Operator recommendations: Antigua, Dominica, Barbados

[yle]

Thanks for the reply! We finalized our bookings with these operators:
- St. Maarten : Dive Sint Maarten
- Antigua : Dive Carib
- St. Lucia : Dive St. Lucia (Scuba Steve)
- Barbados : Barbados Blue
- Dominica : Dive Dominica
- St. Kitts : Pro Divers

My dive buddy has previously used Scuba Steve on St. Lucia and Pro Divers on St. Kitts, so those two were already sorted away. I'm super excited and looking forward to this dive-intensive cruise!

We've used Dive Sint Maarten our last couple trips, very impressed with their operation. The huge bonus is that they're just a short walk down the street from the cruise ship pier. (If you feel so inclined... our past couple trips to SM, we've dived with DSM in the morning, walked back to the ship to drop off our gear, and then hopped the local bus -- again a short walk from the ship -- out to Maho Beach to have a few beers while we watch the planes land at the airport. The buses have been cheap and reliable, and the ride out to the beach is only about 20 minutes. We've had plenty of time to get back to the ship. If you're not familiar with the planes landing at SM, just search it on YT, lots of videos.)

And Austen at Pro Divers... always a good time!

 

[yle]

Thanks for the reply! We finalized our bookings with these operators:
- St. Maarten : Dive Sint Maarten
- Antigua : Dive Carib
- St. Lucia : Dive St. Lucia (Scuba Steve)
- Barbados : Barbados Blue
- Dominica : Dive Dominica
- St. Kitts : Pro Divers

My dive buddy has previously used Scuba Steve on St. Lucia and Pro Divers on St. Kitts, so those two were already sorted away. I'm super excited and looking forward to this dive-intensive cruise!

I could REALLY use your help!

We're going on a cruise the first week of February, stopping in Dominica. We want to dive, of course, and the last time we were there -- many many years ago -- we dove with Dive Dominica.

I checked their website now, figuring we'd do the same. They're the only dive shop near the cruise ship pier. But their website explicitly says that they will not book cruise ship passengers and that we have to book our diving through the ship's excursions.

So when I saw your post, I just had to know: how did you book with Dive Dominica???

Thanks in advance!

 

[BigDaddyGlad]

I could REALLY use your help!

We're going on a cruise the first week of February, stopping in Dominica. We want to dive, of course, and the last time we were there -- many many years ago -- we dove with Dive Dominica.

I checked their website now, figuring we'd do the same. They're the only dive shop near the cruise ship pier. But their website explicitly says that they will not book cruise ship passengers and that we have to book our diving through the ship's excursions.

So when I saw your post, I just had to know: how did you book with Dive Dominica???

Thanks in advance!

That one was actually one of the easier ones to book. We just sent an email to Dan @ DIve <dive@divedominica.com>, and after a short exchange outlining our ship, port, and arrival details, we had a booking.

Maybe they have that posted on their website for deniability? ;-)

 

[TNEngineer]

Dive Dominica works with cruise ship passengers (including us) all the time. The timing is tight and you must be some of the first off the ship, but we've done it and are doing it again in November.