White Sands Dive Shop

White Sands Dive Shop welcomes you to Belize diving and our Barrier Reef. We are located 100 yards from the Barrier Reef on the island of Ambergris Caye in a small town named San Pedro on the beach. This tropical paradise is a safe tranquil town, overlooking the largest barrier reef in this hemisphere and is only a 15-minute flight from the Belize International Airport. Belize is a world-class scuba diving destination with abundant marine life and healthy corals.

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Dive Sites for White Sands Dive Shop

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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Free Divers Alert Network Insurance for Student Divers

Important Information: Enrollment required to receive benefits

The Divers Alert Network (DAN) Student Membership Program (SMP) provides you up to $20,000 recompression treatment during "entry-level" student training. Coverage ends in six months or when you complete the last dive required for certification, which ever occurs first. If you are under age 18, you'll need your Parent's or Guardian's consent to enroll.
Your coverage begins at 12:01 AM on the date of your first required dive after your student information is received at DAN and ends in six months, or when you complete the last dive for certification, whichever occurs first.
Click here to join
The same click on button will get certified divers to the site as well.
White Sands Dive Shop highly recommends all divers sign up for the DAN insurance program. SCUBA Diving is a safe and fun sport and DAN makes it even better, 'Its a good thing' :-).

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Sea Turtle at Hol Chan Marine Reserve

Hol Chan Marine Reserve and Shark Ray Alley are daily trips for White Sands Dive Shop. Diving and Snorkeling trips departing at 9am and 2pm for this three hour tour seems to net sightings of Turtles, Sharks, Rays, Eels and almost every fish on the dance card.
IMHO Tourist visiting the island should be forced to go, The least expensive idem on the menu and the most fun :-)

PADI Enriched Air Diver Course – Nitrox

PADI Enriched Air Diver Course –Nitrox The PADI Enriched Air Diver course online includes all the knowledge development requirements for the course. You'll also have unlimited access to the PADI Enriched Air Diver manual online for reference after you have completed the course. You need to be a certified diver and at least 12 years old and fit for diving to be certified as a PADI Enriched Air Diver After enrolling, PADI's eLearning® system presents you with interactive presentations that include videos, audio, graphics and reading. Short quizzes let you gauge your progress, and review and correct anything you might happen to miss. Prior to certification as a PADI Enriched Air Diver, you must complete a Quick Review, a Practical Application session with one of our instructors at White Sands Dive Shop. The eLearning course will be available for one year from the time of course registration. You will have perpetual access to an online version of the PADI Enriched Air Diver manual. The PADI Enriched Air Diver Course online will take approximately 3 hours to complete. Once you finish the eLearning portion of the course, White Sands Dive Shop is notified that you have completed it and that you are ready for the practical phase of the program. At the end of the eLearning program, you can print out your eRecord and bring a copy of it with you to the dive shop. sign up link http://e-learntodive.blogspot.com/

THE GREAT BLUE HOLE

Approximately 45 miles from Ambergris Caye, the almost perfectly circular Blue Hole is more than 1,000 feet (305 meters) across and some 400 feet (123 meters) deep. The hole is the opening to what was a dry cave system during the Ice Age. When the ice melted and the sea level rose, the caves were flooded, creating what is now a magnet for intrepid divers. Today the Blue Hole is famed for its sponges, barracuda, corals, angelfish—and a school of sharks often seen patrolling the hole’s edge.