DrYak

I just got back from diving in the southwest corner of the island. It
was very good. Most of the time the visibility was 60-80 feet. The
water temperature was around 82 degrees. Diving was mostly walls at
80-120 feet. Second dives were 60-70 feet.

The town is very small. It's about 2:30 driving from San Juan. There
is no beach in the area, and little to do outside of diving or driving
to other areas to see the sites. Most of the time we did two dives a
day. A couple of times we did night dives, but all of this depends on
having enough divers to pay for the gas.

People say that it is not as good as other areas in the Caribbean, I'd
say it is very close to some areas--not as good as some others. I've
got to do more research. We saw a couple of nurse sharks, a hawk bill
turtle, octopus, ray and many barracuda. Cozumel is better. Some parts
of Belize are about the same. The other pluses are that the people are
very friendly and travel is very easy.