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Association of Tobago Dive Operators

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Company description Scuba Diving is one of the fastest growing sports worldwide, and Tobago is one of the best kept secrets of the underwater world. Blessed with nutrient rich waters, the marine life is diverse and abundant. Situated where we are, at the southern end of the Caribbean islands, Tobago offers a variety of dive sites un-paralleled in the Caribbean for species diversity - scuba diving at its best.
We`ve included information about who our member Dive Shops are, diver training available, the type of diving we have here in Tobago, our Recompression Facility, how to find accomodations and ideas about what else to do and where to do it - when you`re not diving, that is.
Our Standarts are:
Instructor on staff full time
Oxygen, first aid kits and radios on board dive boats
Safety sausages provided for all divers
All boat dives must be escorted by a Dive Guide
Surface Markers must be carried by Dive Guides
Many of the dive sites here are drift dives. If you`ve never tried drift diving before don`t let that deter you from experiencing the thrill and excitement that is diving in Tobago. Drift Diving is easy - just adjust your buoyancy and go with the flow, keeping in mind that it is important to listen closely to dive briefings and follow the Divemaster at all times. In addition to Open Water, Advanced and Rescue Diver courses, several Specialty Courses are also available, including Drift Diving, at most of the dive centers. All of our members offer PADI courses and programs and some offer courses from other certifying agencies in addition to PADI. At times effluence from the Orinoco River in South America, brought to our waters on the Guyanna Current, may adversely affect underwater visibility in Tobago. However, it is these nutrients that provide sustenance to the reefs here, giving us a wonderful variety of healthy coral, invertebrate and fish life.
Tobago`s Hyperbaric or Recompression Facility. Its primary function is to treat diving emergencies, the facility is also used by the medical community in the treatment of certain medical conditions that benefit from Hyperbaric therapy. Of course, the facility is there if you need it, but please pay attention to your bottom time and maximum depth, dive conservatively and do a safety stop at the end of every dive.
Location description: Water temperatures range from ``summertime`` highs of 82F/28C to lows of 75F/24C in January and February. Most divers find that 3mm neoprene is sufficient thermal protection year round.
At the south end of the island, drift along on Flying Reef past huge plate coral colonies and the ``soft wall`` of Bermuda Chub, keeping an eye open for Nurse Sharks and Sting Rays resting where reef meets sand. Divers Dream is ... well, a dream. Pelagics often patrol this area along the ledges and overhangs where Gorgonia growth is truly spectacular. The current in this area can be strong at times so this is a site for experienced divers.
A little farther north on the Caribbean side the wreck of the M/V Maverick sits at 100ft/33m waiting to be explored. Originally named The Scarlet Ibis, she was the first passenger ferry offering service between Trinidad and Tobago. Before being sunk as a divesite in April 1997, she was cleaned, inspected and made safe for divers. Snappers and Rainbow Runners lurk in the shadows inside the car deck and schools of bait fish swirl across the upper deck, which is at a depth of 60ft/18m, making it accessible to all diver certification levels. Arnos Vale is a shallow dive (maximum 40ft/13m) and as such, allows maximum bottom time for checking out the nooks and crannies for Lobster, Eels and the elusive Torpedo Rays in the sand.
At the northwestern end of the island The Sisters is a series of rock pinnacles rising up from the deep. Hammerheads are often sighted here, but as with all wild creatures, they have their own agenda so ``now you see them, now you don`t``. Mantas are also seen here once in a while but are not the frequent visitors to Tobago that they were a few years ago.
London Bridge is the most well known of the sites around the St. Giles Islands, off the northeastern tip. Even when the conditions are not right to go through the arch, this dive can be spectacular. Tarpon, Turtles and Sharks are frequently sighted and a good eye can find Octopus in the holes in the rock face. Another Charlotteville area favorite with divers is Boulder Valley at the mouth of Man O War Bay. As divers zig-zag among the huge sponge and coral encrusted boulders, sections of this site look like a child giant`s marbles strewn across a fantastically colored carpet.

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Contact information:

Street Address:
P.O. Box 1105
Canaan
Trinidad and Tobago
Spoken language(s): English
Open: from 09-00 till 17-00
Local time:  GMT - 4 Caracas, La Paz
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