Aruba Certified Scuba Diving: Explore Dazzling Marine Life and Historic Shipwrecks

The waters around Aruba are filled with dazzling marine life. Turtles, green and spotted moray eels, stingrays, yellow tail snappers and many more are waiting for a visit from you. The waters vary between 20 feet to 140 feet and are the perfect location for scuba diving. You might also she ship wrecks, like the famous Antilla!

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Aruba Watersports Center - Check in at our desk to complete the paperwork. Certified divers: don’t forget your certification card! After the check in you will get your necessary gear and go diving! All our dives are off a boat (back roll entrance).
What's Included
  • Use of scuba gear (if option selected)
  • Local taxes
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Gratuities
Additional Information
  • Evidence of dive certification is required from all divers wishing to participate in a certified dive
Location
Aruba Watersports Center
J.E. Irausquin Boulevard
Located between Hilton and Barcelo Resorts on the beach in a big building facing the ocean. Same premises as The Breadbasket & Dazzling Turtle souvenir shop.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Ranvir_r
Dec 28, 2023
It was a beautiful day to... - It was a beautiful day to clear sky We did two separate dives . The first dive had a wreck and coral reef that reached up to 50 feet. Next day was up to 25 feet and had a wreck from World War One incident happened I would like to mention .There was one trainee advanced driver with the group , who dropped his BC with Tank on me while he practicing his maneuvers. I almost panicked I thought my cylinder slipped out ,as I am a new driver ,but I kept my calm and kept breathing ,he collected his stuff and then I realize what it happened.
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Vacation24916312750
Dec 3, 2023
Really great dives - Found this company by accident because they were diving on Sunday when everyone else was closed. Glad I did. Dives were great and staff was great. Allen driving the boat and Miguel in the water with us. Wish I had more time to dive again with them
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Eddieb6241
Oct 8, 2023
Great Dive Shop - A phenomeal dive shop located between the Barcelo and Hilton hotels. Amanda, ShamSham have great customer service, Jordan was awesome on the jet ski rentals and Alan and Nelson were personable, and extremely safety conscience on all the dives. Please utilize Aruba Watersports Center, you won't regret it!
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Janinajanini
Sep 5, 2023
Great experience - Great crew, very helpful and kind. Well organized and leaving on time. They provide the equipment. Nice location.
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Davidda8523pw
Aug 18, 2023
Top notch company! - Absolutely top notch. Equipment is in great condition. Alan Marin is a great instructor. My boys had never been diving. He made them feel comfortable and also made my wife and feel comfortable with them diving. He also takes great photos which you can get for a cheap price. Thank you for a great time Alan!!
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Fjb4792
Aug 3, 2023
The Best!! - Always the best time with Aruba Water Sports. Allen is an excellent instructor. Always there to give you a helping hand. I strongly suggest doing a few dives with Allen, he also takes amazing photos and videos to purchase at a very reasonable price.
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Josephbq2408nr
Jun 12, 2023
Very Accomodating to novice divers! - My wife is very inexperienced in diving due to difficulty with equalizing her ears. I discussed my concerns with the Instructor (Alan). He was very understanding and accommodating. We devised a plan that allowed her to work on her equalization slowly without feeling like she was holding up the group. She was able to take her time and equalize at her pace and join in the amazing tour around the Antilles wreck. The whole team was really top-notch. Shamira (shop), Alan (instructor) and Nelson (captain) were all very courteous and professional. I would highly recommend them for your diving excursions in Aruba.
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Craig_b
May 6, 2024
Not as expected - No pickup at cruise port. No nitrox available and no wet suit. Overall not impressed with dives. First on wreck with tons of snorkeling above. 55 foot dive. Second on shallow area with not much coral. Did see a nice green turtle. Mostly a Watersports place with boats, water toys, snorkeling. Between two big hotels trying to do it all. Pass on this
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Bbh5858
Feb 4, 2024
Aruba diving - The dive master, Alan, was very good and I really enjoyed the history lesson about the ships off the coast of Aruba during WWII. And the skills review in the water was good after not diving for a couple years. The negative is that this we booked a dive for certified divers and one in our group of 5 had never dived before. I don’t know if the couple with the non- diver knew that we had booked a certified dive; there was some confusion with our reservation at the desk. Although we did see a couple turtles, a small ray and some colorful fish, the underwater experience was not very good because we were instructed to stay near Alan, but he had to assist the non-diver almost all the way through the dive. It wasn’t her fault, and she did pretty well for a first dive. Just not what we thought we booked.
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Jimbp439xc
Feb 3, 2024
Avoid at all costs-terrible organization - Terrible organization-avoid at all costs. I purchased a confirmed dive, they took my money then when I showed up at 8:30 a.m. on 2/3/24 place was deserted. Finally somebody at the adjacent restaurant told me “they do this all the time and probably are not going to show up”. Another person showed up and was livid, same thing. Too late to schedule with another group, day was shot.
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From $58
up to 4 guests
2 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).