Honeymoon next year, want to scuba dive reef, any ideas??

my wife and i went to antigua (i think thats how you spell it) last year and it was awsume did lots of snorkling maybe check it out weather was awsume the whole week

 

Hawaii is very expensive. I have dove all over the Caribbean. If you want to really stretch your dollar you should try the Bahamas. We spent 3 weeks there last year. You will have no problem finding flights and deals, due to its proximity to the US. The water is warm, crystal clear, the visibility is excellent, and the marine life is great. I did a bunch of shark dives there and they were amazing.

Aruba is also very nice, safe, good nightlife, and great diving. You can often find deals there too. If you have any questions about diving in Grand Cayman, Cancun, Aruba, Grand Bahama, or St. Lucia, feel free to PM me.

Jim

 

Love Diving off Belize...Spectacular!
Cheap too in my book as fas as hotels/resorts and overall costs

 

I've been snorkeling off the coast of Belize and St. Thomas, both were excellent (also on the Gulf side of Florida--prior to the BP debacle--which wasn't as great).

If I would have had scuba gear we could have dove deeper at either Belize or St. Thomas, there was plenty to be seen.

 

about 50 mile due west off Clearwater beach are 3 spectacular table top reefs.

One has a huge jew fish...a good 500lbs or better.
1st time I dove it I decided to stick my head over the ledge....well this baby did his gill slap and scared the living you know what out of me so bad i spit my regulator out LOL
Also alot of SPS corals and some LPS and tons of gorgonians

 

IME, if you are going to do a honeymoon dive resort thing, go to the pacific South preferably. While diving in the Caribbean is good, its 10x as good in the South Pacific. You want to remember this for a long time, gulf of Mexico/ Caribbean just doesn't have the intensity as the S pacific or other destinations.

 

thanks for all the help guys. while i would love to dive a good reef my fiance is not going to go into the ocean(shes afraid) so i would need a place that would be good all around for a honeymoon with a added dive spot for myself. so far you guys have helped out a ton and i am researching the locations right now. so many places to choose from its driving me nuts haha

 

another thing is should we be worried about the gulf oil in places we might choose? i know alot of the places might see some of that disaster

 

It won't be an issue if you go to the South Pacific

 

lol, good point!! although im looking at prices for any where down there, cook islands, fiji bora bora are alllll expensive!! really expensive!! plus air fair is the killer there