazine, the first print and online magazine focused exclusively on the Caribbean's numerous dive and ecotourism attractions, that launched its first edition in late 2010, continues its successful international promotion of the Caribbean dive market. After only one year in publication, Blue’s newest and current issue, will be in select areas of Barnes & Noble bookstores in the US from February. Exquisite multipage spreads will feature the amazing dive destinations of Saba, Grenada and the British Virgin Islands.

The exclusive niche-market publication has grown considerably in popularity, using its ability to showcase the region's most alluring dive destinations with  photography and editorial that blends culture and other activities related to nature or water. read more »

(Dive Travel Business News - December 8, 2010) -- Since its inception in 2006, Grenada's Underwater Sculpture Park has received international acclaim, captivating locals and visitors alike as a unique art installation. Located in clear, shallow water and dappled by sunlight, the Park's sculptures can be readily viewed by snorkelers, divers and passengers in glass-bottomed boats.

The 65 sculptures currently placed in the park are nestled within the topography of the coral reef at Molinere Bay within Grenada's National Marine Protected Area. The sculptures and reef have created the foundation for a diverse marine eco-system whose residents include seahorses, lobsters, octopus, a myriad of fish and a seasonal display of huge shoals of silvery jacks.

Just two miles north of the capital, St. George's, the site at Molinere Bay is normally sheltered and peaceful. But this area had suffered storm damage in preceding years and it was hoped that placing these sculptures would offer a new base on which marine life could proliferate and create an exciting new underwater experience for divers and snorkelers. read more »

(Dive Travel Business News - May 10, 2010) -- Grenada offers affordable family dive vacations this summer where kids stay, eat and dive for free at diver-dedicated True Blue Bay Resort and Aquanauts Grenada.  

The Family Summer Dive Vacation Package includes accommodation, airport round trip transfer, 10 boat dives incl. tanks & weights per room, all taxes and service charge and start at US$ 1099 pp.  Children up to 14 stay FREE with their parents and eat FREE from the kids menu. Packages also include FREE continental breakfast for the whole family and two times a 4 hour babysitting service to get the parents and older kids diving together. One child age 10 to 15 dives FREE with one parent paying. For kids age 8 to 10 a FREE bubble maker dive program isoffered at the pool. read more »

(Dive Travel Business News - May 10, 2010 ) -- Travel writer Annie Kazel Wilcox has been a scuba diver for over 20 years. Her dive travels have spanned Baja and Bali, the Mediterranean, Australia's Great Barrier Reef and more. In this Special Article to the Miami Herald, Kazel-Wilcox spells out her favorite Caribbean diving haunts. Here is a summary of her Top 10 Caribbean Dive Sites: 

1.The Elbow, Turneffe Island, Belize
2. Ocean Blue Hole, Andros Island, Bahamas
3. Wreck of the Antilla, Aruba
4. Bloody Bay Wall, Little Cayman, Cayman Islands
5. Mareau Gardens, Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines
6. Wreck of the RMS Rhone, Tortola, BVI
7. Carvel Rock, St. John, USVI
8. Wreck of the Bianca C, Grenada
9. Northstar, St. Croix, USVI
10. Champagne, Dominica read more »