Advice on Diving in Dominican Republic

... healthy reefs, large schools of fish, and good visibility. Several dive shops offer technical training to dive the cavern and cave systems found inshore. For those looking for a unique experience, from January to April humpback whales migrate to the Dominican Republic. Ninety miles north of the island is the Silver Bank, where the humpbacks congregate to mate and give birth to their young after migrating south from their winter-feeding grounds in the North Atlantic. Several boats have permits to take snorkelers to the Silver Bank from January to April for once-in-a-lifetime adventures to s...