The Diving in Saint Martin is fantastic, we have wrecks, canyons, lava tubes, healthy reefs and tons of marine life. In late winter we get dolphins and we have even had some close encounters with Humpback whales. Turtles are regular visitors to our dive sites, as well as sharks and eagle rays. However, for those of you that love the small stuff, Saint Martin has sea horses, nudibranchs and all sorts of other little creatures as well.

The underwater world in Saint Martin is fabulous and never ceases to amaze us, check out the description and photos of the variety of dive sites that we have in Saint Martin on our Top Dive Sites page.

Currently Octopus Diving is the only diving center that offers 2 tank trips twice a day, one in the morning and the afternoon.

The first dive trip leaves at 8 AM in the morning and the second at 1 PM in the afternoon. Each trip lasts around 3 and a half hours and we dive twice on each trip.

On our dive boat “Octopussy” (the best, custom designed dive boat on St.Martin / St.Marteen… some say the Caribbean) we take out only 6 divers per trip, offering a true breath of fresh air in the diving industry with regards to customer service. Our boat is so fast and comfortable at speed, that we are able to dive on both the French and the Dutch side of the Island, choosing only the best sites every day, conditions permitting.

For the true VIP service we take your equipment to the boat for you and set it up. If you would like to set up your own equipment, then please just let us know. Then, after a fast ride we give you a full dive briefing, help you in and out of your equipment, offer a pre dive safety check and make sure that you are on your way to an awesome experience with one of our seasoned instructors .

After the dive we help you out of your equipment and up our large, custom built dive ladder and back onto the boat, where we always have a member of our Octopus Diving staff waiting for you. During the surface interval (normally 30 – 45 minutes) our divers relax in the bow eating the complimentary oranges and drinking the complimentary water while we change the tanks around, all the while listening to your favorite tunes on our Sony Marine radio with i Pod hook up.

After the surface interval we are off to a different amazing site where we make our second dive. Upon our return to the dive shop in Grand Case we ask our guests to kindly go back to the diving center while we get all the equipment off the boat and then rinse and hang it up for you.

The fact that we leave at 8 AM allows us to have the first pick of dive sites, and also in the afternoon, our schedule lets us get to our preferred dive sites first. Remember that if you don’t like an early rise on vacation, join us for the afternoon two tank dive where we also dive all over St.Martin / St. Maarten.

We have really great equipment here, all serviced regularly and in good working order. With the increased cost of luggage on flights these days, why not leave your BCD’s and Regulators at home and use our equipment? If you like, just bring your own mouth piece and we will change it for you.

We look forward to sharing the underwater world with you here in Saint Martin

Please note:

Whilst we take every effort to rinse your equipment, store it and set it up for you, you are responsible as a certified diver to check it before each and every dive. You are also responsible for your integrated weight systems, security of attachments and we accept no responsibility whatsoever for damage or loss of equipment.