This is one of the cheapest places to get certified to dive. In fact many people come to get their open water certification and end up taking the next level of classes from Advanced Diver to Dive Master to Instructor. If you take a course the dive shops will give you a free place to stay.

Since I already had a place to stay and I have my certification I came for what is called  “fun” dives. For 10 dives it’s about $25 a dive. A bargain compared to the U.S. and most places. The boats here, unlike Roatan, go out for 2 tank dives. 

Most of the dive sites are very close, about a 10 minute boat ride. The first thing you will notice is the reefs are very clean. I haven’t seen many big animals since I have been here, a couple of eagle rays and a turtle but here I have learned to appreciate the tiny marine life. I saw my firs seahorse so that was exciting. There’s a lot of very strange small things in the water like the beautiful flat worm with orange spots that I saw yesterday. You will see the trumpet fish, angle fish, trigger fish, porcupine and many other reef fish on every dive what you won’t see is large schools of fish. Hopefully with time that will change.

When not diving you can snorkel a few places on the island. The one closest to town is the reef off Coral View. You can go to the bar on the dock grab a drink and a chair and make a day of it.  Also snorkeling off the dock at Neptune’s I saw an octopus, barracuda and some other cool things it is worth the boat ride. (see my earlier post if interested)

I tried to find some better underwater pictures because my camera is awful but I went to 2 dive shop Facebook pages (internet is slow especially loading pictures) and the only photographs I could find were of people partying, so you are stuck with my photos.