Penetrating the impressive hull of an underwater wreck often means coming across a school of anchovies or a watchful snapper hiding in the corner. Often it is enough to enjoy the play of light as it too finds its way into the wreck, reflecting off the bubbles emitted by your dive buddy.
Aruba earns its reputation as the wreck dive destination of the Caribbean with over half a dozen wrecks submerged in its waters. The Antilla, a German freighter -- which at close to 400 feet long, is also the Caribbean's largest wreck -- is by far the favorite, even among longtime, resident divers, who always seem to find something new at the site.
If you have the yen to take your first plunge as a scuba diver, you can take an afternoon out to do a resort course that will provide the skills necessary to complete one 30-foot dive.
A resort course consists of 90-minute classroom instruction and a one-hour lesson in the pool before you enter the water at the Pedernalis wreck dive site to try out your new "lungs."
An intermediary to the Open Water certification is PADI's SCUBA Diver level (a two-day course consisting of three hours in the classroom and, if resort dive has already been accomplished, just on more pool and open water dives), allowing for dives up to 40 feet when accompanied by a dive professional.
But undoubtedly, if you have been bitten by the diving bug, you'll want to upgrade your certification. To become certified for Open Water Diver, it takes a commitment of four days -- with 4-hour classroom instruction in the first two days followed by two more days of a two-hour classroom study course. Practical work comes in the form of four assisted dives, two of which cannot be completed until after the student successfully completes a written exam..
Select here for a map of Aruba diving sites.
Aruba features a wide variety of diving instructors and operators. :
Red Sail Sports
Tel (297) 586-1603
Fax (297) 586-6657
Pelican Water Sports
Tel (297) 587-2302
Fax (297) 587-2315
Water Sports Roberto
Tel (297) 593-2850/(297) 593-1550
Unique Sports of Aruba
Tel (297) 586-0096
Fax (297) 586-0096
SEAruba Fly ‘n Dive
Tel (297) 588-1150
Fax (297) 594-0155
Jolly Pirates
Tel (297) 583-7366/(297) 583-7355
Dax Divers
Tel (297) 585-1270
Aruba Pro Dive
Tel (297) 582-5520
Fax (297) 587-7722
Mermaid Sports Divers Aruba N.V.
Tel: (297) 587-4103
Fax: (297) 587-4106 |
 Dive Aruba
Tel (297) 582-7337
Fax (297) 582-1817
Scuba Plus
Tel (297) 584-4292
Sea Star Scuba School
Tel (297) 584-5058
De Palm Water Sports
 Tel (298) 582-4400
Fax (297) 582-3012
Scuba Aruba
Tel (297) 583-4142
Aruba Scuba Center
Tel (297) 582-5216
Mi Dushi
Tel (297) 582-8919 /
 (297) 582-3513
Aruba Water Sports Center
Tel (297) 586-6613
Fax (297) 586-0524
Rainbow Runner
Tel (297) 583-1689
Native Divers
Tel (297) 586-4763 |
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