Rescue diver certificate on roatan

[DanishKelpDiver]

Hi there fellow divers,
I am currently roaming around central america and will be going to Roatan in a couple of weeks.
I will be taking a Rescue Diver course and will be doing a lot of additional diving and was hoping that you could share your experiences (good and bad) with any Roatan dive shops you have done diving with.

Thanks very much

 

[Doc]

I will be taking a Rescue Diver course and will be doing a lot of additional diving

This is the point in your dive education career where choice of agency might well be an issue. If you are "going pro", you might want to pick the agency and fly from there. If you are doing it for the pure education... first- God bless you and every one should take this course! Second- as we all know- find the best instructor.

Roatan is a varied place. You can stay and eat real cheap, or you can go all inclusive. Once you really do the math, if you are really there to dive versus drink, you will calculate that the AI gives you better value for your money.

That said, I did my PADI rescue with Dockside Dive Center
http://www.docksidedivecenter.com/ with Patty Grier. Her staff made my old tired body work pretty hard to earn the degree. Reinforced in my mind why surface swims against current towing a person are a bad idea. For me, Dockside was a great choice.

Pick the agency if necessary, but absolutely select the instructor and facilities!

 

[Bay Island Diver]

Just get to the West End and meet with a few instructors, for the rescue course you want an experienced instructor, so ask them about their experience. The staff in dive shops change so much that a good or bad experience with one shop a year ago can have little relevance to what they are like today.

One of the best rescue instructors I know on the island at the moment is Steve at coconut tree divers.

Will

 

[HowieDean]

I have several friends who are Dive Masters at different resorts in Roatan that took their DiveMaster Training from these guys and they all brag about how good they are
they are located in WestEnd...
Email - coconuttreedivers@yahoo.com

 

[Mincho]

I agree that Coconut Tree usually does a really good job at instruction. I would talk to them first.