need good dive shop Aruba

[dooman]

Going to Aruba in May like to know a good dive shop down there .Taking padi class up in Boston and open water dive in Aruba is this a good plan ? help me please






thank so so very much Tim

 

[H2Andy]

this is an excellent plan, and i've seen it done over and over (you'll actually do
four dives in Aruba to get your C-card, by the way).

unfortunately, i can't offer any info. on Aruba dive operators, but just wanted to
welcome you to the board and to wish you luck.

 

[cdiver2]

Going to Aruba in May like to know a good dive shop down there .Taking padi class up in Boston and open water dive in Aruba is this a good plan ? help me please






thank so so very much Tim

PELICAN a exelent op

 

[Kat]

I used Native Divers when I was there in Aug. '02. Romeo was great & lots of fun. The whole week it was my boyfriend, Romeo & me. It was great! That sure beats the 15 + divers you'll encounter w/ some of the other dive ops.
Check him out at www.nativedivers.com

 

[fins]

I second the Pelican recommendation. I have not used them but have friends who were in Aruba two weeks ago. They highly recommended them.

I would stay away from Red Sail Sports.

 

[goofygirl]

We did the same thing you're doing back in October. We took our classes and pool time in NY then did our OW referral dives in Aruba. We used Native divers also and Romeo was great. He's a great teacher, although a self proclaimed Mussolini, he was tough, but he makes sure you're a safe diver. We dove with him for most of our dives for the rest of the trip and it was great. Never more than 4 divers (including myself and my hubby) and Romeo, and a few times where it was just the 3 of us. He doesn't do a really in-depth pre-dive briefing, but does review the dive plan and profile.

We also dove with Unique, another quality Dive op, bigger though. Bigger boat=more divers(maybe 8 of us), but not a cattleboat at all. Good pre-dive briefings, good DM's.

 

[scubaj]

if you want a good personal attention I would go with clive at www.divearuba.com

I dove with him last year and there could be no way to go wrong with him.

goodluck

Jared

 

[scubajoe]

I had a great time with Red Sail. I also sent a couple of students to them for their OW dives and they had a great time too. The instructor took his time with them and they really enjoyed it.

Joe

 

[Texasdiver2]

I also dove with Clive at Dive Aruba and enjoyed it.

 

[lisa4516]

I also dove with Clive at Dive Aruba and enjoyed it.

We also dove with Clive at Dive Aruba a few weeks ago while on a cruise. We were pleased with the experience, You can read my report which is in the cruise section.
Have Fun, be safe!