Places for Scuba Diving in Negril

[KarenC]

My hubby and I will be there next week. He loves to snorkle and scuba dive. I can handle the snorkle part but not the diving. We are staying at Kuyaba, where or with whom would be the best place for him to scuba dive while there?

[KarenC]

Re: Places for Scuba Diving in Negril

ok, I'm just moving this back to the top so I can get an answer. It was already at the bottom. He planned this trip for ME, but I want to make sure he gets to do what is fun for him also.

[Nanook]

Re: Places for Scuba Diving in Negril

I can think of two options, although I'm sure there are more. Samsara on the cliffs has a scuba center where you can dive, or get certified, or rent snorkel equipment. There is also the little place next to Beach Club Condos, sorry I canot think of the name, but there is also a scuba center right there to the left if you were facing the road direction. I know some friends who just did this, I think from the Samsara location, I'll go see if I can find a link to thier experiences....

[SistahD]

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((iceman)) can't really help (don't even swim [img]/forums/images/graemlins/704555_dwl.gif[/img] -well except in my brothers' pool)


Scuba Diving http://204.176.160.50/agents/page.asp?si...name=Adventures

Divers will enjoy balmy year round weather and warm clear waters averaging 78 to 85 degrees all year. Visibility is usually excellent, averaging 100 feet.

Close at hand dive sites and several professional operators contribute to the island's advantage as a preferred dive destination. And, with the establishment of marine parks in Montego Bay, Port Antonio and Negril, fish populations are flourishing.

All are governed by strict international water-sport licensing laws that prescribe equipment and safety standards.

Prices include tanks, weights, boat ride and guide, along with the number of dives requested. On average, these prices may range from US$30 to US$60 for single dives, to US$95 to US$400 depending on the dive package chosen.

Diving Negril

Negril sets the standard for calm, protected warm waters, stretching for seven uninterrupted miles of white beach - making it the perfect place to get started if you're just beginning or want to become certified.

The Negril Scuba Centre offers a large variety of diving packages for both novice and certified divers.

Underwater terrain has excellent patches of spur-and-groove corals including caves and overhangs, as well as "coral cottages" in depths of 60-plus feet. There are several close-to-shore wrecks to explore including two coral-encrusted Cessna planes and a 50-foot tugboat known as the Pete Wreck. Other popular Negril dive sites include: the Throne Room - where, through a crack in the reef you can see coral, sponge, nurse shark and cubera snapper; the Sands Club - where, at 40-80-feet, divers can have close encounters with fish of the very colorful kind, and; Treasure Reef - a great place to see eel, basslets and large star coral heads.

Blue Whale Divers
(876) 957-4436 Marine Life Ventures
(876) 957-4834

Couples
(876) 957-5960 Mariner's Dive Centre
(876) 957-0392

Hedonism II
(876) 957-4200 Sandals
(876) 957-4216

Negril Scuba Centre
(876) 957-4425 Swept Away Resort
(876) 957-4061

West Point Watersports
(876) 957-9170

[KCNegril]

Re: Places for Scuba Diving in Negril

write to: [email protected] in Negril They are PADI certified and really professional and cool. The compancy is Marine Life Divers and they will transport you from your hotel to any diving site in their programme. One Love, Karin