PADI Open Water Course

If I visit Grenada again, it will be because of Dive Grenada. I brought my family here to get PADI certified and these guys did an impeccable job! From the beginning to the end it was safe, educational and fun. My family now loves diving and loves Grenada!

Excellent tuition, excellent kit. These guys are pros! Allie is a gifted instructor. Calm and concise. Supportive and patient. Very safe and fun experience!

Diving was so much fun! I did the discover diving session having never dived before and it was great! My instructor Marlon was super knowledgeable, helpful, and easy to communicate with. I felt safe the whole time. Definitely would recommend to any travelers looking to try out a dive!

Had a great experience getting open water dive certification with my daughter. Neal and Marlon are excellent instructors, very enthusiastic, patient and detail oriented. Great location on Grand Anse Beach with easy access to beautiful reef dives.

I’ve dreamed of diving most of my life and my teenage daughter caught the bug during a Caribbean snorkeling trip last year. We booked our PADI open water certification with Dive Grenada. We began our confined water training in the calm, clear waters of Grand Anse Beach, surrounded by schools of bait fish, only steps from the dive shop. Neal is an exceptionally enthusiastic and patient instructor with years of dive experience to share…and about two lifetimes experience in other adventure sports! The nearby dive sites are spectacular with tons of colorful corals, sponges and marine life. The perfect way to complete our open water certification. Marlon coached us through our last two dives and he was equally patient, showing us a few final tips on buoyancy, finning techniques and other tips to make our dives more enjoyable. Our experience with Dive Granada exceeded our expectations. Their team rocks and I can’t wait to get back there some day.

Dive Grenada is truly fantastic! I had just gotten certified in Barbados, and diving with Dive Grenada was my first certified dive — admittedly I was inexperienced and a little nervous. Neal and Allie (and their daughter Kaitlyn) were super friendly and reassuring and took me under their wing. It is a family business, all of their dive masters/captains are great, experienced, and confident (Marlon, Zhane, and Garry), and the entire operation runs smoothly, and is well organized. I even noticed that at the end of the week, before their days off, Neal and Allie treated their staff to drinks, and all hung out, to celebrate a hard week’s work. That says a lot about how they treat others and how well they all get along. Before choosing them, I called a few other local shops, and either the group dives had too many guests, and/or their schedule was inflexible, or they simply never got back to me in time — I just didn't get a good feeling from any of them. After speaking with Neal, I immediately knew that Dive Grenada was the right choice. They have really thought of everything and put it into place, resulting in a wonderful experience. I’m so glad that I went with them. Beyond the normal impeccable safety measures, fabulous dive spots, and all around superb dive staff, a few other stellar things stood out: 1. Their dive shop is clean, organized, and well run. They have new computer software that makes signing forms, payment, and tips a very easy and quick process. Their rental equipment is top quality and is nicely cleaned post dive. They keep the place flawless — from the front desk, to the restroom, to the storage bins (personalized with your name!) for you to keep your belongings during the dive. 2. They gave us delicious local homemade cookies and water after each dive; a nice touch! 3. My hotel was nearby, and they took the time to pick me up and drop me off! This is huge, as taxi services in the area are pricey and complicated. Door to door service? Amazing. 4. Neil was SO nice; he even rearranged his schedule to take me to the underwater sculpture garden, as it was my last opportunity with my travel dates and flights. 5. I had bought a new GoPro and stupidly forgot to pack it and was really upset. Neil had his team use theirs and gave me video via Dropbox. 6. Location!: Their shop is located on a gorgeous beach and is next-door to Mt. Cinnamon Hotel's “Savvy’s" beach restaurant. It has really good food, the best view, and is perfect to visit after your afternoon dive. They know the area well, are very experienced and friendly, and go out of their way to make sure you have a super dive and a fab day! You cannot go wrong choosing them for your water activity; they are the best.

fantastic experience and fun learning and then diving with Dive Grenada I can't recommend them enough

My son received his open water certification with Neal two weeks ago. I could not have asked for a more qualified and friendly instructor. We each had nine dives with the Team at Dive Grenada and cannot say enough good things about all of them. I have dove all over the Caribbean and can say that for the entire nine dives we were well looked after and made to feel right at home. I highly recommend this Team for training and enjoying the under water scenery that Grenada has to offer. Thanks to Allie for all the good restaurant recommendations! Looking forward to seeing Neal, Allie, Zhane, Brittany, Gary, and Captain Teon again.

Simply stop looking. Dive Grenada is it. Don't bother with anyone else. Neal, the owner operator is at once the most kind, humble, and patient person to ever work in hospitality, and also a deeply talented and extremely highly qualified technical diver who has done some insane jump out of airplanes into the water crazy stuff in his life, and yet carries none of the ego or attitude that people with that level of experience can sometimes bring.His teaching style is methodical and perfectly paced. He gave my wife comfort for her discovery pool session and we never felt rushed or incomplete. He's a calming presence, but he has the weight of thousands of dives of experience behind him. He's also funny, fun, and interesting. Oh, and he had some great dining recommendations too. If you're staying anywhere close to Grand Anse (or even if you're not), go here. We were at Spice Island and his shop is essentially 90 seconds from our room.Can't sing his and his partner's praises highly enough. Absolutely phenomenal experience.

Neil is a knowledgeable and calming presence as a drive instructor. Great SCUBA experience seeing the underwater sculpture park. Highly recommend.