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Trinidad and Tobago offer dive sites for every experience level as well as varied and abundant marine life. Most dives in the region are drift dives that are thrilling and give the opportunity for divers to swim with pelagics. Macro photography is a favorite activity there.
Average flight time from LAX
8
Scuba Dive Level
All Levels
Visibility
16 to 98 feet (5 to 30 meters)
Average Water Temperature
80
Wreck Diving
Macro Critters
Trinidad and Tobago offer dive sites for every experience level as well as varied and abundant marine life. Most dives in the region are drift dives that are thrilling and give the opportunity for divers to swim with pelagics. Macro photography is a favorite activity there.
Trinidad and Tobago is a dual-island Caribbean nation near Venezuela. They are known for having their distinctive Creole traditions and cuisines. Both islands have distinct personalities while having a share of natural beauty. The larger of the two, Trinidad, is the location of most of the country's cities and activity and is also the country's industrial center. Tobago is more known for tourism and is a popular tourist destination.
You can see turtles and West Indian manatees in the Trinidad waters. Around Tobago, expect to meet with huge manta rays, porcupine fish, French angelfish, black tip reef sharks, nurse sharks, southern stingrays, Atlantic guitarfish, lobster, eels, snappers, rainbow runners, torpedo rays, bicolor damselfish, porkfish, Bermudan chub, big eye and glass eye snapper. Other creatures you can expect to find include green morays, cubera snappers, blue wrasse, large black groups, spiny lobsters, sennet fish, the African Pompano, blue chromis, damselfish, schools of jacks and spotted morays.
Here are some of the best diving spots in Trinidad & Tobago:
1. MV Maverick This 107-metre/350-foot ex-Trinidad-Tobago car ferry is one of the most famous wrecks found in the Caribbean. It has a rich growth of corals and its prolific marine life can include turtles, eagle rays and cobia, and barracuda.
2. Keleston Drain You can find one of the Caribbeans largest brain corals here. Youll see moray eels, big schools of Creole wrasse and jacks. You may even get the chance to spot manta rays, barracuda and reef sharks.
3. The Sisters This is a rock formation with five pinnacles rising from more than 40m under the surface. Youll likely to spot hammerhead sharks, nurse sharks, stingrays, and even whales if youre really lucky.
4. Flying Reef This popular reef is relatively shallow only 15 metres/50 feet. It is full of soft corals and enormous sponges and you can see a variety of different reef fish swimming about the reef. You might also see stingrays burying themselves in the sand around the reef.
5. Mt. Irvine Wall and Extension The wall has beautiful canyons, cracks and ledges. It is home to large groups of schooling fish and seahorse. You'll see a massive coral reef that offers shelter to a variety of creatures at the extension. tarpon, cobia, and eagle rays might be seen off the reef.
Daily flights from several US gateways are available to Piarco International Airport (POS) in Trinidad, located about 27 km (15 miles) from the capital, Port of Spain. ANR Robinson International Airport (TAB) in Tobago is 13 km (8 miles) from the capital, Scarborough.
Traveling between Trinidad and Tobago is easy. Scheduled flights between POS and TAB take approximately 25 minutes. Alternatively, a high-speed ferry connects the two capitals in roughly 30 minutes.There are dive resorts and dive operators available in Trinidad and Tobago. If you want to rent diving equipment you must be a certified diver. You can simply take instructional courses at local dive centers if you are not certified yet.
You can dive all year in Trinidad & Tobago but visibility might be lower during the rainy season (July to December).
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