Comments on: Bermuda Named #1 Wreck Diving Destination

By: Tony Brannon

Tony Brannon — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 09:04:36 +0000

Bermuda wreck diving is amazing…..AMAZING !

By: Moojun

Moojun — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 05:40:21 +0000

Of course it is! How about we spend $350k on building a concrete replica of the Millennium Falcon in 20 feet of water and see how many people come to dive it? I’ll bet lots will!

Then you can move on to, oh let’s say, a concrete sunken sculpture of the “Last supper” = Lots more dive tourists.

Then, how about, a sunken flying saucer, even more appeal! come on Bermuda let’s start really selling ourselves!

By: Frank Lewis

Frank Lewis — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 04:07:17 +0000

Saw this dive site in the news, Dubai is building an entire Lost City that will also act as a habitat builder for local reef fish and corals as well.

Should draw a huge crowd.

http://www.thenational.ae/uae/tourism/dubais-own-atlantis-style-underwater-theme-park-planned-for-the-world-islands

By: Andrea

Andrea — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 23:32:05 +0000

Only visited your beautifull island once courtesy of #Sancuary Marine. What a paradise we saw, but you need to invite more people to come and visit so that the visitors fund the community. Diving would seem a perfect way to extract visitor revenue without destruction of habitat. Go to it Bermuda, show off your talents. Hope we can visit again soon

By: Batty Tramp

Batty Tramp — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 16:37:40 +0000

TD: Bermuda is absolutely the best at holding meetings and deciding to ‘immediately do nothing’.

Run by old farts who don’t want to change anything, take ages to make the wrong decision. They’re still pissing about on the gambling issue and at the same time trying to decide whether Marc Bean’s shop is illegal.

Government is an embarrassment. UBP, PLP, OBA. All Pathetic.

By: yello

yello — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 18:30:42 +0000

Why aren’t we marketing this???

By: el

el — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 15:33:05 +0000

while I agree that this is a great venture and adventure, just like the rest of Bermuda, it is truly a beautiful place to live in and as I am of here I see the beauty for myself and have all my life, ..The most beautiful treasure we have in Bermuda is her people and unfortunately we are not getting the attention we deserve to simply live our lives in our own country free from being a marketable item all the time.. These are our shores and tourist will not be able to come here and simply enjoy the intoxication the island already has with its size and positioning in the Atlantic.. Bermuda does not need to spend a lot of money on its natural beauty as there is no comparison, however we should spend the funds on our people so they can enjoy all the labour over the years with hardly any time to take in the breath taking views of the islands.. The wrecks are also worth touting along with our pristine waters, colourful houses, …. the lists goes on we truly are another world..

By: Triangle Drifter

Triangle Drifter — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 13:26:29 +0000

Bermuda has long been a great wreck dive destination. It can be made much better. Visitors don’t much care about how a boat got to be on the bottom, they want to see wrecks, preferably with the skipper still grimly holding onto the wheel.

Years ago we were offered a P3 aircraft, free, to use as a dive site. Small minded politicians put an end to that. “Visitors might see it as they flew in & think Bermuda is a dangerous place to fly” was said. The plane was destroyed & went to the dump. Old ferryboats, great shallow water dive sites for snorkelers, have been taken out & sunk who knows where in deep water.

Right now the casino boat in St Georges will sink at the dock before anything is done with it. A great dive site it would make. Once down these boats cost nothing to maintain besides mooring maintenance for diveboats.

We have spent too much money on things that don’t work. Nobody is coming here for music festivals. Nobody is coming here for cultursl tourism. Besides the yacht races very few are coming here for athletic sporting events. Invest the money where there is going to be a return.

By: haha

haha — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 13:23:38 +0000

Market this already!!!!!

By: Paradise Reclaimed

Paradise Reclaimed — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 13:11:12 +0000

There’s a nice place to market Bermuda! Divers spend money, leave no footprint. Lets go get ‘em!