Bay of Pigs
14
diving sites
Cayo
Coco
20
diving sites
Cayo
Levisa
15
diving sites
Cayo
Largo
32
diving sites
Cayo
Santa Maria
24
diving sites
Cienfuegos
46 diving sites
El
Colony
56
diving sites
Guardalavaca
20 diving sites
Havana
72 diving sites
Jardines
de la Reina
33 diving sites
Maria
la Gorda
39
diving sites
Santa
Lucia
35
diving sites
Santiago
de Cuba
73
diving sites
Trinidad
21
diving sites
Varadero
32
diving sites
We have scuba diving for beginners and experts. Scuba
diving in Cuba is an unforgettable event that you cannot
miss out on!
Cuba’s insular shelf, some 26,190 square miles (67,831
square kilometers) in size, has excellent scuba-diving
sites throughout the archipelago. They are some of the
most entrancing in all the Caribbean. Warm, clean water,
great biodiversity, good conservation of it’s ecosystems,
coral gardens, caves, meadows of gorgonians and sponges,
underwater escarpments, narrow channels, tunnels, fish of
many sizes and colors, valuable remains of shipwrecked
vessels and many natural beaches, cays and islets make it
a place to challenge divers imagination.
In addition, this large area has a great variety of
coralline formations in amazing shapes and colors, where
many species of marine flora and fauna coexist in a
delicate biological balance. This is what makes Cuba such
a wonderful scuba diving destination the one that
thousands of tourists and professionals prefer.
Diving Areas
Main
island of Cuba and its 4,000 caves and inlets, have an
exceptional diversity of marine flora and fauna. These
islets, which are practically surrounded by coralline
formations, are of special interest to scuba diving buffs
because they have excellent diving conditions. There are
no strong marine currents and the area, and the warm,
calm, unpolluted water is so clear that you can see
through it for 100 feet (30 meters).
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Since the broad insular shelf is relatively near the
surface and Cuba is at the edge of the tropics, the water
temperature is between 75.2 and 83.3 F. 24 and 28.5 C all
year round.
Its waters are always ideal for scuba diving in any of
its varieties-snorkeling, reef exploration and day or
night dives of down to 130 feet (40 meters) in coralline
gardens filled with caves, vertical walls, tunnels,
underwater escarpments, narrow channels, the remains of
shipwrecked vessels and many other attractions.
Contrasting colors and capricious marine shapes are a
constant delight on the archipelago’s insular shelf, with
its abundant coralline formations, the habitat of around
500 species of fish, 200 sponges of several kinds
cup-shaped, tube and branched, a wide variety of mollusks
and crustaceans, gorgonians, algae and Common Sea Fans.
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Diving
Facilities
Scuba diving centers on both the northern and southern
coasts and on some of the adjacent cays that have been
opened to tourism have comfortable hotels, which form
part of facilities available to scuba divers. Several
companies operate water sports bases in port, which have
their own fleets of vessels and diving equipment.
Scuba diving centers on both the northern and southern
coasts and on some of the adjacent cays that have been
opened to tourism have comfortable hotels which form part
of facilities available to scuba divers. Several
companies operate water sports bases in ports which have
their own fleets of vessels and diving equipment.
We are presenting 16 scuba-diving centers, located along
the coasts, which offer over 500 diving sites, featuring
spectacular underwater scenery.
Cuba’s human resources in the sphere of scuba-diving
include instructors with years of experience who are
endorsed by the World Underwater Federation CMAS, the
American-Canadian Underwater Certification ACUC.
They work in close coordination with the national network
of medical services, with hyperbaric chambers providing
extremely rapid care for divers who need it.
Several specialized scuba diving courses are available in
Cuba. The offer internationally recognized certificates.
Scuba diving classes are available for beginners.
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