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Experience the 80 square miles of virtually untouched virgin diving - some of the best in the Caribbean. Unparalleled wall diving is a stone's throw from the resort, with a 2,000-foot drop off right in front. Visibility ranges up to 200 feet and the water stays around a comfortable 80 degrees year-round. You will be amazed by the abundance of marine life - such as grouper, moray, colorful queen trigger fish and large parrot fish abound.

Majestic manta rays are common visitors, and encounters with dolphins, eagle rays and sea turtles are frequent. Brightly colored tube sponges, gorgonians, stands of black coral and swaying sea fans decorate the seascape.

The dive staff takes care of every dive need, from equipment storage and rental to carrying your tanks and dive gear. Finally, we will rinse and dry your dive gear before you pack. It's the way a vacation ought to be.

Dive facilities and equipment
As a PADI facility, we offer all PADI training courses, from Open Water Certification to Divemaster. One of our most popular programs is the PADI Discover Scuba Diving. This offers non-divers the truly exciting first time experience of scuba diving in a safe but beautiful environment. Many of our guests who have experienced this have gone on to complete the full Open Water Course. If you have ever wondered what it would be like to swim with the fishes, this is the opportunity of a lifetime.

Manta Resort is also a DAN sponsor. It is strongly recommended that all divers have dive insurance. If you require insurance, please ask when making reservation for a DAN membership and insurance application to be mailed to you.

Scuba Diving
Our dive shop has a good selection of BCDs and regulators for rental, along with mask, fins and snorkels. We also rent short wet suits in a few common sizes if you need one. If you are completing three dives a day, it is advisable to have a dive skin or a thin short suit.
We recommend that you bring your own mask, fins, snorkel and wet suit, as these are more personal items. Fit and comfort are very important and sometimes this can be hard to achieve with rental equipment. We provide weight belts, weights and tanks, as part of your package.

Before your first dive, the divemasters will give all divers a full briefing of our diving procedures with your safety foremost in mind. You will be asked to show your certification card and to fill out a liability release form. Our release form will ask if you are under directions of a physician and/or taking medication. If you are, we advise you to please check with your physician as to whether it is safe for you to scuba or snorkel. If you have any doubts, please bring a certificate from the doctor stating that it is safe for you to dive. After the briefing, you will be asked to set up your dive equipment. This is the first and last time you will have to do this, as our divemasters will do this for you after every dive, including washing down your equipment, and preparing it for your next day's diving. Scuba Diving

Before each dive, there will be a review of the dive site with a description of maximum depth, maximum bottom time, and direction of travel. In order to complete three dives a day, we limit the down time to sixty minutes per dive - plenty of time for most guests.

Most of our dive sites are within 20 minutes boat ride from the resort, so we usually return to the resort between dives. This allows adequate surface interval, a chance to change film, have a snack, or just rest. Dives, of course, are based on weather conditions. Our seven-night diving package includes three dives per day and one night dive during the week.

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