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PADI OR SSI
Aqua Marine is the only shop on the island that offers certification from PADI, SSI, TDI & SDI! Both PADI & SSI now offer online E-Learning, so you can get a head start before you even get to the island. Just be sure to set Aqua Marine as your dive shop!
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PADI
PADI Divers carry the most respected and sought after scuba diving credentials in the world. No matter where you choose to dive, your PADI certification card will be recognized and accepted. In fact, on most scuba diving adventures, you’ll be surrounded by other PADI Divers who made the same certification choice you did – to train with the world’s largest and most respected scuba diving training organization.
How is PADI Different?
Education - The PADI System of diver education is the most instructionally solid system in diving. PADI courses are designed to make learning enjoyable and worthwhile. Under the guidance of your professional PADI Instructor, you gain confidence while mastering important safety concepts and skills. PADI Instructors are trained and held to diving’s highest standards, backed up by a solid, proactive quality management system.
SSI
For more than 45 years, SSI has provided training, scuba diving certification, and educational resources for divers, dive instructors, dive centers and resorts around the world. Started in 1970, SSI has expanded to include more than 30 Service Centers, is represented in more than 110 countries with over 2,800 International locations, and has materials printed in more than 30 languages. SSI is the name to trust in the diving world, and we attribute that success to our uncompromising standards and focused methodology.
BUBBLEMAKER - $95
Want to give diving in the ocean a shot?
Try joining us with our Bubblemaker option. This includes 1 diving lesson while in the ocean and theory. You are under the direct supervision of a professional and get to try breathing underwater for the first time in shallow water, less than 6 feet.
MUST BE 8+ YEARS OLD
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DISCOVER SCUBA - $140
Have you ever wanted to give Scuba Diving a try? With this course, you can do just that in a half day. Your day will begin with some theory about diving, followed by a session in confined water to learn some skills and see what it's like to breath underwater. Then, you will head out on the dive boat for a real dive with your instructor by your side.
Experience Scuba Diving for the first time, but a fair warning... You will be back!
You can add an addition open water dive for an additional $40
(2nd dive must be on the same boat trip)
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SCUBA DIVER - $330
This course is offered by both PADI & SSI and offers you to be a fully certified Scuba Diver. It does have some limitations, compared to being an Open Water Diver, however. You must dive under the direct supervision of a Dive Guide and are limited to 12 meters/40 feet. If you would like to be able to dive more freely and a little deeper, check out our standard Open Water Diver courses!
This course includes confined water lessons and 2 ocean dives. You can always "upgrade" your certification later by adding additional confined water training and 2 more open water dives.
COST TO UPGRADE SCUBA DIVER TO OPEN WATER DIVER - $195
MINIMUM AGE: 10 YEARS OLD
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OPEN WATER DIVER - $485
This is where it all begins! This course is the standard starting point for your diving career!
With an Open Water dive certification, you will be able to dive anywhere in the world to a depth of 60 feet. With this course, you will complete all of the theory and studying online at your own pace before you arrive at the dive shop. This is a great way to get the bulk of the work done at home, on your own time so you can spend more of your vacation in St. Thomas DIVING! Just be sure to select AquaMarine St. Thomas as your dive shop when you sign up online. This way we receive updates on your status as well as your testing results so we will be ready to start diving once you arrive in St. Thomas!
MINIMUM AGE: 10 Years Old
Next level certification: Advanced Open Water
TO GET STARTED WITH YOUR OPEN WATER COURSE, START YOUR eLEARNING ONLINE TODAY! CHOOSE SSI OR PADI BELOW! NOT SURE WHICH TO CHOOSE? CHECK OUR PADI OR SSI PAGE (FIRST PAGE OF THE EDUCATION TAB)
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OPEN WATER DIVER (REFERRAL) - $385
This is where it all begins! This course is the standard starting point for your diving career!
If you have done all of your theory and confined water diving/training at your home dive shop and just need your remaining 4 open water dives to complete your certification, this is the course for you. We will require a signed referral letter from your home dive shop instructor, dated within the last 12 months.
Open Water Referral is when you complete course work and confined water dives before coming to St. Thomas. Referral is for your open water dives and final certification only.
MINIMUM AGE: 10 Years Old
Next level certification: Advanced Open Water
SCUBA TUNE-UP/ReActivate - $180
(INCLUDES 2-TANK DIVE)
Haven't been diving lately? Feel like your skills could use a tune-up? If you can't ReMember the last time you dove, it's time to ReActivate!
With this refresher course, we will discuss dive theory and hop in the pool or shallow water to refresh your skills so you will feel comfortable heading out for a beautiful St. Thomas Open Water Dive!
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: Open Water Diver+ Certification
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ADVANCED OPEN WATER DIVER - $425
Complete your E-Learning and then come advance your skills with this course. You don't have to be an ADVANCED diver to take this course. It's purpose is to ADVANCE your skills. The E-Learning for this course is not too long as it is designed to spend more time in the water learning and honing your dive skills.
WIth this course, you will do 5 Adventure Dives. A deep dive and a navigation dive are required for certification, but you will choose the other 3!
Here are some of the most common chosen:
Peak Performance Buoyancy
Wreck Diver
Fish Identification
Night Diver
Boat Diver
Underewater Digital Photography
Drift Diver
Underwater Naturalist
Enriched Air
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: Open Water Diver + E-Learning
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RESCUE DIVER - $495
“Challenging” and “rewarding” best describe the PADI Rescue Diver course. Building upon what you’ve already learned, this course expands on what you already know about how to prevent problems, and how to manage them if they occur.
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DIVEMASTER - $950+
PLEASE CALL TO DISCUSS COURSE AVAILABILITY, DETAILS & PRICING
Looking for the first step in working in scuba as a career? Your adventure into the professional levels of recreational scuba diving begins with the PADI Dive Master program. Working closely with a PADI Instructor, in this program you expand your dive knowledge and hone your skills to the professional level. PADI Dive Master training develops your leadership abilities, qualifying you to supervise dive activities and assist instructors with student divers. PADI Dive Master is the prerequisite certification for both the PADI Assistant Instructor and PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor certifications.
SPECIALTIES - $100
SPECIALTY CERTIFICATIONS OR MASTER SCUBA DIVER
ON SPECIAL REQUEST ONLY, PLEASE CALL TO CONFIRM
After you’ve tried a specialty in the Advanced Open Water Diver course, you’ll probably want to take the whole course and learn more: we can tech AWARE-fish identification, Project AWARE, boat diving, deep diving, diver propulsion vehicle-Scooters, drift diving, multilevel and computer diving, night diving, peak performance buoyancy, search and recovery, underwater navigation, underwater photography, underwater videography, oxygen provider, EFR, Nitrox, wreck diving, shark diving specialty and more..
EMERGENCY FIRST RESPONDER - $120
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Emergency First Response training focuses on building confidence in lay rescuers and increasing their willingness to respond when faced with a medical emergency. Course participants learn simple to follow steps for emergency care and practice applying skills in a nonstressful learning environment. All courses are supported by self-study manuals, videos and quick reference cards to enhance learning and allow you start learning right away.
EFR courses meet the CPR and first aid training requirements for the PADI Rescue Diver course and all professional-level ratings. Most PADI Instructors are also Emergency First Response Instructors.
EFR INSTRUCTOR - $425+
PLEASE CALL TO DISCUSS COURSE AVAILABILITY, DETAILS & PRICING
CPR and first aid are key skills that are important to everyone, not just scuba divers. As an Emergency First Response Instructor, you teach skills based on internationally recognized emergency care guidelines, and you can offer courses to anyone. The great thing about EFR courses is they make learning easy by providing a comfortable environment to practice emergency care skills. Your students finish the course feeling confident with their new skills and ready to help someone in need.
The only requirements are that you’re at least 18 years old and have Emergency First Response Primary and Secondary Care (CPR and First Aid) training within the past 24 months. An EFR Instructor rating is required to become a PADI Instructor, but you don’t have to wait until you’re ready to go pro. You can complete or refresh this training during your PADI Instructor training.
PADI OR SSI?
BUBBLEMAKER - $95
DISCOVER SCUBA - $140
SCUBA DIVER - $330
OPEN WATER DIVER- $485
OWD - REFERRAL - $395
SCUBA TUNE-UP - $180
ADVANCED OWD - $425
RESCUE DIVER - $495
DIVEMASTER - $950
SPECIALTY DIVER - $100
EFR - $120
EFR INSTRUCTOR - $425
REEFS & WALLS
Whether you are getting certified, a beginner, or advanced diver, we have many beautiful reefs around St. Thomas. Coral bowls, caves, swim-throughs & walls are abundant around the island. Have a preference? Let us know and we will do our best to accommodate your request!
WRECKS
St. Thomas is home to many wrecks in both shallow and deep waters. From the shallower wreck of the Cartanza to the deep water wrecks of WIT Concrete and WIT Power, we have what you are looking for!
TURTLE ENCOUNTERS
Want to snorkel or dive with turtles? Let us know! We often see turtles at most of our dive sites, but can also head out to Turtle Cove at Buck Island to spend some time with these beautiful creatures!
Turtle Cove at Buck Island
BEGINNER
Average Depth: 20 ft
Time to Site: 30 min
An easy dive with several Green Turtles, Sting Rays & other tropical fish. Great place to share with family & friends. This site is well suited for snorkeling & first time divers.
Dive Flag Rock
BEGINNER - INTERMEDIATE
Average Depth: 25-65 ft
Time to Site: 15 min
A beautiful reef north of Buck Island with an abundance of fish and coral varieties. Nurse Sharks & Spotted Eagle Rays frequent the area. The reef is a wall that reaches 65 feet. This is a great dive for photographers.
Cow & Calf
2 sites/same location
BEGINNER
Average Depth: 20-45 ft
Time to Site: 10 min
Cow & Calf are two of the most recognized dive sites in St. Thomas. Small caves/swim throughs and beautiful Elkhorn corals are the dominant features. Since this dive site is in a nationally protected park, you will find an abundance of lobsters, crab & other hunted creatures. There are good opportunities to see Nurse Sharks, Turtles, Angel Fish, Sand Dollars & other flourishing, protected, sea life.
Dog Island
BEGINNER
Average Depth: 20-45 ft
Time to Site: 15 min
Just South East of Little St. James Island is a place where the Caribbean Sea Lions once nested. It is unspoiled and remote. This is a dive site where we always see Rays and find Sand Dollars. The current varies from day-to-day, so a drift dive may be an added bonus.
Navy Barges
BEGINNER
Average Depth: 30-60 ft
Time to Site: 15 min
These four shallow & one deep, well-lit wrecks, are a haven for marine life. They were used as accommodation barges during the 2nd World War. After the war, they were used as a Navy training area & finally sunk in 1961. The wrecks are encrusted with sponges & other corals. Many hiding spaces are occupied by Octopuses. Don’t forget your camera!
Packet Rock
BEGINNER
Average Depth: 50 ft
Time to Site: 15 min
At 50 ft, this mini-pinnacle is named for one of the unlucky ships that have hit the rock over the year. The HMS Warwick, a Royal Mail Packet Steamship. In 1816, Captain Simpson was making way to Charlotte Amalie Harbor when he hit Packet Rock. The Warwick was carrying cargo to St. Thomas & in an attempt to save his ship, he ordered that the cargo be thrown overboard. Unfortunately, they were unable to save the ship & it eventually sank. All that remains today are roofing tiles, broken pottery shards, clay smoking pipes & a giant cauldron. This dive is like a treasure hunt! Also home to huge French & Queen Angels, schools of Barracuda, Hawksbill Turtles, Nurse Sharks & Triggerfish.
Stragglers
BEGINNER - INTERMEDIATE
Average Depth: 30-60 ft
Time to Site: 10 min
Nicely protected on the Lee side of Great St. James, Stragglers is the perfect option on a rough, stormy day! The dive starts in a small, but very pretty, system of canyons where you can often find Nurse Sharks & Turtles. There is also a beautiful reef wall section where you may get lucky and catch a passing Spotted Eagle Ray or even a small Reef Shark!
Congo
BEGINNER - ADVANCED
Average Depth: 35-75 ft
Time to Site: 20 min
This site is considered a dive in the Atlantic, not the Caribbean. You will see the difference in the size of sea fans, crab & a different ‘crowd of fish.” At the right time of the year, you will swim among thousands of bait fish with Tuna, Jacks, Tarpons & Pelicans hunting them from above! This is a wall full of surprises!
Drift Dive
BEGINNER - ADVANCED
Average Depth: 20-75 ft
Time to Site: 10-40 min
We have several dive sites for drift diving in St. Thomas. Depending on the current, waves, time of say & weather, we will select the most appropriate site. Enjoy your dive and upon surfacing, the boat will be waiting next to you. Drift diving is very relaxing and YES, we have a captain who knows what he’s doing!
French Cap
INTERMEDIATE - ADVANCED
Average Depth: 55-85 ft
Time to Site: 25 min
This is one of our personal favorite dive sties. It is close to the South drop, so there is always a surprise waiting for us; big fish & lots of them. It is a place where it is easy to forget the time, so you will need a dive computer for this dive (don’t worry, it’s included in our price). Bring your camera for this dive. It doesn’t get better!
WIT -
Concrete
ADVANCED DIVER
Average Depth: 55-95 ft
Time to Site: 30 min
The WIT Concrete was built in 1943 in Oakland, California & sunk in Hurricane Marylyn (1995) near Crown Bay. The wreck was blocking the boat channel, so it was raised from the bottom of the sea & re-sunk at the new location. The ship was a fuel carrier during WW2 commissioned in the Pacific. The wreck is almost completely preserved with the exception of the stern section where we can see the "ribs" of the construction. We regularly encounter large Sharks, Turtles, Rays and Jacks.
Miss
Opportunity
ADVANCED DIVER
Average Depth: 45-95 ft
Time to Site: 40 min
The Miss Opportunity rests on her right side in 95 feet on a sandy bottom. She is over 300 feet long & it is possible to dive the entire length inside the hull with plenty of "escape" holes. Miss Opportunity was serving as a Naval Hospital ship. She sunk 1985. She has a resident Octopus, look for her in one of the upper portholes. Several big Lobsters and other fish also call her home.
WIT -
Power
ADVANCED DIVER
Average Depth: 90-100 ft
Time to Site: 45 min
The WIT Power originally sunk in Krum Bay, South of St. Thomas during Tropical Storm Klaus November 06, 1984. In attempt to bring her to the surface in April, 1985 the salvage operation encountered several obstacles & complications; she sunk again. She is one of the most intact wrecks in St. Thomas. Smaller in size, she is only 120 feet long & 50 feet tall. She sits upright on the sandy bottom & is covered with coral growth and home to several schools of fish.
Grainton
ADVANCED DIVER
Average Depth: 100 ft
Time to Site: 30 min
The SS Grainton was built by Chapman & Willan. Launched on March 26, 1911. She was a Royal Naval Collier and later chartered for wheat cargos from the U.S. to Australia. On May 31, 1928 she struck rocks off Saba Island and was re-floated & taken in tow, but it never reached her intended destination. SS Grainton lies in a depth of 110 feet with open gunwales, exposing her 3-cylinder, 20-feet high & 10-feet wide steam engine. Today a lot of imagination is needed to be able to see how magnificent this boat once was. Nurse Shark encounters are quite common under her "belly.”
Shark/Fish
Bowl
INTERMEDIATE - ADVANCED
Average Depth: 25-85 ft
Time to Site: 30 min
Usually a drift dive, "Shark/Fish or Coral bowl" is a natural sand-filled bowl within a ring of volcanic boulders, covered with gorgonians and filled with corals, sponges, sea rods and sea fans more common in deeper water. We often have 3 resident Sharks following us on our dives, but you never know what you’ll get on this dive, so occasionally there are no Sharks, but lots of fish so we have, Fish bowl! And yes, you guessed it, sometimes we just enjoy amazing corals. A dream for all photographers & dive lovers!
Ledges of Little St. James
BEGINNER
Average Depth: 20-40 ft
Time to Site: 15 min
This is a fairly easy dive with Turtles, Sting Rays & other tropical fish. It's made up of ledges and overhangs from Little St. James Island teeming with coral. Octopuses and Eels are often spotted hiding out here as well as many Lobsters. This site can also be a good snorkel and night dive opportunity!
Turtle Cove
Dive Flag Rock
Cow & Calf
Dog Island
Navy Barges
Packet Rock
Stragglers
Congo
Drift Dive
French Cap
WIT Concrete
Miss Opportunity
WIT Power
Grainton
Shark/Fish Bowl
Ledges of St. James
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"This is my 3rd year of diving with Aqua Marine. I come back every summer. Ana and Wolfgang are some of the greatest people you will ever meet and they will take care of your every need to have a safe, fun and exciting dive experience. Their boat is the best and easiest dive boat on the island!"
Lee Blair
"We had the most amazing experience at Aqua Marine. Anna and Wolfgang made us all feel so comfortable and welcome. We felt like we were with family. I highly recommend anyone wanting to dive/snorkel in St. Thomas to use Aqua Marine, the knowledge and professionalism are outstanding."
ecwparris
"We have traveled to St. Thomas many times and chartered private boats for different excursions but Aqua Marine was by far the best. The price was perfect and the staff was awesome. We took the 4 hour trip to Buck Island and Turtle Cove and we had a wonderful time. We had a small group of 7 and we laughed to see the big tour groups of 25-30 people being rushed around. Ours was an intimate experience with the friendly and knowledgeable staff..."
Scott D
Ana and Wolf were fantastic. They did a great job accommodating our large group that included folks of varying ages and snorkeling experience. They also gave us options regarding where we would go based on what we were looking to see. Would recommend this for folks looking to see the island and enjoy a relaxing, fun, and adventurous day in St. Thomas.
Colleen from Toledo, OH
BEST DIVE TRIP OF MY LIFE - Ana and Wolfgang are hilarious and they took us to the best diving spots I’ve ever seen! We saw sting rays, turtles, sharks, beautiful fish. So much fun! Definitely coming back
Allie
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