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diving
the passages
of the golden
doubloon
BAHAMAS
BONAIRE
DOMINICA
CAYMAN ISLANDS
ST. LUCIA
ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES
BEST TIME TO VISIT
Visibility is excellent year-round but is dependent on wind direction, weather action and water temperature.
Year-round. Bonaire is below the hurricane belt, which makes it a more appealing summer Caribbean destination.
November through April.
Any time is a good time to visit, though winter is most popular.
Weather is balmy and water is fine year-round.
Temperatures are warm and tropical year-round.
CLIMATE
Temperatures range from 72°F in the winter to mid 80s(°F) in the summer. The rainy season is June to November.
Average temperature is 82°F and rainfall 22 inches. Usually sunny and breezy.
Climate is a tropical 80°F year-round.
Warm and tropical. The temperatures drop no lower than the 70s(°F) and reach no higher than the 90s(°F).
Temperatures generally range between 75°F and 90°F.
Temperatures average 78°F year-round.
WATER TEMPERATURE
Averages 79°F.
Averages 80°F.
Averages in the mid 80s(°F).
Range from 78°F to 82°F.
Averages 80°F.
Averages 80°F.
EXCHANGE RATE
*rate at press time
**fixed rate at press time
$1.00 (U.S.) = 0.975(BSD)*
$1.00 (U.S.) = 1.77(NAFI)**
$1.00 (U.S.) = 2.69(XCD)*
$1.25 (U.S.) = $1.00 (CI)**
$1.00 (U.S.) = 2.69(XCD)*
$1.00 (U.S.) = 2.69(XCD)*
TIME DIFFERENCE
Eastern Standard Time
Eastern Standard Time
EST + one hour
EST – one hour
EST – one hour
Eastern Standard Time
CONTACTS
The Bahamas Tourism Centre
(213) 385-0033
www.carib
tourism.com/
go/bahamas
Blackbeard’s Cruises
(800) 327-9600
www.blackbeard-
cruises.com
e-mail:
sd@blackbeard-
cruises.com
Tourism Corporation Bonaire on Bonaire
011 (599) 717-8322
www.info
bonaire.com
e-mail:
tcb@
bonairelive.com
Bon Bini Divers
011 (599) 717-5425
www.bonbini
divers.com
e-mail:
info@bonbini
divers.com
Bruce Bowker’s Carib Inn
011 (599) 717-8819
www.caribinn.com
e-mail:
bruce@
caribinn.com
Buddy Dive Resort
011 (599) 717-5080
www.buddydive.com
e-mail:
info@buddy
dive.com
Captain Don’s Habitat
(800) 327-6709
www.habitat
diveresorts.com
e-mail:
bonaire@habitat
diveresorts.com
Divi Flamingo Beach Hotel
(800) 661-DIVE
www.divi
bonaire.com
e-mail:
divibon@
bonairelive.com
Dive Inn 011 (599) 717-8761
www.diveinn-
bonaire.com
e-mail:
diveinn@
bonairenet.com
Harbour Village Beach Resort
(599) 717-7500
www.harbour
village.com
e-mail:
harbourvil@
aol.com
Plaza Resort Bonaire/
Toucan Divers (800) 766-6016
www.plazaresort
bonaire.com
e-mail:
plaza@
bonairenet.com
Sand Dollar Condominium Resort
(800) 288-4773
www.sanddollar
bonaire.com
e-mail:
info@sand
dollarbonaire.com
Sand Dollar Dive & Photo
011 (599) 717-5252
www.discover
bonaire.com
e-mail:
info@discover
bonaire.com
Windsurfing:
(599) 717-5233
www.jibecity.com
e-mail:
jibecityinfo@
jibecity.com
Dominica Tourist Office
(888) 645-5637
www.dominica.dm
e-mail:
dominicany@
msn.com
Anchorage Hotel & Dive Center
(800) 934-DIVE
e-mail:
anchorage@
tod.dm
Anse-A-Liane Lodge
& Dive Center
(888) 868-6827
www.ansea
lianedive.com
Castaways Beach Hotel/ Dive Center
(888) CASTAWAYS
e-mail:
castaways@
cwdom.dm
Castle Comfort Lodge
(888) 414-7626
www.dive
dominica.com
e-mail:
dive@
cwdom.dm
Fort Young Hotel
(800) 544-7631
e-mail:
fortyoung@
tod.dm
Nature Island Dive
(767) 449-8181
www.natureisland
dive.dm
e-mail:
naturei
dive@cwdom.dm
Cayman Islands Department of Tourism
(800) 346-3313
www.dive
cayman.ky
Land-based Diving:
Grand Cayman
Bob Soto’s Diving
(345) 949-2022
www.bobsoto
diving.com.ky
e-mail:
bobsotos@
candw.ky
Don Foster’s Dive Cayman
(800) 83-DIVER
www.don
fosters.com
e-mail:
dfd@
candw.ky
Divetech
(345) 949-1701
www.divetech.com
e-mail:
divetech@
candw.ky
Red Sail Sports
(877) 462-3567
www.redsail.com
e-mail:
redsail@
candw.ky
Cayman Brac Brac Reef Beach Resort/ Reef Divers
(800) 594-6326
www.bracreef.com
e-mail:
bestdiving@
reefseas.com
Brac Caribbean Beach Village
(800) 594-6326
www.brac-
caribbean.com
e-mail:
bracarib@
candw.ky
Carib Sands Beach Resort
(345) 948-1121
www.carib
sands.com
e-mail:
caribsan@
candw.ky
Divi Tiara Beach Resort
(800) 661-3483
www.waterhouse
tours.com
e-mail:
dividive@
waterhouse
tours.com
Almond Beach Hideaway
(800) 972-9795
www.almond
beach.com
Little Cayman
Little Cayman Beach Resort
(800) 594-6326
www.bracreef.com
e-mail:
bestdiving@
reefseas.com
Live-aboards:
Little Cayman Diver II
(800) 458-2722
www.little
caymandiver.com
Cayman Aggressor IV
(800) 348-2628
www.aggressor.com
e-mail:
info@
aggressor.com
St. Lucia Tourist Board
(800) 456-3984
www.stlucia.org
Anse Chastanet & Scuba St. Lucia
(888) GO-LUCIA
www.anse
chastanet.com
e-mail:
ansechastanet@
candw.lc
Jalousie Hilton
(800) HILTONS
www.jalousie-
hilton.com
SVG Tourist Office
(800) 235-3029
e-mail:
tourism@
caribsurf.com
Wallilabou Dive Experience
(784) 456-0335
http://
members.xoom.com
/walldivexp
e-mail:
walldivexp@
hotmail.com
Dive St. Vincent
(784) 457-4928
www.Dive
StVincent.com
e-mail:
dive@Dive
StVincent.com
Grenadines Dive
(784) 458-8138
e-mail:
gdive@
caribsurf.com
Young Island Resort
(784) 458-4826
www.young
island.com
e-mail:
reservations@
youngisland.com
Casa de Columbus
(784) 458-4001
www.casade
columbus.com
e-mail:
indianbay@
casadecolum bus.com
BEQUIA
Bequia Dive Adventures
(784) 458-3247
www.BequiaDive
Adventures.com
e-mail:
adventures@
caribsurf.com
Dive Paradise
(784) 458-3563
www.paradise
bequia.com
e-mail:
diving-in-
paradise@
caribsurf.com
A Pirate's Holiday
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Full-Blown Cayman
Little Shop of Colors: Discovering St. Vincent and the Grenadines
In the Shadow of the Pitons: Diving St. Lucia
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Easing into Bonaire
The Wild Side of Eden: Dominica
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Getting There
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