Quality of HAL's Discover Scuba

[Orcrone]

My daughter is interested in trying scuba diving. I thought I might let her take the Discover Scuba excursion through HAL on St. Thomas. Does anyone have any details and/or experience with this excursion?

[bethd]

My Husband (scuba certified) thought this would be a great way to introduce our 11 year old son to scuba diving on our recent Christmas Cruise on the Zaandam. My son loved it. It was a great program and gave him a real taste of what scuba diving is all about. Since we have gotten home we are looking into getting him certified at a local dive shop. He really enjoyed it. My husband used the course as a refresher since it had been a while since his last dive.


Beth

[Orcrone]

Thanks for the input Beth. I'm also a certified diver. I don't need the refresher, but may go through the course just to oversee.

[Iggipolka]

I'm thinking about booking this excursion in PV. How much time is spent in the water, vs learning on land? I've done Snuba before and am looking forward to trying Scuba!

[Bill S]

I did this excursion in St. Croix off the Maasdam in 2000. I thought it was an excellent experience with safe diving being the overriding concern. I had a ball! Not having done any SCUBA before I have nothing to compare it to, but I would do that excursion again in the E. Caribbean, ie, warm water! :)