Scuba Diving activities in Caribbean Islands
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La Casa del Mar Dive Center
Set inside the grounds of El Conquistador resort, the PADI-certified La Casa del Mar Dive Center is great for all levels. The ‘Bubblemakers for Kids’ appeals to the younger crowd (8 to 15 years; $49); more experienced divers can take the trips to local reefs (one/two tanks $69/99). A two-tank dive over in Culebra is $125.
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Sea Ventures Pro Dive Center
Sea Ventures Pro Dive Center has three outlets in Fajardo, Palmas del Mar and Guánica. They’re staffed by very experienced professionals offering one-week PADI certification courses. For those who just want the basics or already know how to dive, there are multiple trips to Palominos and Icacos Cays daily (one/two tanks $65/99), and on Sunday there are trips to Vieques and Culebra.
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Negril Scuba Centre
In Negril, most all-inclusive resorts have scuba facilities. Negril Scuba Centre has locations at Mariner’s Negril Beach Club, Negril Escape Resort & Spa and Sunset @ the Palms, and offers PADI certification and introductory ‘resort courses’.
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Lady G’diver
Located at the new marina, Lady G’Diver is a full-service dive shop; dive boats leave at 11am and 2pm daily. It has a retail store, PADI instruction and equipment rentals.
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Scuba Dogs
You will find spectacular 150ft visibility (or better) in the waters around the island Isla Mona. There are excellent barrier and fringe-reef dives filled with lagoons and ruts on the south side of the island, with eight different kinds of coral. Divers particularly enjoy the sharp drop-off along one reef that creates an overhanging wall; some fascinating creatures come to drift in its cool shadow. Scuba Dogs is a San Juan–based diving outfit that organizes diving trips to the island.
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Tourmarine Adventures
For trips or tours around the area on a 33ft lobster boat, try Tourmarine Adventures. If you’ve got a big enough group (10 or more people), the owner will arrange trips to Isla Mona for approximately $150 per person. There are also snorkeling trips offered around the nearby cliffs ($40 without equipment), deep-sea fishing in the Pasaje de la Mona ($375 per half-day charter) and diving off Isla Desecheo ($75 per person).
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Paradise Scuba Center
It's possible to travel offshore to Cayo Enrique or Cayo Laurel with Paradise Scuba Center on a four-hour snorkeling excursion. The fee includes drinks and snacks, homemade by the wife of owner Luis. You can also take a sunset snorkeling trip that includes swimming after dark in Bahía de Fosforescente. Many scuba fanatics use this service to dive places like the Wall and Trench Alley and night dives are possible too.
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Mona Aquatics
Next to the club náutico (marina), west of the center of town, Mona Aquatics has a 40ft dive boat – Orca Too – that takes you on local dives ($125) or longer excursions to Isla Desecheo ($150). Prices include snack, weights, instruction and two dives. Mona Aquatics also rents out snorkeling gear and operates boats to Isla Mona.
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Caribbean School of Aquatics
Operating since 1963, the Caribbean School of Aquatics has National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI) and Professional Association of Dive Instructors (PADI) scuba classes, and Captain Greg Korwek will take you on all-day boat trips to the best spots around La Cordillera and elsewhere; two-tank dives start from $119 per person.
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Lady G'Diver
Good scuba diving abounds: the shoreline east of Port Antonio boasts 13km of interconnected coral reefs and walls at an average of 100m to 300m offshore. Alligator Head is known for big sponge formations and black corals. Hammerhead sharks are common at Fairy Hill Bank. For dive tours, instruction and equipment, contact Lady G'Diver.
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Negril Scuba Centre
In Negril, most all-inclusive resorts have scuba facilities. Negril Scuba Centre has locations at Mariner’s Negril Beach Club, Negril Escape Resort & Spa and Sunset @ the Palms, and offers PADI certification and introductory ‘resort courses’.
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Culebra Dive Shop
The Culebra Dive Shop in Dewey offers similar services and prices, and are generally open during normal business hours. You can rent snorkel gear for about $10 to $12 or arrange a day trip for adult/child $50/35. The same vendors also offer dive instruction and trips. One-/two-tank dives cost around $65/90.
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La Cueva Submarina Dive Shop
La Cueva Submarina Dive Shop - named after the nearby underwater caves - is situated on Rte 466 at Playa Jobos and offers a complete list of dives and dive courses, including underwater cavern dives for skilled divers ($55), as well as guided snorkeling and scuba safaris for inexperienced divers.
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Palmas Dive Center
At the Palmas del Mar Resort you can organize diving and snorkeling trips through the Palmas Dive Center, which will take you to Cayo Santiago and the deeper sites offshore (there are 35 within a 5-mile radius). Prices start at $60/89 for a half-day snorkel/dive.
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Resort Divers
Most all-inclusive resorts have scuba facilities and snorkeling gear for guests. The most established provider on the north coast is Resort Divers, which offers dives, certification courses and rental equipment.
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Ocean Sports
Ocean Sports has a dive store in Isla Verde. It can also organize shore dives, deep dives, night dives, wall dives and cavern dives. It has a full service facility that provides Nitrox, Trimix and rebreathers.
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Culebra Divers
Across from the ferry dock, this is one of the island's two main dive operators. Both offer similar services and prices, and are generally open during normal business hours.
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West Divers
West Divers has beefed up their operation in the area. They offer three-hour snorkeling trips ($35) and two-tank trips to the Wall ($80).
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Fun Divers
Around Montego Bay, recommended dive companies are Dive Seaworld, Fun Divers and Jamaica Scuba Divers.
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Jamaica Scuba Divers
Around Montego Bay, recommended dive companies are Dive Seaworld, Fun Divers and Jamaica Scuba Divers.
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Reef Divers
Diving company Reef Divers offers one/two tank dives (US$42/75) and certification programs (from US$120).
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Dive Seaworld
Dive Seaworld also offers scuba diving and rents snorkeling gear (day use US$30).
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Marine Life Divers
English- and German-speaking instructors.
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