DIVING: DIVE Services & Dive Shops
A guide to scuba dive services, dive shops, divemasters and diving guides on Tobago
Our listing includes EVERY dive service on the island. If you are offered dive services from anybody not listed here, exercise very great caution and please, please contact us.
Ranking System
We have ranked every dive shop in each of four categories - Safety Standards (35%) - Quality of Equipment (30%) - Customer Service (25%) and Range of Dive Sites Dived (10%). An overall award has been calculated using the weightings shown in brackets behind each category:
It is interesting to note that 11 of the 15 dive services have been ranked "above average". In fact, four dive operations have scored near-perfect scores of between 4½* (4-star plus) and 5, meaning that 27% of Tobago’s dive services operate to the very highest international standards.*
The information used to formulate the rankings comes from numerous diverse sources. For reasons of neutrality, we naturally try to utilise sources not directly connected with the Tobago dive industry. The rankings are based on the best information at our disposal and offered in good faith. Readers are urged to make their own enquiries to determine the suitability of any establishment.
* Half-points (+) have been used in the overall ranking, but not in the individual rankings.
REGION 1 - CROWN POINT |
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Extra Divers Worldwide Surfside Hotel, Pigeon Point Rd, Crown Point Part of an international chain. Very professional. Also in Speyside. |
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Manta Dive Centre (formerly Viking Dive) Tropikist Beach Hotel & Pigeon Point Road, Crown Point Have improved in recent years.. |
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R & Sea Divers Company Toucan Inn, Old Store Bay Road, Crown Point One of Tobago's best dive operations. |
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Scuba Adventure Safari Pigeon Point Oh dear! Not a good advertisement for Tobago. |
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Sublime Scuba Tropikist Beach Hotel, Crown Point Small, friendly and enthusiastic operation. Sadly CLOSED at the end of 2006. |
Now Closed |
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Sunsplash Scuba Pigeon Point Road Very limited service and not a mainstream Tobago dive shop. We understand that the owner has retired and returned to the USA. |
Now Closed |
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Tobago Frontier Divers Sandy Point Beach Club, Crown Point One of the better locally-owned and run dive shops. |
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Undersea Tobago Coco Reef Resort, Crown Point Good professional set up with friendly staff and decent equipment. |
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Wild Turtle Dive Safari Club Pigeon Point Re-opened in 2003 under new ownership. Initial reports positive. |
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REGION 2 - LOWER CARIBBEAN |
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Adventure Eco Divers Grafton Beach Resort/Le Grand Courlan Dive a limited range of sites and largely only servicing 'holiday' divers based at the Grafton/Le Grand Courlan hotels. |
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REGION 4 - NORTH END |
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Aquamarine Dive Blue Waters Inn, Speyside Only dive the North End but visitor reports are always very good. |
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CaribStu No retail premises. Based in Charlotteville. Dives island-wide. The most regularly praised divemaster in the myTobago forums. Previously manager of two of Tobago's top dive services, Stuart Sampson is now offering a personal dive service for both advanced and novice divers. |
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Extra Divers Worldwide Speyside Inn, Speyside Very professional organisation. Also at Pigeon Point Road, Crown Point |
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Man Friday Diving Windward Road, Charlotteville Closed November 2004 |
Now Closed |
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Redman M-Dive Windward Road, Speyside It came as no surprise that they have ignored our requests for information. |
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Ron's Watersports & Dive Center 21 Spring Street, Charlotteville Ron is based in Trinidad and only comes over for pre-arranged dives, so booking in advance is important. |
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Tobago Dive Experience Manta Lodge, Speyside One of Tobago's oldest dive services. Changes in ownership and management have resulted in a major turn-around of the company. |
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Tobago Divemasters Main Road, Speyside Have only dived by appointment for the last year or so while Ellis gets his Splash Sport boat operation running, but is now re-directing his attention back to diving. |
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REGION 6 - SCARBOROUGH |
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World of Watersports Hilton Tobago Golf & Spa Resort Based at the Tobago Hilton Resort & Spa on Tobago Plantations. Has changed ownership in recent years and only time will tell whether the previous high standards can be maintained. |
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An interesting new dive-related service for 2007 is Oscar Diving Video. Based in Speyside, but available through the island, Oscar Berkenbosch will accompany you on your dive and create a video record. What a wonderful souvenir of your trip to Tobago!
You can contact Oscar via his website, or by email at email now, or possibly through whichever Tobago dive service you will be using.
