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i still and will have a ear to ear grin from this expedition for the rest of my life. dont get me wrong about hawaii. great diving there, but as far as a living reef system that barbados has to offer..............nothing like it!
we were at st lawrence gap. this is disco/rasta central. there were a few nites that the music went til dawn. it was nuts!
the coolest thing that i looked into was the fact that the atlantic side of island has been never dived at any great length. reason bad currents. this is the bathsheba side were red bull surf championships were going on.
talked with adrian and summer-rain(swear to god thats her name) owners of DIVE PRO-st lawrence gap next to yellowbird hotel), and alot of history is still to be discovered there by divers. they are getting a new boat that is a twin jet drive to go over shallow reefs. perfect atlantic side boat aside from small zodiacs or avon boats.
quite a few ships sank there, and i guess the brits lobbed quite a few cannonballs at passing bad guys for giggles. crane beach used to be an actual port many moons back. ships would anchor out past reef line and then longboat in supplies. then i guess they lost or damaged a few ships and everyone began to make port at bridgetown.
the days we were there the ocean was glass. minimal wave action and looked like a hell of a spot to go dive some unexplored(literally) reefs with a avon or zodiac boat.
gogar..........didnt have a chance for the carib beer, but im on the lookout.
in season starts roughly end of/middle of november. locals say it gets nuts with traffic and people(brits/canucks). and then prices go thru roof for everything. end of season roughly middle of april.
put this one on your "LIFE TO DO" list. over the top fun.
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