Scuba Activities:

Scuba Shop is opened from 8:30am to 4:30pm - (7) days a week

All equipment is supplied. Persons only need a swimsuit and a T-shirt. Sherwood Brut regulators and Silhouette BCDs are provided, as well as masks, snorkels, fins and weight belts. Divers may bring their own equipment if they choose to. Wet suits are not necessary. However, skins and 3mm wetsuits can be quite comfortable especially in winter months. All diving and equipment is included in the hotel package with the exception of the Discover Scuba Diving Course, Night Dives and Certifications.

Discover Scuba Diving Class 8:45am
- This class is for those persons who are not certified and/or have never dived before. It is a resort course, meaning that it is only valid while persons are here on the resort. It can be transferable to Superclubs resorts. However, it is only valid for (2) weeks. After persons participate in the initial class, they may dive at the resort everyday up until the day before they fly without having to take the class again. Pre-requisites are: swimming ability - be able to swim 200 feet, and good medical health - if persons have a medical history, they need to bring a doctor's note with them expressing that it's okay for them to participate in scuba diving with their past or current condition.

Certified Diver Deep Dive 9:00am
- This dive is to 80 or 90 feet and persons are back on shore shortly after 10:00am

Certified Diver & Novice Diver Dive 11:00am
- This dive is to a maximum depth of 40 feet. Both Certified and Resort Certified persons can participate.

Certified Diver & Novice Diver Dive 1:30pm
- Same as the above.

Certified Diver Registration 2:00pm
- Certified Divers newly arrived at the resort need to register for the following day's diving. A Certification Card is required. A log book is advised but not required. If persons have a medical history, they need to bring a doctor's note with them expressing that it's okay for them to participate in scuba diving with their past or current condition.

Night Dives 6:00pm
- Prices for these dives are US$45 if persons do not have their own light, and US$40 if persons bring their own light. Certified divers only may participate in this dive. This dive is to between 30 & 50 feet.

SCUBA EDUCATION & PRICES

All courses are P.A.D.I. certifications. We are a P.A.D.I. International Resort Association Member. All Instructors and Divemasters are P.A.D.I. Certified.

Prices quoted are per person. Please consult the property for exact location information.

EQUIPMENT

All equipment is supplied. Persons only need a swimsuit and a T-shirt. Sherwood Brut regulators and Silhouette BCDs are provided, as well as masks, snorkels, fins and weight belts. Divers may bring their own equipment if they choose to. Wet suits are not necessary. However, skins and 3mm wetsuits can be quite comfortable especially in winter months. All diving and equipment is included in the hotel package with the exception of Night Dives and Certifications.

DESCRIPTION OF DIVE SITES

We have the luxury of a dozen sites all within a 2 to 5 minute boat ride from the dock side. Our deep sites usually offer us a dramatic topography of sloping or vertical walls. The top of these walls range from 30 to 60 feet deep, depending on the site, and drop off to 150 feet and deeper. Reef life ranging from baracuda, spotted eagle rays, southern stingrays, turtles and many other colorful forms of fish life can be seen on these and other shallow sites. A multitude of sponge life in varying shapes, sizes and colors are everywhere, and huge soft corals including gorgorian fans abound.

One of our two most popular sites is called the Canyon. Aptly named due to the dramatic effect of two vertical walls facing off to form a canyon of about 50 feet wide with the top starting at 30 feet and bottoming out at the deepest part at 150 feet. A large school of Bermuda Chub have lived here for years. Turtles frequent this site also. The second of our most popular sites is our plane and ship wreck sites. The ship is a 150 foot day cruiser sunk in a 50 foot site over 9 years ago. It is often home to nurse sharks and large green morays. Very close by, at 70 feet, lie three planes which have acquired a host of fish life and invertebraes since they were sunk over two and a half years ago. Other sites named after their special features are Ricky's Island/Reef, Three Stone Ledge and Spanish Anchor.

Our shallow sites, which can be appreciated by both Novice and Certified Divers, range from 20 feet to 40 feet depending on the site. Gilbert Reef, named after the hurricane that created it in 1988, displays caverns that lie under a shallow reef that can also be viewed by snorkelers. Schools of sweepers and many varieties of colorful fish life abound in and around these caverns. On the Nursery, named after it's reputation as a breeding ground for many species of colorful fish, you can also find a riot of sponges and soft corals. There is an adjoining sand bed which lies at 30 feet with the reef rising gently to 20 and 25 feet. Following where reef meets sand bed you can drift off to another site called Silver Spray which has a similar charm to the Nursery. Public Beach flat is a forest of soft corals, some standing as tall as 10 feet from the reef bed. Turtles have been known to feed in this area and can often be seen when visiting this site. Some of the deeper sites, like the Canyon, can be experienced by Novices as the top of the wall is 30 feet. This is usually quite a thrill for the Novice diver.