BEN S
Super Member
Thought this might be best in a new thread....
The claim that Guantanamo Bay was the last great untouched reef was not just my claim, but that of Jaques Cousteau himself when he came through Camanerra Bay back in the late 80's.
The Base was shut off and isolated from the world in 1959 before the advent of the Demand Regulator hit the markets and created Sport Diving. There is NO industry in Camenerra Bay only ships come in load up sugar at north end. The Navy Base has been a nature preserve since 1959 and at most while I was there there was never more then about 2500 people on base. If you figure less then 10% would even dive AND it was all protected, you can see why it had remained untouched.
Now I have dove "the world over" as a Navy Diver and can say for sure 2 things, I never found a place as awesome as Cuba, and after being a working diver, scuba diving now is pretty dull...I will go with a bunch of looky-loos and end up with too much weight standing on the sea floor looking for something to "do"
because of this I don't do much recreational diving anymore and don't keep up with it. I am sure there are places now that would be considered pristine...and hell maybe Gitmo isn't the place to go anymore.....I dunno.
The claim that Guantanamo Bay was the last great untouched reef was not just my claim, but that of Jaques Cousteau himself when he came through Camanerra Bay back in the late 80's.
The Base was shut off and isolated from the world in 1959 before the advent of the Demand Regulator hit the markets and created Sport Diving. There is NO industry in Camenerra Bay only ships come in load up sugar at north end. The Navy Base has been a nature preserve since 1959 and at most while I was there there was never more then about 2500 people on base. If you figure less then 10% would even dive AND it was all protected, you can see why it had remained untouched.
Now I have dove "the world over" as a Navy Diver and can say for sure 2 things, I never found a place as awesome as Cuba, and after being a working diver, scuba diving now is pretty dull...I will go with a bunch of looky-loos and end up with too much weight standing on the sea floor looking for something to "do"
because of this I don't do much recreational diving anymore and don't keep up with it. I am sure there are places now that would be considered pristine...and hell maybe Gitmo isn't the place to go anymore.....I dunno.