[Arubalisa]

First off, different sources have different variations on which direction exactly is which. The directions I am going to state, may not necessarily agree on all of the maps, but by comparing the maps and the sites, you will DEFINITELY have an idea of what I mean.

There is a difference in Aruba between the north and south coasts and the eastern and western ends of the island. The north and west coast is expert level only. The eastern tip has Baby Beach. Dh had his DM cert and given the chance, would not have have dove north or west. The island's local dm's and di's we had dove with, only very seldomly dive these sites, and always in the fall when there were "dead winds".

http://www.aruba.com/whattodo/scubad2.php
Natural Bridge dive and California wreck, same "dead wind" conditions would have to exist. On the map the location of Arashi is in actually a little further south.

For example, a review of a dive at the Natural Bridge from shorediving.com http://www.shorediving.com/Earth/ABC/Aruba/Boca_Anidicuri/index.htm:
"10/10/2007 Gerard (Avg: 3.22 Review) - This was a difficult dive. We jumped in to the water directly next to the former natural bridge. After the jump we had to swim out fast. Once under water it was really nice. Getting out of the water was not easy, though. Rough seas and a lot of rocks made is hard to get out. It was a nice dive!"

There is only two reviews for Boca Grandi (one is from a local diver) and none for Bachelors. These are both on the "other" rougher coast.

http://www.visitaruba.com/attractions/sunandfun/diving_a.html
For example sites 2 - 6 are not common dives and local "experts" would tell you to only approach them on "dead wind" days.

http://www.visitaruba.com/uniquesports/schedule.html Unique and Red Sail dive primarily the same spots. For anything else, you will have to go with a smaller operator.

http://www.searuba.com/aruba-dive-sites.php Have heard very good things about this operator, they are on our "to try" list once our 12 yo gets her cert.

If you want to dive the south coast, dive with JADS. There are a good number of reviews of divers who have gone with them at http://www.shorediving.com/Earth/ABC/Aruba/Baby_Beach_Reef/index.htm
Any of the reviews there written by Walter Mohamed are from an employee of JADS. JADS is also on our "to try" list. The only complaint people have had about them is that they are at the southern end of the island, though they do provide transportation.

For me as AOW, the hardest dive on the island, never having dove the south coast (Baby Beach) was the Jane Sea. Tough current here for sure.