Scuba diving in Venezuela Updated with pics - Page 2

Delphinus · #11 10-23-2009, 05:45 PM

That's awesome !! Sooo jealous.

What are the bags of at the control tower? Garbage?

lastlight · #12 10-23-2009, 05:58 PM

Thanks for sharing I love these kinds of posts!

And I'm glad you didn't land a few feet to your left here:

parkinsn · #13 10-23-2009, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by whatcaneyedo

Great pics, thanks for sharing! What is the story behind that massive pile of conch shells?

Its a protected marine park, there are big conches everywhere you go in the water. so when they die and wash up on the shore they put them in piles on the islands. There is like 20 islands, some that you go on some you cant, and its illegal to take them so they keep piling up. In the town square there is a christmas tree made out of them with a huge star fish at the top.

parkinsn · #14 10-23-2009, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by lastlight

Thanks for sharing I love these kinds of posts!

And I'm glad you didn't land a few feet to your left here:

Ya me too.... ouch!

Its an underwater statue of mother Mary at about 60'. all the locals that dive and take you under say a prayer there before the continue on the dive.

parkinsn · #15 10-23-2009, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Delphinus

That's awesome !! Sooo jealous.

What are the bags of at the control tower? Garbage?

not sure never got that close to them. but more than likely it is as they only get the garbage picked up once a week

Lance · #16 10-23-2009, 06:13 PM

Great pics! Thanks for showing them. 3 more months and I'm off to the Caribbean myself. Can't wait!

parkinsn · #17 10-23-2009, 06:21 PM

How do you get a video on here?

BC564 · #18 10-23-2009, 06:46 PM

hey...didnt know you were going......Carrie and I were in Venezuela just over 4 years ago....stayed on Margarita Island....loved it....thinking about going back in January....thanks for the pics....looks great

Snappy · #19 10-23-2009, 07:52 PM

Looks like some great diving, I'm jealous. Thank goodness I will be in Mexico in another 2 weeks.

I just talked to my dive buddy in Puerto Vallarta the other day and at one of my favorite area sites the visability was 70 feet and the water temp was 88F but I imagine it should be cooled down to about 83-84F by the time I get there.

Thanks for sharing the pix.

fishoholic · #20 10-23-2009, 08:26 PM

Great pic.'s thanks for sharing.