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Barbados Scuba Diving Travel Tips

By Travis Marshall

Sitting on the eastern edge of the Antilles, more in the open Atlantic than the Caribbean, Barbados is better known for its surfing than its diving. However, the protected reefs off the leeward (western) side of the island offer great diving, and the best conditions occur during the calmer summer months.
Barbados' waters host an impressive collection of shipwrecks. Carlisle Bay is thought to hold as many as 200 historic ships, though four 20th-century wrecks—the Berwyn, Eilon, C-Trek, and Fox—are the most popular among divers. By far the top dive on the island is the SS Stavronikita, a 365-foot Greek freighter, intentionally sunk as an artificial reef.
Barbados has two types of reefs for divers: The deeper barrier reefs lie one to two miles offshore and host larger marine life like turtles and sharks. The near-shore fringe and patch reefs offer shallower depths, calmer conditions, and a bevy of smaller critters like sea horses and frogfish.

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Can you provide information and images of the Barbados Baptist College? I can not find a website that shows this information. Thank you
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We are an extended family of 20 with 11 children ranging from 2 to 18 -4 families and a grandmother. We went to Mexico last January 1 and found it nice but not quite warm enough and not enough for the kids to do at the hotel. We went to Chel-ha and Telum but we would like for there to be lots of activities at the resort as well. We have a budget of about $1700.00-$1800.00 per person before taxes. Is there somewhere you can recommed for us?? Did I mention beautiful beach and lots of restauraunt choices?? A tall order, thank you so much. Catherine
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Hi are thinking of heading over to barbados in september and are planning on staying in the south, im a surfer and wandered what are the waves like down south and also whats the best and cheapest way to get around,eg; to bathseba to the soup bowl. thanks
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Saint James Map

Distance: 4.7 mi.
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Distance: 7.0 mi.
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West Side Scuba Centre

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Baku Beach
St. James, Barbados

Distance: 4.8 mi. (from destination center)

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Berwyn Wreck Dive

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Carlisle Bay, southwest shore

Distance: 7.3 mi. (from destination center)

Description: Berwyn Wreck was sunk in 1919 and is a dive site located in Carlisle Bay. ... Read More

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400 yards offshore, near West Terrace onthe the western shore

Distance: 5.5 mi. (from destination center)

Description: SS Stavronikita Wreck Dive is a 365 ft Greek freighter that lies in 120 feet of water. It was... Read More

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