St. Maarten, St. Thomas, or Grand Bahama Island for diving?

James P. Clark wrote:

> My cruise on Royal Caribbean is from May 7-13.
>
Month earlier than me - post some info when you get back & enjoy

OK, I'll bite. How do they ensure that they only get the females out to the
shark "feeds"?

"Daniel Arrepas" <arrepas.daniel@butler-rosebury.com> wrote in message
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> > thanks - I will be diving with Stuart's cove (thru the ship) we don't
> > have time to do the shark dive (bummer). I am getting anxious about the
> > trip wish I was going NOW!
>
> You might be better off diving some of the areas they **used** to feed
> sharks at, rather than the shark dives themselves. One of these sites is
> Bahama Mama. Years ago they fed the males there and so sharks still
frequent
> the area, and the site is not that far from Shark Arena where they still
> feed and Shark Wall, where they set the sharks up for the feeds. Last time
I
> was there we had 12-13 sharks, in a seemingly more natural environment and
> behavior pattern. In fact, I have never dived it without sharks being
> present, but I don't know if I'm lucky or if the sharks are always there.
>
> In my experience, if you can get them to visit Bahama Mama, you will
likely
> see plenty of Caribbean males (the shark "feeds" are done with females) in
a
> beautiful setting of clear water, white sand bottom with a small wreck.
It's
> actually a very nice dive. One I would suggest is maybe of the better
dives
> Cove's does. And you don't pay extra for it and it falls within their
normal
> schedule.
>
> While, unlike some others, I don't have any specific problem with staged
> shark dives or feedings I have always enjoyed regular dives, where sharks
> are, whether it's Darwin, Baja Alcyone, Silverado, Bahama Mama, Sanganeb,
> etc.
>
>

James P. Clark wrote:

> I'm taking an upcoming cruise from San Juan to Baltimore, stopping at Philipsburg, St. Maarten, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, and Grand Bahama Island. My wife is not a scuba diver, but I hope to get one dive in. Out of these three locations, can someone offer an opinion on the best one for diving if I had to pick just one?
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Bahamas

Daniel Arrepas wrote:


> In my experience, if you can get them to visit Bahama Mama, you will likely
> see plenty of Caribbean males (the shark "feeds" are done with females) in a
> beautiful setting of clear water, white sand bottom with a small wreck. It's
> actually a very nice dive. One I would suggest is maybe of the better dives
> Cove's does. And you don't pay extra for it and it falls within their normal
> schedule.

We did the Bahama Mama wreck/shark dive with Nassau Scuba Centre, there
were a good number of sharks for us as well.