On Beyond the Blue, Jaime Burns posted an interesting trip report about cave diving in Nha Trang, a city lying on the southeast coast of Vietnam, abutting a huge bay sprinkled with small islands. Claiming the caves were "not hard to dive and anyone with a reasonable standard of diving should not have any problem investigating them," Burns points out that no special equipment is required to explore these caves, although "a large torch is essential." Think of it as Cave Diving Lite.
After motoring into the sheer-cliff'ed bay, Burns swam through 75-foot-viz waters, marveling at giant pufferfish, huge schools of Yellow sweepers, unfamiliar, colorful nudibranchs, cave shrimp, and much more. Burns suggests that hard-core scuba divers may be unimpressed with the overall dive conditions in Nha Trang, although if you're a diver who appreciates a little culture with your dive trips, then Nha Trang might be for you. Personally, I enjoyed the report, though I would've loved some more photos.
Interest piqued? Here are some other (non-cave diving) trip reports to Nha Trang:
1. Have been certified for cave diving for several years now. I cannot support anyone trying cave diving with out having the proper training. I have not read the report but know that frequently people who are not cave trained die in caves because they think it is easy or they are experienced enough to handle it.
Posted at 7:32AM on Jan 16th 2007 by Craig