Scuba Jamaica

Trade the frigid lakes of North America and the cold oceans of Europe for a warm tropical breeze and the Caribbean Sea. At Scuba Jamaica in Ocho Rios, you can listen to reggae, catch a sun tan, dive the walls and work toward becoming a PADI Instructor — all at once. As a PADI 5 Star Dive Resort with a resident PADI Instructor, this is a place that makes diving feel like a holiday.

Walls of the north coast

Jamaica's north coast has a wonderfully diverse reef structure. Sitting on the edge of the Cayman Trench, the reef walls begin at 60 ft and drop past 150 ft, blanketed in hard and soft corals. Look for elephant-ear, basket, tube and rope sponges in red, pink, yellow and orange, plus great trees of black coral and gorgonia. Overhangs and ledges shelter lobster, king crab, green and spotted moray eels and much more.

With a house reef, dive boat, onsite training pool and classroom, free Wi-Fi and a waterfront setting, Scuba Jamaica suits everyone from first-timers to aspiring instructors.