Your Guide to Diving Bermuda
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Diving Bermuda Overview
Despite Bermuda's pricey, elegant hotels and British manners, it's simply not a tropical dive destination, even for beginners because it's way out in the Atlantic. Reefs are thin, and there's sparse fish life, although wreck divers can find dives to get excited about here thanks to the rough seas the island sometimes endures . . . From January to March, the average high is 68°F (20°C), the low around 58°F (14°C). Summers are balmy, waters chilly. Bermuda's in the hurricane zone, around the same latitude as Charleston, South Carolina . . . Bermuda Seasonal Dive Planner
This solitary island is in the Atlantic, 900 miles dues east of Fripp Island South Carolina. Winds blow out of the south for most of the summer. In the winter, storms from the west and northwest are common. Water temperature varies from low 60s°F (15°C) during the winter to summer highs in the 80s°F (27°C). The average yearly rainfall of 57 inches (1.4m) is evenly distributed throughout the year.
Diving Bermuda Reader Reports and Feature Articles
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Blue Water Divers & Watersports Report
in Bermuda
"Beautiful Brain Coral and Clean Reefs" filed Sep 11, 2024 by Richard Meyerholz (Experience: 501-1000 dives, 5 reports, Reviewer )
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We came into Bermuda on a cruise ship and dove with Blue Water Divers for three days. We had a great experience diving with them. The d... ... Read more
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Dive Bermuda - Somerset/Pompano Beach Report
in Bermuda/West Bermuda
""So So" Diving in Bermuda" filed Aug 14, 2024 by Christopher Smith (Experience: 101-250 dives, 4 reports, Reviewer )
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This was an extended family trip where I could do some diving so I brought my gear. It wasn't worth it. I booked 6 dives with this dive... ... Read more
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Blue Water Divers & Watersports Report
in Bermuda/West End
"Bermuda Diving During Cruise Ship Docking" filed Oct 27, 2023 by Kevin Peterson (Experience: 251-500 dives, 8 reports, Sr. Reviewer )
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The dive shop and boat are at the end of the Naval Dockyard pier on the west end where the cruise ships dock. This is perfect for cruis... ... Read more
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Dive Bermuda at Grotto Bay/https:/www.bermudascubagrottobay.co Report
in Bermuda
"Bermuda! Shipwreck Capital of the World and Healthy Reefs" filed Jun 1, 2023 by ROGER B COOPER (Experience: 501-1000 dives, 4 reports, Reviewer )
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Bermuda: Time for Another Look at the Ship Wreck Capital of the World.
Before deciding to go to Bermuda for our 50th wedding anniver... ... Read more
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Blue Water Divers & Watersports/pompano beach club Report
in Bermuda
"Easy diving, great resort, not many fish" filed Nov 30, 2019 by Phil Hamilton (Experience: Over 1000 dives, 8 reports, Sr. Reviewer )
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Other reviews had warned us not to expect too much in the way of marine life so we not disappointed by the relatively sparse fish popul... ... Read more
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Diving Bermuda Articles - Land Based
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Rangiroa, BVI, Guanaja, Bermuda, Maui and More, great diving, unsafe liveaboard, 7/23 |
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Akumal, The Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, It’s not Cozumel diving, but it’s an alternative, 2/09 |
Bermuda, Overcoming The Idiosyncrasies, 10/80 |
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Editor's Book Picks for Scuba Diving Bermuda
The books below are my
favorites about diving in this part of the world All books are
available at a significant discount from Amazon.com; just
follow the links. -- BD
Travel Edition of Reef Fish Identification: Caribbean, Bahamas,
South Florida
by Paul Humann and Ned DeLoach
Today's airline weight restrictions not only limit the amount of dive gear
and cameras you can pack for overseas trips, but also those valuable
prized marine life identification books. And with spotty Internet access
overseas, it's not like you can look a critter of or fish up easily
online. For the divers who still want a book in their hands post-dive to
look up the fishes they encounter, Paul Humann and Ned DeLoach are
offering "Travel Edition of Reef Fish Identification: Caribbean, Bahamas,
South Florida." It's lightweight enough to thrown in your carry-on but
rugged enough to withstand frequent saltwater washings on board.
Click here to buy it at Amazon.
World Atlas of Coral Reefs
by Mark D. Spalding, Corinna Ravilious,
Edmund P. Green, United Nations World Conservation Monitoring Center.
If there is one book that belongs in every traveling diver's library, this is
it. The superb World Atlas of Coral Reefs has everything you want to know
about the reefs from Costa Rica and Cuba to the Coral Sea and Cayman. The information
is specific and up to date. The photos, maps and layout superb. And the price,
for this 424 page, full color, hard bound volume, is a steal at $31.50
The Atlas was released in September by the United Nations World
Conservation Monitoring Center to document and conserve the world's coral reefs.
Clearly written with divers in mind, it's an invaluable resource for global
travelers. Here's what you'll find.
- 94 maps, including global maps of biodiversity and reef
stresses, regional maps showing 3-D bathymetry and high resolution maps showing
reefs, mangroves, population centers, dive centers and protected areas.
- 280 color photographs, showing reefs, wildlife, people and
places, Including 84 photographs taken from space by Shuttle astronauts.
- Text explaining the formation, structure and ecology of
coral reefs; their various uses and abuses at the hands of humans; and the
techniques used in coral reef mapping.
- Detailed texts describing the distribution and status of
coral reefs in every country.
- Data tables listing information on biodiversity, human
use, and protected areas. These include statistics on coral reef area, biodiversity,
fish consumption, and threats.
For example, you can learn about pollution damage to the reefs
at Providenciales and the lack of human impact, as well. Or, where extensive
bleaching took place in Honduras 1998. You'll read that Milne Bay in Papua New
Guineas has the most extensive reef system in that country and where, in Fiji,
the bumphead parrotfish and tridachna clams will not be found, thanks to overfishing.
Order
now.
The Reef Set: Reef Fish, Reef Creature and Reef Coral (3 Volumes):
Paul Humann ID Books
by Paul Humann, Ned Deloach
The three set fish, creature and coral ID books by Paul Humann are the unparalleled sources for information on Caribbean sea life and identification. Paul and his partner Ned Deloach recently released updated and expanded editions of each, with scores of new critters, even better photos, and information unavailable anywhere else. Why, the Reef Fish Identification book, at more than 500 pages, is 20 percent larger than the previous volume, which came out in 1994. Whenever I travel to the Caribbean, I tote all three books and spend my down hours figuring out what I saw and where to look to find rare creatures. Paul's splendid Reef Creature book (420 pages), covers sponges, nudibranchs, octopus, crustaceans, Christmas tree worms and plenty more. His Reef Coral ID book (276 pages) helps you identify all the hard and soft corals, spawning, and even the growth on top of corals, as well as algae and other plant life. Beginners may want to ID only fish, but I'd recommend that all three books be part of every diver's library. And, if you have an old set, by all means replace it. You'll be delighted at the additions and improvements. Each book normally retails for $40, but are discounted when you order here. And the boxed 3-volume set is available now at a bigger discount, up to 30%. Click below to buy them at Amazon:
* Reef Fish Identification: Florida Caribbean Bahamas,
* Reef Creature Identification: Florida Caribbean Bahamas, and
* Reef Coral Identification: Florida Caribbean Bahamas
* The Boxed Set of all three (you can save up to 30%)
A Guide to the Coral Reefs of the Caribbean
by Mark Spalding
This book doubles as a guide to the natural history of the coral reefs and a diver's travel guide. In addition to providing information about some of the most popular diving and snorkeling, it also offers practical suggestions to divers who want to protect these sites. Author Mark Spalding, a coral reef scientist who has worked on coral reefs in over thirty countries, delves into the eco-problems with a focus on what each person can do to protect the reefs. The guide section covers 35 dive destinations with key information on the reefs, marine parks, remote places, and unusual species as well as excellent maps and a photographic field guide of the marine flora and fauna.
Order Now at a reduced price of only $16.47.
There's a Cockroach in My Regulator
by Undercurrent
The Best of Undercurrent: Bizarre and Brilliant True Diving Tales from Thirty Years of Undercurrent.
Shipping now is our brand new, 240-page book filled with the best of the unusual, the entertaining, and the jaw dropping stories Undercurrent has published. They’re true, often unbelievable, and always fascinating. We’re offering it to you now for the special price of just $14.95.
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