Dominican republic and Puerto Rico?

[T. Bix]

Okay so I know there are some diveable systems in DR but I wonder if there are any in PR? Resources are a little thin on the mapped systems in DR as far as SM/ BM, depth/length, there is some depth info but no maps to speak of. Who is the DR guru here? I may have business taking me to Puerto Rico for a short time and if there are some diveable caves (hopefully fresh water) I'd jump through the hoops to get my gear there with me.

[patpicos]

anyone from DRSS..

[Kelly Jessop]

I think Puerto Rico would have some interesting things,but I would suggest contacting a grotto. Walking around El Yunque I saw some things that remind me of TAG. If you go south of Aercibo (or not far from the radio telescope) there is amazing karst terrain with sink hole formation everywhere. Rio Camuy for example terminates in a very interesting water pool that has you wondering about it sumping.

[deepdiver4]

When I was down in PR visiting a good friend of mine we went cave diving. It was fresh water .. Had no visible lines and looked like we were the first to dive the system. It as way out in the mountains

[Aotus]

www.dr-ss.com

[T. Bix]

When I was down in PR visiting a good friend of mine we went cave diving. It was fresh water .. Had no visible lines and looked like we were the first to dive the system. It as way out in the mountains

Details?

[ScubaGypsy]

Denis Bourret from Golden Arrow Technical Dive Center in Santa Domingo DR is a go to guy for DR as well as other cave locations throughout the Caribbean. Check out pictures of the DR caves in the book "Las Cuevas Sumergidas de la República Dominicana".

[Richie]

Denis Bourret from Golden Arrow Technical Dive Center in Santa Domingo DR is a go to guy for DR as well as other cave locations throughout the Caribbean. Check out pictures of the DR caves in the book "Las Cuevas Sumergidas de la República Dominicana".

Was in Punta Cana earlier this summer and dove with:

http://www.dominicanrepubliccavediving.com/aboutus.html

I took my gear but they handle all the tanks and transportation. Picked me up from the resort. Pleasurable experience would use them again for any future trip. Originally they were recommended by Phillipe of the DRSS.

[Walter Pickel]

Here are a few in the DR - http://caveatlas.com/cave_systems.asp?co=DO

[alcornl]

The DRSS was linked above, but go to the Caves tab on their site and they have produced some very good maps as downloadable PDFs. Most of the caves are easily done on sidemount 80's and maybe a stage. Up in the mountains there are deeper ones that the DRSS are still exploring. We started out in Bayahibe with two caves there, padre nuestro and la jeringa. All about 30-60 feet. One was backmountable, the other was sidemount only, but a lot of fun. El Toro is a beautiful cave just down the road from Bayahibe and is a short hike. They will get sherpas to take the tanks down into the large dry cave with the water at the back. We did that with a stage and single dive due to the logistics but very nice cave. The upstream side of el toro is sidemount only and I'm looking forward to doing that on my next trip. The ones in Santo Domingo are mostly on private property in the middle of urban areas. I only dove Cueva Taina and it was worth the drive from punta cana. Lots to do and see there and exploration is still on going.