We cruised on Carnival's Destiny and dove at three of the four ports. We were completing our open water dives for certification and had great service from all three operators.
St. Thomas: Blue Island Divers
www.blueislanddivers.com
Picked us up in their boat at the peir and completed Dives 1&2 with DM Deirdre. Only two other divers with us and they were working on their DM certification. Great people!
Barbados: Reefers and Wreckers
www.scubadiving.bb
Picked us up at the pier waterfront and drove to their dive shop across the island. Michael Maly has moved his shop to a new location and it is very nice. Completed dives 3&4, both shore dives (one was a wreck dive) and we were the only divers. Again, a great guy to work with!
Aruba: Dive Aruba w/ Clive Paula
www.divearuba.com
Picked us up at the pier waterfront and drove just a few blocks to his boat at a local marina. (We chose to walk back to our ship because it was close and we wanted to see the shops along the waterfront.) We dove with another family of three and had a great time. No certification stuff to deal with on these two dives, so that was nice. Clive is a native and really knows his island. A quiet guy but he shared a few great stories! Excellent experience.
Dominica: Ken's Hinterland Tours for Scuba or Land Tours
www.kenshinterlandtours.com
There is so much to see and do here, we chose to stay topside. I booked the TiTou Gorge and Middleham Falls tours and we had Martin as a private tour guide. OUTSTANDING EXPERIENCE. Ken's group works with a local hotel for their base scuba tours. If you stay on land, ask for Martin for sure! Great guy.
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Cozumel: Alison Dennis
www.scubawithalison.com
I have cruised the Western Caribbean on RCI's Voyager, Explorer and Mariner, all of which have Cozumel as a port of call. We have gone diving with Alison several times and highly recommend her. Her boat is located in a near-by marina which we take a taxi to and join her there. Great lady!
St. Thomas: Blue Island Divers
www.blueislanddivers.com
Picked us up in their boat at the peir and completed Dives 1&2 with DM Deirdre. Only two other divers with us and they were working on their DM certification. Great people!
Barbados: Reefers and Wreckers
www.scubadiving.bb
Picked us up at the pier waterfront and drove to their dive shop across the island. Michael Maly has moved his shop to a new location and it is very nice. Completed dives 3&4, both shore dives (one was a wreck dive) and we were the only divers. Again, a great guy to work with!
Aruba: Dive Aruba w/ Clive Paula
www.divearuba.com
Picked us up at the pier waterfront and drove just a few blocks to his boat at a local marina. (We chose to walk back to our ship because it was close and we wanted to see the shops along the waterfront.) We dove with another family of three and had a great time. No certification stuff to deal with on these two dives, so that was nice. Clive is a native and really knows his island. A quiet guy but he shared a few great stories! Excellent experience.
Dominica: Ken's Hinterland Tours for Scuba or Land Tours
www.kenshinterlandtours.com
There is so much to see and do here, we chose to stay topside. I booked the TiTou Gorge and Middleham Falls tours and we had Martin as a private tour guide. OUTSTANDING EXPERIENCE. Ken's group works with a local hotel for their base scuba tours. If you stay on land, ask for Martin for sure! Great guy.
Extra Plug:
Cozumel: Alison Dennis
www.scubawithalison.com
I have cruised the Western Caribbean on RCI's Voyager, Explorer and Mariner, all of which have Cozumel as a port of call. We have gone diving with Alison several times and highly recommend her. Her boat is located in a near-by marina which we take a taxi to and join her there. Great lady!
