Get the Most Out of Your Dive Trip to Roatan
Why a Dive Trip to Roatan?
Roatan is a beloved vacation destination for those looking for a Caribbean dive trip that’s easy to get to from both the United States and Canada.
This Honduran island is situated just south of Cozumel and is serviced by direct flights from cities like Miami, Atlanta, Houston, and Dallas, and Toronto.
Our tropical climate provides a much-needed escape from those rapidly plummeting winter temps, without losing a day each way in travel time. In a couple of hours, you will be landing on a paradise island!
Divers love our calm, warm waters, white-sand beaches, and diverse dive sites along the MesoAmerican Barrier Reef. It’s also a plus that the island is natively English-speaking, and the US dollar is widely accepted, making it easy to navigate the island from the airport to the dive boat.
We know you work hard for your vacation days, so why not make the most of your dive trip to Roatan? There are so many ways to advance your diving goals while enjoying our gorgeous reef and wrecks. Here are our top ways to make the most of your dive trip to Roatan:
Get Your PADI course in Roatan
Whether you’re looking to try diving for the first time or level up your current certification, you can get it done here! Roatan is an affordable option for completing your PADI courses. At Roatan Divers, we offer a variety of PADI courses and you will find the best option for you! All our prices include all taxes, fees, rental gear, and eLearning course materials.
If you decide to take a course during your dive trip to Roatan, you will find highly experienced instructors and strict adherence to standards and safety best practices. Courses are taught in English, Spanish, French, Czech, and Portuguese. The calm Caribbean conditions and warm water make Roatan the ideal place to begin and advance your certifications.
Even PADI included West End Wall as one of the The 7 Most Epic Dive Sites for Beginners.
Earn Specialties and increase your knowledge
After you’ve completed your first PADI course, you’re ready to start exploring your scuba interests and improving your skills!
Better than a full week with only fun dives, is to mix fun dives with new courses where you can learn new techniques and increase your knowledge in diving. During the course, your dive instructor will also help you to refine your dive skills like buoyancy.
Many diving specialties include 2-4 dives completed in just a day or two, so they make a fun and logical addition to your dive trip. Peak Performance Buoyancy, for example, is the perfect way to start your dive vacation, especially if you haven’t been diving in a few months.
Experienced divers who have completed their Advanced Open Water Diver certification can use specialty training to add new layers of complexity and adventure to their dives.
Some of the most popular specialties in Roatan include sidemount diver, Roatan Marine Park lionfish hunter, and Roatan Marine Park coral restoration (both available at Roatan Divers), as well as wreck diver, deep diver, and navigation.
Specialties aren’t just about improving your skills, they’re also about exploring new types of diving experiences and feeling out your interests. If you have a dive trip planned to a new destination, specialties are the perfect way to ensure that you’re ready to face new conditions and enjoy to the maximum!
Prepare for intense dive destinations
One of the best things you can do on your dive trip to Roatan is prepare for a liveaboard or other new dive trip destination. Some of the best diving experiences in the world are in remote or difficult locations. In the case of liveaboards, divers maintain intense and rigorous dive schedules in varying conditions. That’s why these trips require adequate training and practice.
Many divers choose to take a dive trip in the months leading up to a big adventure trip or liveaboard to get practice in, refine skills, and complete required specialties or certifications.
Some liveaboards or destinations, like Galapagos, also have a minimum required number of logged dives in order to participate, so make the most of your Roatan dive trip by pumping up your logbook!
Other destinations/liveaboards can require you to know how to use your DSMB or do negative entries in the water. Are you ready for that? Come to Roatan and learn these techniques in a controlled environment will help you to build confidence and rock in your dives.
Increase your limits and learn to Tec Dive
Roatan Divers is the perfect place to learn tec diving! We have multiple PADI TecRec instructors at our shop, ensuring quality training and more than one option. Roatan’s clear waters and warm temperatures mean there is beautiful reef life even beyond the 40m/135’ recreational diving limits. You don’t need a dry suit or uncomfortably thick wetsuits at depth. Close to Roatan Divers is the famous Josie J shipwreck, a dive that combines all of your training and advances you as a diver.
Still wondering, why plan a dive trip to Roatan?
We have the second-biggest barrier reef in the world
Designated as a Marine Protected Area, our backyard is home to the second-largest barrier reef in the world! The diverse marine ecosystem includes both hard and soft corals, endangered sea turtles, eagle rays, sea slugs, sharks, dolphins, and so much more. Dive sites are easily accessible by boat, with a majority of sites located 5 to 10 minutes away from our Shop on the North West side of the Island.
Slow and easy Caribbean living
West End is a safe, walkable town located a quick 20-minute car ride from the International Airport in Coxen Hole. The island is a melting pot of different cultures, restaurants, and activities. Whether you are into SCUBA, free diving, yoga, or music - you can find your niche here. English is widely spoken on the island, or you can improve your Spanish by taking any of the readily available language classes.
Learn the RD way!
Our team of full-time instructors is dedicated to the highest adherence to PADI standards and best practices, whether taking your first diving course, enjoying a few fundives, or exploring the depths in a tec course. As Roatan’s premier boutique IDC Dive Center, Divemaster and instructor candidates get hands-on experience in a high-end, high-volume environment.
Our divers never, ever repeat a dive, and our staff diligently arranges divers across our four boats to ensure that fundivers and courses aren’t limiting each others’ experiences. We understand that diving should be fun and comfortable while maintaining the highest expectations for course training.
Ask Us About Diving Packages
Interested in combining courses, specialties, and fun dives? Ask us about our current packages when you book your trip!
