Providencia Island, Caribbean

Wolfgang Schreibmayer · Issue 139, Jul/Aug 2024 · pp. 59–62

Products mentioned: Sony A7R5, Nauticam housing, Canon 8-15mm, Sony 28-60mm, Sony 20-70mm, Nauticam WACP-C, 140mm domeport, 170mm domeport, Z330

I first became aware of Providencia Island as a diving destination, when I asked in Scubaboard for a Caribbean diving location that still offers intact reefs and sealife and is not overrun by tourism (my Caribbean diving experience was, so far, limited to a stay in the early 90s at Grand Cayman and two stays on the Florida Key Islands around 2000). Instigated by a very positive recommendation, Lisi, myself and two friends (Franz and Gerdi) headed towards Providencia Island in March 2024... The tiny island belongs politically to Columbia, but is located in the western Caribbean approx. 150 km off the coast, at the geographical height of Nicaragua. It is located close to another, bigger, island, San Andres and belongs to the San Andres archipelago. Before I start to report about this remarkable diving and UW- photography journey, it is important to state that this is certainly NOT a diving…