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ALDive and Eco-Dive Dominica with a turtle

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Al Dive and Water Sports

Al Dive provides water sport activities from its location in Loubiere. They provide services to tourists from the cruise ship and also offer full diving, whale watching and snorkeling trips to all patrons.

Flying Guinard

...somewhere close to Roseau in Dominica... aldive.com

DIVEFEST 2012 Kubuli canoe race

...boats switch rowing teams at the platform...

DIVEFEST 2012 Kubuli canoe race

congratulations to the winners...any arguments settled over cases of KUBULI

Diving in Dominica

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From the blog: Here are 4 of our favourite dive sites in Dominica:

1. Champagne Reef

This dive site is probably Dominica’s most popular and when a cruise ship (or three) docks in Roseau the water there will be crowded. But for good reason.

The still active volcano of Dominica rises up behind the rocky beach at Champagne Reef and under the water there are hundreds of vents that send streams of bubbles rising to the surface. It looks just like champagne and swimming through the bubbling water is an amazing experience.

The water there is quite warm so there are scores of species of fish - trunk fish, trumpet fish, squid, goat fish and more. Spiral coral, wave coral, coral galore. It’s a magical place and we did two separate dives at Champagne as well as two snorkeling expeditions. It’s unmissable.

2. Scott’s Head

There are two sides to Dominican oceans - calm and furious. The calm side is the Caribbean Sea where Billy’s dive shop is located and most of the dive sites are. The Atlantic side of the island is very rough and only the most intrepid and experienced divers attempt to do their thing there.

Scott’s Head is right at the bottom of the island at the tip of a long, curving bay. A tall spit of land divides the water there between Atlantic and Caribbean, and where the two waters meet there is a submerged volcano crater filled with fish, coral and caves. Quite sublime.

3. The Wall

The submerged volcano off Dominica’s Caribbean side is huge. Inside the bowl there is a mix of deep and shallow dive sites all teeming with fish. But if you go to the edge of the volcano and look over the side, you stare into an abyss. It plunges down and as you float there looking at the dark it can be quite scary. But turn around and look at the wall and you are in fish watching heaven.

There are so many species of brightly coloured fish, turtles, nurse sharks and squid that I was overwhelmed. We dove the wall twice and loved it both times.

4. Coral Gardens

This dive site is close to shore and quite warm when the sun hits it. There is so much coral you can lose yourself in it, almost! The biggest challenge here is buoyancy, making sure you don’t drift onto the delicate coral formations. If you can manage that then the views are spectacular - lots of red and orange beds with green tubes and blue fans. Magic.

What you need to know:

Cost: Expect to pay less diving in Dominica than you will in most other islands in the Caribbean. ALDive Dominica is great value, and the more dives you book, the cheaper it gets. We ended up paying around US$65 per dive, as we got a discount because we did the PADI course with them.

Our PADI course cost us US$500 each.

Where to go: ALDive is a five minute drive south from the capital Roseau on Loubiere Rd. It has its own jetty.

When to go: The rainy season is a bummer and hits Dominica between June and November. But December to May is perfect and when the sun shines Dominica does too. Go for it!

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RAW FOOTAGE (taken under DOMINICA license)

Sperm whales off the coast of Dominica...this activity may only be conducted after being granted a special license issued by local authorities, otherwise this activity is FORBIDDEN. It requires paying a fee and proving a capability. This requirement serves to keep our authorities informed of the activity, and to assist us the opportunity to set conditions and limitations.THE WELFARE OF THESE CREATURES COME FIRST ON OUR TOURS

Batfish in stealth mode

Batfish off Fort Young Hotel, Roseau Dominica

Seahorse vision

Seahorse off Fort Young Hotel, Roseau Dominica