jr open water and st thomas

[foneguy]

we are going on a cruise to eastern carrib. st martin and st thomas, are there any dive ops/ locations where i can take my jr open water diving son? id like to book with the ship but they have a 12 yr old age limit........yes he is 11 and certified,, ( better boyancy (sp) than me!! ) thank you for any insite you all may have.

 

[DiveMaven]

St Maarten isn't widely thought of as a good dive location. However, St. Thomas has some really good diving. Try contacting Blue Island Divers and/or Admiralty. Both boats pick up directly in front of the cruise ship at the dock and are highly recommended. We dove with Blue Island and thought highly of them.

 

[diversteve]

An alternate would be Coki Beach on St. Thomas. About a 20-30 min. ride from the cruise port. Some of the cruiselines use them. Not a great dive though, I'd try to work something out with Blue Island first. http://www.cokidive.com/cruise_pax.htm

 

[Antietam]

Have to give props to Chris Sawyer dive center. They are in the Red Hook section of St Thomas which I think is probably about 30 mins or so from where the cruise ships dock. Their web site has a section on cruise ships. http://sawyerdive.vi The diving around St Thomas is all pretty shallow which would good for jr diver.