Double Reef / Fisherman's Wharf

Thursday and Friday are all about the night - meet new animals and end the week comfortably with your night and limited visibility course! Night dives require completely different skills than daylight dives. The SSI Night Diving & Limited Visibility Specialty course is the best way to learn all about night diving and practice the techniques required to make you a safe and confident night diver. This course will give you all the knowledge and skills to dive safely and relaxed at night or in limited visibility conditions. In a balanced mix of online learning and open water dives, you will learn how to use special equipment, the correct entry and exit techniques and how to communicate with your dive buddy at night and in limited visibility. Upon completion of the course, you will receive the SSI Night Diving and Limited Visibility Specialty certification and be ready to dive into the dark with confidence.

Come with us to Eastpunt! 2 unforgettable dive sites that can only be reached by boat

2 Dive Sites Away from the Tourist Hot SpotsFirst: Double ReefThe first reef drops to about 14m, where it ends in a sandy bottom. From there you can see the second reef. The second reef starts at about 18m and drops down to 30m and deeper.Turtles are a common sight here, as are perch, porcupine fish, scorpionfish, green moray eels, and boxfish.Next: Fisherman`s Wharf / Water FactoryIn front of the old water factory lies this beautiful, healthy shallow coral reef. There are many different hard corals and large barrel sponges and orange elephant ear sponges with a shallow wall right at the end of the coral reef.The reef is full of fish life and you can often find porcupine fish, barracuda, knightfish and angelfish. Lionfish usually hide in the crevices along the wall.

This site is an easy entrance on the right-hand side of the pier, directly under the car park. Sandy bottom with the coral reef starting at 5 m /15 ft and the drop off at 10 m / 30 ft. At 35 m /115 ft the reef turns into a sandy bottom again.Home to schools of snappers, creole wrasse, and Chromis where you can also find scorpionfish, stingrays, and octopus.

Many of the world's best dive sites are located on wrecks. Over the course of time, countless sea creatures have conquered these impressive structures as habitats, so that you dive through living history on every dive. Wreck diving is unique and incomparable. The SSI Wreck Diving Specialty course teaches you everything you need to know and master in practice and theory to become a safe and confident wreck diver. First, you will learn how to safely plan and conduct dives on wrecks and artificial reefs to a depth of 30 meters without penetrating deeper. You can then try out your newly acquired skills on real wrecks in open water. Upon completion of the course, you will receive your SSI Wreck Diving Specialty certification. Continue your adventure and become a wreck diver. Start today.

You love the UW world and want to stay longer? Then join us and do the Nitrox specialty course. You will learn to dive with more oxygen and less nitrogen - see more, experience more, stay longer! Take part in an Enriched Air Nitrox Specialty course if you want to shorten your surface intervals and extend your diving time. You'll spend more time exploring your favorite dive sites instead of waiting! With the course you will expand your diving knowledge to plan safe dives with enriched air mixtures up to 40% oxygen. After completing the course, you will receive an SSI Enriched Air Nitrox certification for 32% or 40%.

Come discover this little gem with us! We often encounter turtles, barracudas, and boxfish here!Nice and easy shore dive in St. Michiels Bay with large sponges in the deeper parts of the reef around 30m. The large buoy in the bay is attached to a massive anchor chain, which is a perfect reference point for the way back.  You can often see schools of surgeonfish, turtles and scorpion fish. Stingrays and eagle rays have also been spotted here.

Have you heard about the capsized smuggler’s raft?The beach is an easy entry point to diving. Parking is available just a short walk from the water. The actual dive site just offshore is called "Car Wrecks" because the bottom is covered with a pile of sunken cars. To see the cars, just dive off the blue buoy line and pay attention to their depth, it can get very deep very quickly in this place.In and around the wreck live nurse and reef sharks, possibly eagle rays, turtles and plenty of fish: snappers, angelfish, grunts, anemones and groupers.

With the SSI Try Scuba course you can experience your first unforgettable breaths underwater. With an instructor at your side, you can dive in confined water without any worries and experience the magic of scuba diving. At the end of this short course, you will have earned your SSI Try Scuba certification card and can hardly wait for your next dive. Because there are countless diving adventures waiting for you and this course is just the beginning. Start today!

Start your week with a new adventure! Learn to breathe underwater - go diving! Whether you just want to "try it out" (Try Dive) or take your first (OWD) course - here you will learn to dive in paradise! This certification is recognized worldwide and is the best way to become a qualified diver and start an adventure that will last a lifetime. The combination of personalized instruction and hands-on training sessions ensures that you gain the skills and experience of a confident, safe diver. At the end of the course you will receive the SSI Open Water Diver certification.

A relaxed diving area with two beautiful dives awaits you here!A great coastal dive accessible from a quiet, secluded beach where almost no tourist activity takes place. There is plenty of parking, plenty of shade and benches where equipment can be assembled. You have to swim a bit to get to the reef.The typical life in the Caribbean can be seen, such as nurse and reef sharks, possibly eagle rays, turtles, stingrays and many snappers, angelfish, grunts, parrotfish and groupers. Lots of large purple and yellow tube sponges.

The SSI Diver Stress and Rescue Specialty course is the best course to learn how to protect yourself and other divers. You will learn how to recognize stress, avoid accidents and apply practical techniques for performing rescues and emergency care. With a combination of pool and open water training, you will be well and safely prepared to deal with emergency and rescue situations. After completing the course, you will receive the SSI Diver Stress & Rescue Specialty certification.

The SSI Perfect Buoyancy Specialty Course is the best way to improve your buoyancy and experience perfect dives. Buoyancy control is one of the most important diving skills, but any experienced diver will tell you that mastering it takes time. In this course, you’ll learn advanced buoyancy control skills and techniques so you can master your buoyancy more quickly. With improved body positioning and optimized buoyancy control, you can reduce your air consumption and extend your bottom time. In this fascinating course, you’ll also learn new skills to protect the underwater world—skills you can use anytime. Upon completion, you’ll receive the SSI Perfect Buoyancy Specialty certification. With perfect buoyancy, you’ll soon be gliding calmly through the water, taking the underwater photos you’ve always dreamed of, or simply enjoying the feeling of weightlessness.

The SSI “Invasive Species Management” specialty program is designed for divers who want to actively engage in marine conservation. This course offers a detailed look at the ecological impacts of invasive species and the practical measures required to effectively combat them. The training bridges the gap between environmental awareness and active fieldwork, focusing on the theoretical knowledge and methodological foundations you need to participate in local management initiatives during your dives.

Discover the hunters of the night with us and search for glowing corals! Can you find the octopus?