Seeking Aruba recommendations

[Charles M]

Hi All,

I'm going to Aruba for a quick trip over Christmas 2018 and I would like to ask for your recommendations on the following:

1. The best dives in Aruba
2. The best dive shop(s) in Aruba that will take me on those dives and rent me decent equipment
3. Any useful advice on Aruba would also be much appreciated

I'm an Advanced Open Water Diver, who does not own any gear of his own and only does about 2-4 dives a year, but hoping for more now that I've moved to the Caribbean

Thanks in advance!
Charles

 

[rmssetc]

Hi All,

I'm going to Aruba for a quick trip over Christmas 2018 and I would like to ask for your recommendations on the following:

1. The best dives in Aruba
2. The best dive shop(s) in Aruba that will take me on those dives and rent me decent equipment
3. Any useful advice on Aruba would also be much appreciated

I'm an Advanced Open Water Diver, who does not own any gear of his own and only does about 2-4 dives a year, but hoping for more now that I've moved to the Caribbean

Thanks in advance!
Charles

I've only been diving with one operator on Aruba, so my experience is far from a comprehensive answer to the "best of" anything, but this might help:

looking for the Holy Grail+Unicorn+Mermaid of dive destinations for August

 

[Ontwreckdiver]

The top 3 recommended dive shops on Aruba are:
1. Dive Aruba - Scuba Classes, Dive Trips and Equipment Rentals
2.JADS Dive Center Aruba
3. Native Divers Aruba PADI Open Water Diving certifications
Most of the dives on Aruba are wreck diving. The better sites are south of Oranjestad.

 

[drbill]

I chose Dive Aruba (Dive with Clive" and was happy with the choice. A number of other here on SB did the same and posted favorably

 

[islandboysrule]

Antilla wreck and Jane

 

[ELCAM]

Dive with Clive...small operation...long bottom times. Yes he is a little rough around the edges but that’s part of the charm.

 

[justwannadivenow3]

I'll be in Aruba this January. Is it worth doing a couple of dives?

 

[ReadyTo Dive]

I realize this is past Christmas 2018 but we had a great time in Aruba with Rudolph at JADS. Very professional/solid DM and let us dive our tanks to our satisfaction once shown capable. We were the only divers, essentially a private charter experience but I do hear they sometimes put more than 4-6 on a boat (something personally we avoid). We had some excellent shore dives at Rocky Beach, better than expected tbh. Will use them again when we return.