Scuba Diving - Andros Island! The Bahamas Andros Barrier Reef is the third longest and one of the most unexplored reef systems in the world and Small Hope Bay Lodge has been exploring it for over forty years. Small Hope Bay Lodge is the first family run dive resort in the Caribbean. No one knows Andros Scuba Diving better!
What makes the Andros reef so unique is not just its size -- but its variety of formations. Small Hope Bay Lodge has over 60 different dive sites in its dive schedule.
We've been taking divers to the best sites along this incredible barrier reef since 1960, when double-hose regulators were state-of-the-art and before BCs were invented. Our dive center is now state of the art, and we are still almost always the only boat out on the reef!
Small Hope, with just twenty-one beachfront cottage rooms, has four dive boats, six instructors and one assistant on staff. Average boat time is 15 minutes and we leave right from our dock on property - no long boat rides. After breakfast stroll out to the dock for your morning 2 tank dive, come back for lunch and then go back to the dock for the 2PM 1 tank afternoon dive. The average water temperature is 24 degrees C / 78 degrees F. Our dive center has plenty of space for you to store your gear, complete rental gear and repair facilities. Don't forget your C card!
For beginners, the Lodge offers complimentary Discover Scuba lessons, as well as complete Open Water Certifications. We specialize in sharing our underwater world with new divers. Divemasters accompany every single dive, and our videographer accompanies most dives. The PADI Open Water Course, Adventure and Advanced Open Water are offered regularly. We also offer SDI/TDI and NAUI training and referrals are gladly accepted from all certifying agencies. Other advanced specialty certifications are available with prior arrangement.
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