| Diving
Charters in the BVIs
 Diving
and snorkelling in the Virgin Islands is rated among
the best in the world. Over sixty dive sites are chartered,
many with National Park mooring buoys. Innumerable virgin
reefs remain unexplored. Vertical walls, underwater
pinnacles, coral reefs, caverns and wrecks - most notably
the RMS Rhone which sank in 1867.
With its warm water, calm seas, and lack of current
the BVIs are the perfect place for the novice diver,
young or old, to be introduced to the wonderful world
of SCUBA. In the British Virgin Islands, where year-round
the water is at a temperature of close to 80°F,
diving is rarely deeper than 80 feet and most dives
are at between 30 and 60 feet. Our dive sites very from
sheltered coral reefs to offshore rocks and walls. You
can also dive inside grottoes, caves and old shipwrecks.
Visibility is mostly good to excellent. The tremendous
variety of undersea life you'll encounter will keep
you checking in the guide books again and again. The
Virgin Islands has a diversity of sites that is without
equal.
If you are interested in occasional
diving you do not need to charter a yacht specifically
designed for diving, you can dive from any of the yachts
in our fleet by rendezvous with a local dive company
who will meet you at your yacht, take you for your dive
and return you to your yacht in time for lunch! The
fee is additional to your charter and payable to the
dive company on the day (they all accept credit cards).
The cost depends on whether you prefer a private dive
boat or a willing to share the dive with others.
The cost for a private dive
boat is $90 per person, with a minimum of $250. 9:30am
to 3:30pm or 3:30pm to 9:30pm (afternoon and night dive),
you will be able to do 2 dives in this time, returning
to your yacht in time for lunch, or enjoying one of
the local restaurants (at your own expense). The rate
includes a dive instructor so any level of diver is
accommodated, you may be certified and simply need a
guide, or you may have never dived before and want to
do a half day introductory course to diving (which includes
a lesson and a dive). Having done the introductory course
once on your vacation you will then be able to dive
with the instructor as many times as you wish on that
vacation, but you will not be a certified diver.
 If
you want to do a dive course in order to become a certified
diver during your vacation you should choose
from one of the following yachts. It is greatly
preferred for you to do the theory at home before you
arrive, so that your valuable vacation time is not spent
studying theory and doing written exams. You can look
for your nearest dive company on the internet at http://www.padi.com
or Naui.com
don't book anything until you have chosen your boat:
your choice depends on which organisation the on board
instructor is affiliated with. Some yachts do offer
full open water courses, but remember if you choose
to do the whole course you will be studying books much
of the time instead of enjoying the Caribbean sunshine
and waters!
 We
recommend one of the following yachts which offer scuba
diving if you plan to dive more than once or twice during
your vacation:
Dive Master on Board: Yachts
with a Dive Master on board (who will guide already
certified divers around the wonderful dive sites of
the Virgin Islands), in order of size (in feet) Click
one of the following:
Dive Instructor on Board:
You can also choose a Dive instructor on board for new
divers wishing to do an introductory course and dive
just for the charter, or an open water completion course
(theory at home first and become a certified scuba diver)
or certified divers. Click on the following:
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