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Scuba Diving in the Dominican Republic
Dominican diving spots
Scuba diving in Caribbean Sea
Catalina Island
The spot is good both for novices and experienced divers. Excursions to Catalina Island from Punta Cana. It is about an 1 hour and 30 minutes to get to the pier and 30 minutes out to the island by boat.
Average visibility: 20 m. Average water temperature: 25 C. Average depth: 18 m. Maximum depth: 25 m.
Taino Caves
This dive spot is located not far from Santo Domingo and recommended only for experienced divers. You can get to the cave entrance by car, and there is a ladder to reach the water.
Average visibility: 100 m. Average water temperature: 25 C. Average depth: 10 m. Maximum depth: 15 m.
La Caleta
Access to the dive: 30 minutes boat ride. For experienced divers.
Average visibility: 25 m. Average water temperature: 27 C. Average depth: 16 m. Maximum depth: 21 m.
Scuba diving in Atlantic Ocean
The Bay of Sosua is located on the northern side of the Dominican republic. It has more than dozen wonderful diving sites. Depths vary from 7m to 40m. Here divers have oppurtunity to experience wall diving and wreck diving.
Cofresi Wall is available by speed boot from Cofresi Beach. It's good for divers of any level.
Average visibility: 50 m. Average water temperature: 30 C. Average depth: 18 m. Maximum depth: 200 m.
El Muro is located just off Puerto Plata and it takes a 5 minute boat trip to get there. The spot is good both for novices and experienced divers.
Average visibility: 30 m. Average water temperature: 26 C. Average depth: 16 m. Maximum depth: 40 m.
Larimar located 20m off the beach of Larimar and available by swimming. There are lots of fish at the shallower end and it is known for the Moray Eels you nearly always see. It's good for divers of any level.
Average visibility: 30 m. Average water temperature: 26 C. Average depth: 12 m. Maximum depth: 15 m.
Haiti wreck: the wrecks of Mansanillo.
Average visibility: 100 m. Average water temperature: 30 C. Average depth: 20 m. Maximum depth: 36 m.
Coral Garden
This beautiful dive site is interesting and suitable for all, both for novices and experienced divers. Its just below the 3 rocks where there is a lot of soft corals fans and hard corals. Access: 10 minutes by boat from the beach of Playa Chiquita (Sosua).
Average visibility: 30 m. Average water temperature: 26 C. Average depth: 18 m. Maximum depth: 24 m.
Blue Orange is located at the end of the airport wall for the international airport of Puerto Plata.
Average visibility: 20 m. Average water temperature: 27 C. Average depth: 24 m. Maximum depth: 24 m.
La Zingara is located between Cabarete and Sosua, in 10 minutes boat travel from the beach of Sosua. For experienced divers.
Average visibility: 20 m. Average water temperature: 27 C. Average depth: 34 m. Maximum depth: 36 m.
El Dudu is 700 meter length cave. It has three pools, two of them being cenote types, the third one being a dry cave hosting a colony of bats, and it is known as "Bats Cave". Shrimps, small crayfish and eels are the habitants of this site.
Only for experienced divers.
Average visibility: 30 m. Average water temperature: 29 C. Average depth: 17 m. Maximum depth: 22 m.