Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009
Carriacou Silver Diving
Diving around Carriacou has been praised for years by tourists, journalists, researchers & tour operators for its unique marine life and unspoiled reefs. In fact Carriacou strictly translated means "island of reefs" and is the biggest island of the Grenadines being part of the tri-island state.
In contrast to touristically well developed destinations as e.g. Bonaire, Carriacou’s underwater landscape will not offer shore diving, but delightfully short boat rides of only 10 to 15 minutes to the majority of the dive sites.
That gives divers the comfort of not having to spend the whole day on the boat...single tank diving in small groups with a lunch break to unwind is the rule here unless business demands differently.
The diving experience the visitor finds around Carriacou is inimitable in the encounter of the U/W-World: Forests of soft corals with up to 10 feet in height and underwater fauna ranging from the tiny critter of a Flamingo Tongue to a 10 feet long Reef or Nurse shark; Giant Green or juvenile Golden-brown Moray eels, turtles, Eagle and Sting rays and whole lobster colonies in sizes from ‘youngsters’ to ‘elders’.
Reef tops and reef edges are located at a depth of about 7 meters (20 feet) to 9 meters (30 feet) and the maximum depth at the dive-sites varies from app. 22 meters (70 feet) to 40 meters (130 feet) – ideal dive profiles for sport diving.
Carriacou Silver Diving, together with local agencies and other partners is working presently in establishing a marine park for the destination as a commitment to preserve its U/W- world for the coming generations and to create new attractions, like artificial reefs
In contrast to touristically well developed destinations as e.g. Bonaire, Carriacou’s underwater landscape will not offer shore diving, but delightfully short boat rides of only 10 to 15 minutes to the majority of the dive sites.
That gives divers the comfort of not having to spend the whole day on the boat...single tank diving in small groups with a lunch break to unwind is the rule here unless business demands differently.
The diving experience the visitor finds around Carriacou is inimitable in the encounter of the U/W-World: Forests of soft corals with up to 10 feet in height and underwater fauna ranging from the tiny critter of a Flamingo Tongue to a 10 feet long Reef or Nurse shark; Giant Green or juvenile Golden-brown Moray eels, turtles, Eagle and Sting rays and whole lobster colonies in sizes from ‘youngsters’ to ‘elders’.
Reef tops and reef edges are located at a depth of about 7 meters (20 feet) to 9 meters (30 feet) and the maximum depth at the dive-sites varies from app. 22 meters (70 feet) to 40 meters (130 feet) – ideal dive profiles for sport diving.
Carriacou Silver Diving, together with local agencies and other partners is working presently in establishing a marine park for the destination as a commitment to preserve its U/W- world for the coming generations and to create new attractions, like artificial reefs
Our friends Claudia and Max run an excellent PADI 5* dive resort and offer single or multi package dives as well as certified dive courses.
Click here for their website
Below is just a taste of what to expect off the waters of beautiful Carriacou
Click here to visit villa Sankofa
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Carriacou's Regatta festival
Carriacou Regatta Festival started in 1965 as a mere boat racing event in Hillsborough Bay, Carriacou. Carriacou Regatta festival has now grown to become the biggest summer festival in the region. Held over the Emancipation weekend each year, it now includes a large number of Sporting and Cultural activity. The Regatta Race events focus mainly on the locally built ‘Workboats' with some twelve different classes of boats ranging from 14 to 35 feet in length and participation from Tobago, Grenada, Canouan, Mayreau, Bequia(Grenadines), Petite Martinique, Antigua and Carriacou. Other aspects of the festival includes: donkey racing, greasy pole, Miss Wet T-shirt, Miss Aquaval Queen Show with participation from Trinidad, Tobago, Grenada, Barbados, Canouan, Union Island and host Carriacou; road races and much more.
form more info click here
Here are a 2 photos of the regatta from villa Sankofa's veranda
The village of Windward is home to the descendent of a group of Scottish boat builders who settled here in the 19th century. The Scottish names and boatbuilding skills have been passed down through the generations. Many locally built boats from small fishing sloops to large trading schooners are seen in the Carriacou waters.
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