From: rvn@icd.teradyne.com (Rafael Vidaillet)
Subject: Re: INFO:Diving in Porte Rico?
Reply-To: rvn@icd.teradyne.com
Organization: Teradyne, Inc. Boston MA
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 17:56:25 GMT

	I assume you mean Puerto Rico.  Well I'm originally from the island,
but learned how to dive here in New England so I have not had a chance to 
dive there.  My brother has though, and he loved it.  It seems to me that
in PR, diving has not really hit the turists as it has on other places, it
seems more of a local crowd.
	I think that you'll be able to find as good as diving as anywere else
in the Caribbean.  the problem is that it might not be as accessible
as other places...  My brother has lots of friends with boats and they
go out to little islands around PR (pretty funny, one would think PR is
small enough) and dive.  I would recommend calling some of the local
dive shops and talk to them.
	I happen to have the phone number of the one my brother got certified
at. (We had a copy of his certification faxed here so he could dive with me).
The place is "SCUBA Centro" phone# (809)781-8086, you should be able to
find somebody who speaks english (with an accent).

	Anyways, in Skin Diver (August 92) there was a  mention of
PR Diving, I have included.

_RV

TOP 20 Caribbean dive destinations: (copied without permission from SKIN DIVER)

	#12 PUERTO RICO
	
	The largest island in the Eastern Caribbean chain is Puerto Rico.
110 miles long and 35 miles wide.  More than just an island, this place 
is a nation of more than 3.3 million people.  It has many large cities, 
mountain ranges that reach to 4,000 feet, tropical rainforests, numerous
hotels and gambling casinos.

	While Puerto Rico has literally dozens of dive shops that serve the local
trade, there a seven resort-related dive operations that serve visitors.
Good diving opportunities are scattered all around PR but you have to
know were to go.

	In the San Juan area, dive oprators take turists and guests to popular
beach diving sites as THE HORSESHOE and FIGURE 8.  Fajardo is a yatching
resort town at the eastern tip of PR.  Dive operators from this area
take visitors to such coral reef sites as BACERRAS REEF, CORONA REEF
and EL DIABLO.

	South of Fajardo, on PR's east coast, is the resort area of Humacao.  
This region offers some of PR's best diving, with more than 20 sites 
accessible by dive boat.  Some of the best include THE RESERVE, THE CRACKS,
LA JOLLA RIDGE and BASSLET REEF. As with most of PR's diving, this area
offers shollow to medium depth coral reefs and coral caves as well as
opportunities to encounter a MULTITUDE of marine life.
	
Culebra and Vieques are two islands partway between the eastern tip of 
PR and St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands.  Diving around Culebra is 
excellent, with many reefs, coral caverns and drop-offs. Two of the best 
sites are IMPACT AREA and THE ARCH.

At the opposite end of PR lies Isabela on the northwestern coast.  This 
region offers some exciting beach diving for experienced divers.  The
best sites are CRASHBOAT, WILDERNESS and SECTOR LAS CUEVAS.  Fourteen 
miles off the west coast of PR lies the island of DESECHEO.  It can only 
be reached by dive boat and offers a chance to visit almost virgin coral 
reefs.  The best sites include YELLOW REEF, NORTH SIDE TUNNELS and SOUTH 
GARDENS.

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