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Caribbean Diving Charters
Justly famous as one of the great cruising areas of the world, the US Virgin Islands and British Virgin Islands are also renowned as a top diving and snorkeling destination. To dive at the Wreck of the Rhone has to be the "must do" for scuba enthusiast. Used in the filming of "The Deep", it is regarded by many as the best wreck dive in the Western Hemisphere.

There are a myriad of Caribbean diving choices for those of you wanting to do a little bit of scuba diving with your sailing, or a little bit of sailing with your scuba diving, depending on your priorities. All of the charter yachts based in the Virgin Islands offer some program to accommodate scuba diving in your holiday plans. From arranged dive trips where a land based operation rendezvous with your private yacht to take those in your party diving for the morning, to dive dedicated private yachts, where the focus of the yacht charter evolves around sailing to the next dive site.

Bahamas Diving Charters
The average diving water temperature is 24 degrees C / 78 degrees F and has with over 60 different sites, including walls, inland and ocean blue holes, caverns, wrecks, coral gardens, and even a shark dive. Very seldom would you get a repeat dive during your stay.

Freeport, Grand Bahamas Island is an island with lots of dive sites, a true diver's paradise. The island also has several wrecks to dive. The best is Theo's wreck. It is a 230ft. cement freighter sitting in 110ft. of water right on the edge of the ledge, a 2000ft. drop off, you should try to do this one. You can also do some special dives here like diving with dolphins and shark feeding dives.

Dive the world famous "James Bond Wreck". This is the actual ship wreck from the James Bond movies "Thunderball" and "Never Say Never Again". You will be diving in the very same waters that Sean Connery swam in during the filming of these timeless movies. This site is one of many unique and interesting wrecks in the area that you can visit.

The Bahamas Andros Barrier Reef is the third longest and one of the most unexplored reef systems in the world. Diving around Great Exuma is a very relaxed and rewarding experience. The waters are clear and warm, and the reefs offers a pristine and undisturbed ecosystem of spectacular corals and fish. At depths at generally less than 70 feet, divers can maximize time in caverns, and sand valleys nestled between mounds and large stands of coral. The fish life is rich and abundant, and the conditions are easy.

Seychelles and Tahiti Diving Charters

Seychelles Diving: Midway between Mahe and Silhouette Island, Shark Bank is the shallowest area for hundreds of kilometers and is a natural focus for marine life especially pelagic fish. Granite gullies and boulders protect a resident population of reef fish and invertebrates with schools of yellow Snapper and Big Eyes being a permanent feature. The site is open to current and attracts schooling Jack Fish, Barracuda, Stingrays and Reef sharks. It is also visited by Whale Sharks in season.

Tahiti Diving: Scuba diving can be enjoyed on seven of the French Polynesian islands: Tahiti, Moorea, Bora Bora, Huahine, Rangiroa, Manihi, and Raiatea. Many consider French Polynesia the 'friendly shark capital of the world'. The average water temperature is 79 degrees in the winter, and 84 degrees in the summer. With these temperatures, a light wetsuit (1/8 inch) is recommended.

Visibility is different for many dive sites, but can be as good as 130 feet.Among the wonderful marine life in French Polynesia, you can expect to see from small butterfly fish, to beautiful coral gardens, to larger fish like napoleans, mantas, barracudas, sting rays, moral eels, grouper, giant trigger fish, and awesome sharks like reef sharks (both whitetip and blacktip) and hammerheads.

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