Re: Scuba Options At Cruise Ship Ports Of Call

[Tim McDonough]

Tim McDonough writes:
>
> My wife and I will be taking an 18 day cruise (on HAL's ms Statendam) through
> the Panama Canal (FLL to SAN). We are both scuba divers and on past cruises,
> have found several potrts of call that have offered 2 tank certified dives.
> Looking at HAL's information for booking shore excursions they currently only
> list a dive trip option in Cabo San Lucas. Poking about on the 'net I found
> a number of dive shops in many of the ports we will be visting, so I'm
> posting to see if there are other divers reading this, that could comment or
> recommend any of these (or suggest which to avoid) or those who might have
> experience with trying to make a non-ship shore execursion for scuba diving
> work at any or all of these ports (given the hours we will be in each port).

For others who might be interested, I've been able to make direct diving
reservations with the following companies in the following ports:

* Mayaguez, Puerto Rico (December 24th)
<http://www.monaaquatics.com/index.html>

* Santa Marta, Columbia (December 26th)
<http://www.poseidondivecenter.com/>

* Acapulco, Mexico (January 2nd)
<http://www.swissdivers.com/LID-en/di.../175/Home.html>

* Zihuatanejo/Ixtapa, Mexico (January 3rd)
<http://www.zihuatanejodivecenter.com/>

* Mazatlan, Mexico (January 5th)
<http://www.mazatlantours.org/mazatlan-scuba-diving.htm>

* Cabo San Lucas, Mexico (January 6th)
<http://www.amigosdelmar.com/>

Thanks to all for their feedback! I can't believe we leave in just 3 weeks!

-Tim

P.S. I'm terrible at trip reports, but if you want to see pictures from our
last dive trip (Maui in Sept 2009) head on over to
<http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=7087&id=1705670572&l=47b98a5e3f>