DIVING YACHT CHARTER
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DIVING YACHT CHARTER
For seasoned divers, renting a crewed yacht that specializes in diving is a perfect but underutilized vacation option. Many divers are looking for alternatives after spending years being pushed into large group trips to resorts or liveaboard dive “cattleboats.” A dive holiday on a crewed charter yacht provides privacy, individually customized itineraries, personalized service, on-board education if required, and the freedom to select dive areas that suit your preferences.
A diving charter is a fantastic option for beginners. Individualized attention, relaxed training schedules, patience, personal guides, and the one-on-one service that distinguish diving charter vessels are especially helpful to beginners.
To enjoy a holiday on a dive charter yacht, not every member of the charter group needs to be a diver. There are plenty of other things to do, so non-divers shouldn’t become bored while their diving colleagues are diving (or not do… just hang out in the hammock and read, or relax in the cockpit listening to your favorite music). The majority of dive charter vessels also offer additional sports including kayaking, kneeboarding, and snorkeling.
There are three fundamental approaches we advise you to take if you want to combine scuba diving with a vacation on a crewed boat charter.
Dive-specific yachts.
Small or huge, these ships are well-outfitted to meet the requirements of ardent divers. These yachts are for divers, whether they are experts or beginners, who want to make diving the main focus of their charter trip. They are equipped with scuba gear, enough tanks for two dives daily, and a qualified, insured dive professional. One of the crew must be a diving instructor if you or a member of your group needs any type of training, from Discover Scuba (resort course) or Openwater checkouts (referral course), through Advanced or Specialty certifications. The majority of dive-specific yachts are equipped with an onboard compressor or an effective plant to guarantee a consistent supply of air fills for the necessary number of dives your party needs.
Dive-oriented yachts
These are ships that are genuinely interested in hosting divers but have not fully committed to one or more of the crucial areas of equipment, air fills, or teaching like dive-dedicated vessels have. A certified diving professional (dive master or dive instructor) must still be present, and if any training is to be conducted, the diving professional must be an instructor.
Rendezvous diving
Depending on availability, any yacht in the fleet can work with shore-based businesses in the US or British Virgin Islands to take interested members of your party for a morning or afternoon of diving activities. Most dive shops enable non-divers to sail to a different anchorage if they so choose while the divers are dropped off at a separate location from where they were picked up.
Interested In Diving But Not Certified?
A non-certified diver on a dive charter yacht has a variety of possibilities, from those who want to try diving (test the waters, so to speak!) to others who want to complete an entire Open water Diver Course and get certified while on vacation.
Open Water Diver Course.
The entry-level scuba diving certification is this one. The course is divided into three sections: 1) Classroom instruction using a textbook, lecture, and video, along with quizzes and assessments; 2) water skill practice in calm, pool-like settings; and 3) The four to five dives of the open water checkout dives, which include finishing particular exercises on each dive.
Referral Training (Open Water Checkout Dives).
This is the most effective and usual way to become a qualified diver. The open water checkout dives are completed in the warm, crystal-clear waters of the Caribbean after the aspiring diver completes the classroom and pool sessions at home with, for instance, their neighborhood dive shop or YMCA. As a result, there is more time for diving and other activities and less time for studying.
Discover Scuba (Resort course).
Introducing scuba diving is the main goal of this course. This course consists of an orientation, training in basic abilities in calm water that is shallow enough to stand in, and a controlled dive to a maximum depth of 40 feet under the supervision of the instructor.
PADI Youth Diving Programs
Ages 8
Ages 8 and over may take part in the Bubblemaker program run by PADI. 6-foot maximum depth restriction.
Ages 10 – 11
Ages 10 – 11 may participate in earning restricted certification as a PADI Junior Scuba Diver or Junior Open Water Diver through Discover Scuba experience programs. PADI Junior Scuba Divers can only dive with a PADI Professional and can only go down to a maximum depth of 40 feet. The maximum depth for PADI Junior Open Water Divers is similarly 40 feet, but they are allowed to dive with a PADI Professional or a parent or guardian who is a licensed scuba diver.
Ages 12 – 15.
Ages 12 – 15. Divers in this age range receive junior certifications and are only permitted to dive with an adult scuba diver certification. These divers’ maximum depths during training are 40 feet for Dives 1 and 2, and 60 feet for Dives 3 and 4. All other PADI continuing education courses are restricted to a maximum depth of 70 feet for divers in this age bracket.
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