Hotel tourist desks or the various tourist information centres will provide more details about their locations and operations. St Lucia is proud of the quality of its dive industry. Operators are affiliated with the major dive certification agencies in the world, such as PADI, SSI, NAUI and BSAC and adhere to strict standards of safety resulting in an unmatched safety record. St Lucia is known as an excellent location to learn to dive. Numerous shallow protected coves make for a safe yet very enjoyable experience.
All operators offer introductory courses taught by some of the most veteran experts in the business.
You can even take home a videotape of the lesson as a souvenir. Most of the dive sites are on the island s west coast, which being the leeward side, offers much more calm waters. Numerous excellent sites are available and it should be noted that all of the operators use the same sites and through Anbaglo, voluntarily rotate their scheduled destinations for the enjoyment of all as well as the preservation of the reefs. For safety and convenience, most scuba dives are drift dives in which divers drift with the current. The operator s boat follows along and picks the divers up where they surface.