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Dive Trip - 2 Tank Morning

Available on 24 Dec

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Pricing

Key info

  • 4 hours (approx.)
  • Incl. 2 dives
  • Dive site(s) determined on the dive day
  • English, Dutch
  • Max. 4 divers / guide
  • Meet at the dive center
  • Instant confirmation
  • Free Cancellation - 7days notice
  • Show mobile or printed voucher

Highlights

St Maarten offers some really great diving along the South coast. With a combination of reefs and wrecks there is something for everyone. Fish life is varied and quite prolific and the shark, turtle and stingray population is abundant.

  • Enjoy 2 of our dive sites in a morning 2 dive trip.
  • Our boat, Mermaid’s Tale, is a 30ft semi rigid inflatable center console boat with 600 hp on the back for a quick trip out to the dive sites.
  • We supply filtered water and a light snack on the boat. Back at our dock we offer a beverage from our fridge.

Dive center

The Scuba Shop SXM

PADI 5 Star Dive Center

The Scuba Shop SXM Dive Center & Beach Boutique offers Equipment Sales, Rentals and Service, Dive Trips and PADI Certifications with a focus on Conservation and "Dive with a Purpose", as well as a DOT certified Hydrostatic Retest Center for your Cylinder service. 

The Scuba Shop SXM is a 5 Star PADI Dive and Eco Center:

  • PADI Five Star Dive Centers are progressive dive shops that provide a full range of PADI scuba diving education programs, equipment selection and experience opportunities, while encouraging aquatic environmental responsibility.
  • PADI Eco Center is granted to PADI Dive Centers,  Resorts and Liveaboards that demonstrate a dedication to conservation and dive industry sustainability. Through Adopt the Blue, each PADI Eco Center is actively promoting marine biodiversity and community resilience by addressing our ocean’s global challenges. PADI Eco Centers create opportunities for all to engage in direct conservation action including citizen science, policy advocacy, and education.


The waters of St. Maarten / St. Martin and the surrounding islands offer very interesting and varied scuba diving at moderate depths, which means easy and relaxed diving. Of the numerous varieties of reef fish, you are likely to see Great Barracudas, Parrot Fish, Angel Fish, Spotted File Fish, Drummer Fish, Lionfish, Moray Eels, Stingrays, Spotted Eagle Rays, Turtles, Lobster, both Nurse and Reef sharks and lots of macro critters. There are numerous well established reef systems with a variety of beautiful soft and hard corals.

We welcome you to snorkel, scuba and mermaid with us in our beautiful waters.

PADI 5 Star Dive Center Wi-Fi (FREE) Dive shop 4 PADI Instructors Max. 4.0 divers / guide

Address: 4021 Km from your location
#16 Airport Road, La Palapa Marina, Simpson Bay, No State, 00000, Sint Maarten

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Package description

Inclusive of

  • National Park Fees/Marine Park Fees
  • Surface interval refreshments

Not inclusive of

  • Scuba equipment rental (full set)  ( USD 16 ) - bookable in checkout
  • Flashlight (torch)  ( USD 10 )

Requirements

  • Minimum age: 12+
  • Min. certification: Open Water Certification required
  • Min logged dives: 4 logged dives required
  • Diving within the last 2 years required. Please let us know if you have less than 20 logged dives so that we can adjust ratios if needed. Open ocean diving, please take seasickness into consideration.

What to expect

For the morning dive, if the shop is still closed, please enter through the small gate in the driveway to the left - the dive crew are there and ready to welcome you. During business hours, please come in through the shop. 

Our rental dive gear, regularly serviced, is from ScubaPro - balanced regulators, weight integrated BCDs or padded weight belts, short or full wetsuits and, on request, smaller cylinders for smaller divers. Our cylinder valves take both Yoke and DIN regulators. You will assemble and test your gear before boarding the boat - your dive guide is there to assist you as needed - and board the boat ready to dive (swim/wetsuits on).

Dive sites are decided on the morning of the dive as they are weather dependent, and the site chosen may change on the way out if another dive boat is already on that mooring. Dives are generally kept to 45 minutes to minimize the surface interval. 


Water and light snacks are provided on the boat and we offer a beverage from our fridge when back at the shop.


Other Information

Confirmation

  • You will receive a confirmation email and voucher instantly after booking
  • In the event that you do not receive an email from us, please check your Spam folder or notify us via email

Meet at the dive center

Taxi drop off at The Scuba Shop. If you have a rental car we do have parking on premises.

Address: #16 Airport Road, La Palapa Marina, Simpson Bay, No State, 00000, Sint Maarten

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Cancellation policy

  • Full refunds will be issued for cancellations made at least 7 days prior to the activity
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