Cuba's Coral gardens

[El Presidente]

One for the many FOH divers 

 

 

[cnov]

It's been far too long since I've been under water.

[Corylax18]

Beautiful. Cuba has many, many amazing places to dive(one of the perks to not having a commercial fishing industry) but Jardines de la Reina is at the very top. I've been diving all over western Cuba, but havent had the chance to dive anywhere along the north or south eastern/central spots. Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately) you cant just go diving or even access Jardines de la Reina by your self. The diving there is highly regulated and done from a small, and shrinking, number of Live a boards. Its expensive and time consuming, just to get to the jumping off point. Then its a week on the boat, hopefully diving 2 or 3 times a day. Its on my list, but who knows when I might be able to make it happen. 

[Miguel Gracias]

Been to the place back in 2018, my first liveaboard experience at jardines de la reina was superb. On the way back to US, I grabbed my first cigar as souvenir… which was either RYJ or partagas MF that I never smoked again after the first stick.