Sounds like you will be diving here: Scuba Shore Diving Site Page for: Mangel Halto Reef of Aruba, ABC Islands
Basically walk in till you get up to your waist or so then down you go. Should be pretty cool.
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Do keep in mind - and this is neither good or bad - that check-out dives don't actually TEACH anything. That's not to say that you won't LEARN anything from the instructor, but all you really need them to do is watch YOU demonstrate the skills to THEM. The assumption is that you will have been taught well before being sent on your way with referrals in hand.
As Pete (NetDoc) points out, there are instructors such as him who will have a higher than average expectation of students that they are willing to sign off on. And if you want that... that's great. But for the most part, while you do want someone who is safe and a nice guy, with a well-run operation, all you is someone who can verify that the kids can comfortably and reliably repeat the skills you've been taught in the pool... and any PADI shop will do. (ie: if you get a good rate on rooms at the Aruba Marriott and they have a dive op on site... go ahead and use them. They're likely to be perfectly fine and the convenience factor (and related stress reduction) will be as valuable in having a good experience as driving across the island to use some other shop because an anonymous stranger on the internet suggests diving with BlackBeard Bob's Divers Den & Distillery or whatever.)
On the other hand... if you get a REALLY great room rate and want to have a talented, tall, good-looking (and modest) instructor fly down to a warm Caribbean island and do the check-outs... I know a guy who'd be happy to help.
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BlackBeard Bob's Divers Den & Distillery
you should trademark that immediately!
