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Titolo: Dive Antigua

WHERE ARE WE ?:- We are situated in the Historic Nelsons Dockyard, part of
the National Park and central to the wonderful dive sites of Antigua's
beautiful South Coast.
WHO ARE WE ?:-Dockyard Divers was set up several years ago by Captain Tony
Fincham, an experienced diver and Master Mariner. We have a staff of Fully
Qualified and experienced Instructors and Divemasters ready to give your
guests the best in instruction and guided dives.
WHAT CAN WE GIVE YOU ?:-Satisfied guests! How? well in a word QUALITY.
Brilliant dive sites; friendly, helpful staff; comfortable boats; the best
rental equipment you will see anywhere; a fully stocked dive shop with the
biggest range in dive equipment for sale in the Eastern Caribbean; and
qualified service personnel to service a wide range of your or your guests
dive equipment. We have available for hire everything for the diver from a
simple mask to full SCUBA equipment, including quality underwater cameras,
and underwater scooters. Underwater VIDEOs can be arranged to take home
those memorable dives! We specialise in the smaller, friendlier groups so
booking is advised.
We also can offer SPORTS FISHING aboard the newly completed, purpose built
'SEA FREEDOM' a 32 foot Sports Fishing boat equipped with the best rod,
lures and fish finding equipment. 'SEA FREEDOM' is equipped with a full
galley, shower/toilet, refrigeration, and berths for 5 if the day gets too
tiring!
A SELECTION OF OUR DIVE SITES
SNAPPER HOLE is a wall starting at 45 feet and dropping to a white sand
bottom at 80 feet. Here we find schools of grunts, Southern Stingrays and on
a ledge at 60 feet, Morays and Lobster.
BARRACUDA REEF.  The South Coast is where the Antigua and Barbuda Bank drops
off abruptly and thus is again a wall but this time a little deeper. It
starts at 60 feet and descends to 120 feet, a beautiful dive with many coves
and ledges the home to a large variety of reef fish and of course Barracuda,
hence it's name.
STINGRAY ALLEY is a valley in the sea bed starting at 45 feet and descending
to 75 feet, with a sandy floor and coral sides. In the floor we find many
Southern Stingrays several of which allow close approach.
PILLARS OF HERCULES so called because of the unique rock formation above the
site. Here we have, right on our door step (3 mins by boat), one of the
greatest diversity on reef life in the Caribbean. With depths ranging from
20 to 45 feet this makes a lovely second dive or an ideal 'refresher' dive.
Truly a gem.
NANTON POINT is characterised by boulders scattered at the foot of a
cliff.The boulders are the foundation for a remarkable variety of encrusting
corals and sponges with the associated reef fish. Depths are from 30 to 45
feet making this another excellent shallower dive.
CARPENTERS ROCK is a series of under water ridges and valleys with depths
from 45 to 80 feet. A wide range of soft corals is found here along with
some of the larger reef fish, Queen Angel fish are often seen here
SUNKEN ROCK is a rock pinnacle just awash and offers a trail though a split
in the rock itself down to 120 feet. On the vertical walls of the rock we
have magnificent gorgonians and brilliant sponges.
CAPE SHIRLEY this is where the diving reaches its climax with huge boulders
at the foot of Cape Shirley itself. They leave a trail of valleys, drop offs
and caves for the more experienced diver to explore. Depths vary from 60 to
110 feet. This is only a selection of our dive sites all within a very short
boat ride from our store, even Cape Shirley is no more than 20 mins away !
THE COURSES
We offer the full range of  PADI DIVING COURSES, the most recognised
qualification in the world.
We start with the RESORT COURSE. This is a half day introduction to diving.
It consists of a short, 30 to 40 min discussion followed by a a skills
session in confined water.  Then a dive on the beautiful Charlotte Reef.
This course has strictly limited numbers to maximise the divers enjoyment of
this first step into the under water realm. This is 'hand held' diving, we
do every thing for the diver, all they have to do is enjoy the dive!
OPEN WATER DIVER. This is the first step on the dive qualification ladder.
The course lasts 4 days and the diver finishes with the PADI OPEN WATER
DIVER qualification which qualifies the diver to dive anywhere in the world.
We believe in training divers, not just taking the money so if a person
needs more time then they get it!. PADI standards in equipment, procedures
and safety are strictly adhered to.
ADVANCED OPEN WATER. This is for the diver who wants to progress his or her
dive education. It is an introduction to Deep, Night, and Navigation diving
plus 2 other types of diving chosen by the diver. Popular choices are
Photography, using our high quality rental cameras and Search and Recovery
diving, learn how to recover all that treasure!. It lasts two days.
RESCUE DIVER. In this course we teach all the techniques required to safely
rescue yourself or your diving buddy. It is a 5 day workshop with both
discussions and water sessions.
DIVEMASTER. This is for the diver who wishes to join the ranks of the
professionals. Contact us for further details.
All courses are conducted in a friendly and relaxed manner with strict
adherence to PADI standards by our own professional Instructors.
Dockyard Divers
Nelson's Dockyard
C/O Dockyard Post Office
English Harbour
ANTIGUA
Tel:  
(268) 460-1178
Fax: 
(268) 460-1179
e-mail:  DockD...@Candw.Ag

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