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If you could only dive 1 "destination" in the "whole world" for the rest of your
04-13-2008, 07:56 AM, (This post was last modified: 04-13-2008, 08:00 AM by DetectorGuy.)
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Re: If you could only dive 1 "destination" in the "whole world" for the rest of

There are two companies that I know of that are allowed to dive in Cuba that I know of. One is a company backed by a bank in Canada and the other is from Africa. These companies are hardcore and are using Mini subs, towed magnetometers, sonar, and ROV's. There is still a conflict of interest with this trio. Anything they find they need to split with Cuba. I am sure that both of these two companies are holding on to secret "sweet spots" so that eventually they won't need to share with Cuba. Kinda sounds like modern day piracy. If you really think about the circumstances in Cuba there has to be virgin wrecks... Cuba has been boycotted by the US and Nato countries since the early 1960's. This is when Diving was just learning how to get off the ground. Communist Cuba did not have the financial resources to explore their own waters nor did the the average Jose'. They did, and still do, have divers that are active "recreational divers" but they got a late start and the numbers of recreational divers are limited. The Cuban Navy patrol boats (even though they are limited in number) patrol the waters around Cuba and keep the locals from prospering. Even with the possibility of "no virgin wrecks" the real treasure in Cuba  is the real estate. Location, Location, Location... 90 miles from Key West... a small lot on the North shore of Cuba could be sold to Walmart for a pretty penny. The trouble with this Cuban real estate is that the Cuban refugee's that have flooded to Miami are probably going to swim back to Cuba in hopes of reclaiming the land that Fidel took from them. If a person was to take advantage of a boycott being lifted, you would need to have the resources ready in a days notice because by day two the land will be gone and there will be new multi millionaires in Cuba.
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Re: If you could only dive 1 "destination" in the "whole world" for the rest of - by DetectorGuy - 04-13-2008, 07:56 AM

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