Dive SpotDiving Vacation in Jamaica Caribbean Sea

Snorkeling tours and diving vacation packages to Jamaica, Caribbean Sea, are the most enjoyable holidays that somebody ever took! With thousands of great dive spots and hundreds of beach resorts to choose from, there is always a place that meets all requirements even of the most picky tourists!

Jamaica, by many considered the most beautiful island in Caribbean, with the capital city at Kingston, features many interesting diving spots. Plus there is more! The options in Jamaica for spending perfect vacations are without limit! This island is worldwide renowned for the lush vegetation, reggae music, rum, coffee and excellent beaches. One of the most overlooked attraction is the part of the island that lies beneath of the surface of Caribbean Sea! Many vacationers don't know that Jamaica is a top scuba diving destination, excepting those who have explored already its reefs and have found out that it is maybe the best destination on the planet for aquatic exploration! Where else can be taken stunning wall dives in the morning, enjoying the rich marine life on shallow reefs a few hours later and continuing in the afternoon with river rafting, horseback riding, golf playing, or tasting the delicious Jamaican dishes?

Few tourists know also that this island has many top dive spots and snorkeling tour opportunities like shallow reefs and sheer walls, old wrecks and awesome submarine caverns. Its waters are home to all kind of aquatic species: spectacular coral formations, exotic sponges, spiny lobsters, moray eels, sea turtles and multitude of colorful fish species...

To pick the best vacation packages that include accommodation in luxury resorts in Jamaica tourists should looking for one of the deals offered to Negril or Montego Bay. From this spots can be explored plenty of great dive spots, from which some of the best are described below.

Dive Spot"The Fairy Castle", "The Spanish Anchor" & Other Top Dive Spots in Jamaica

Just a couple miles east to Montego Bay is located a shallow reef filled with marine life and named "The Fairy Castle". Tourists discover there a massive colony of pillar coral and "The Fairy Bridge", a coral formation that connects two sections of the reef over a sandy area. The entire reef comprises a system of tunnels that are home to squirrel fish, goat fish, porcupine fish, bar jacks and grunts.

Located on the western side the shallow reef of "The Spanish Anchor" drops up to a sandy bottom localized at 50 feet deep. The site got its name from a large anchor of Spanish origin that can be seen on the sandy bottom even today. Along with this on the reef can be explored tunnels and caverns with very abundant sponge colonies. Eagle rays are quite common there and in the deeper waters large snappers and sometimes nurse sharks may passing by...

Dive SpotMap of Jamaica With Diving Resorts & Vacation Spots

Note: click the red markers on the map for the link to resorts in Jamaica Caribbean Sea, the swimmer markers for the link to diving packages in vacation spots and the airplane marker for the link to international flights.

Disclaimer: location of the hotels on the map is approximate.

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