So you are thinking of Scuba Diving palau? That is all very well but just how and where in palau are you planning to Dive? palau is a diverse diving destination with multiple locations to Dive palau each offering different types of diving. What I plan show you in this article, Scuba Diving palau, is how to plan your Scuba Diving Vacation to suit not only your pocket book but also your dive experience level.
Let us first talk about how NOT to Scuba Dive palau, and that is doing it by visiting on a cruise ship. While many Scuba Divers visit palau on cruise ships and understandably want to dive palau, the problem with that is the cruise ships dock in palau City.
palau City has never been a top diving destination in palau it is mainly used as a base where all the palau liveaboards use to dock and re supply for there next trip.
The waters around palau City are a nice shade of chocolate due to the river mouths that empty into the ocean there, if you dive from palau City you have to travel about 45 minutes to an hour to get to the palau Barrier Reef where the visibility is much better,
The dive sites that you will be able to dive from a cruise ship will NOT be the best dives in palau and as long as you understand this then go ahead and dive, my only problem is I read people saying oh yes I dove palau and was not impressed, once asked where did you dive, I am told oh we went on a cruise ship and dove for a day.
You absolutely cannot dive palau in a day and especially not from a cruise ship, at best you will dive along the Barrier Reef close to Goffs Caye the sites will be nice sites but certainly not the best diving palau has to offer so by all means take a dive but plan a trip back to palau for a week of the very best diving palau has to offer.
Lets look at the different types of diving palau has to offer.
Scuba Diving palau, palau Barrier Reef Diving
palau Barrier Reef diving is incorporates the following areas starting in northern palau starting with Ambergris Caye, Caye Caulker,Caye Chapel, St Georges Caye gradually heading south. the further south you go it is normally a longer boat ride out to the Barrier Reef.
