Aruba / Jads Dive Center & Beach Store

Location: JADS is located close to the South-Eastern most point of Aruba. Our store is right next to Baby Beach which is one of Aruba’s best snorkeling spots. If you are staying at one of the high-rise or low-rise resorts, you can reach our store by taking the highway towards San Nicolas. Once you reach San Nicolas, you can drive through town, till you reach the Valero gas station, located at the other side of San Nicolas. Follow the road that goes along the wall of the refinery. At the end of this road you will reach a Red Anchor that has been put up in commemoration of the owner of the famous Charlie’s Bar. At the anchor turn right, and keep following that road till you pass a small church. The road will go left or right; turn left, and you will see the old Esso Club, wherein we are situated.
Off course, we offer FREE Pick-up and drop-off service also.

Services: Next to being a snorkel rental place and a beach store with sundries, JADS Beach Store has much more to offer: from soft drinks, juices and beer, to ice cream and simple snacks and candy’s, we offer everything you need to keep you well taken care of while snorkeling at Baby Beach. Our store is also completely stuffed with all equipment a diver might dream of. From fins and masks, to BCD’s and regulators, to dive knives and equipment clips, we have it all.

And JADS is also one of the coziest and friendliest dive stores in Aruba. Our main attraction is that we cater to the special needs of our guests. We are a PADI Dive resort, with 3 Instructors on staff, and several Divemasters. This enables us to offer private classes, ranging from Discover Scuba Diving, for the beginner that wants a taste of diving, to Divemaster, for those that want to go the professional route. We are also able to conduct several Specialty courses. We not only offer the best offshore diving in Aruba, but we also have a boat that can cater to every diving wish for our guests in Aruba. Although we have a schedule, we are willing to change the schedule to the wishes of our guests. We are also the only dive store in Aruba that offers dives with underwater Scooters. We also specialize in teaching Scuba diving to kids, via our SASY and Bubblemaker programs.

We are also dealers of amongst others Oceanic and Apollo dive gear.

Special Dives: JADS is the only Dive store that offers diving at Aruba’s most beautiful dive site called Cabez. This dive is for the very experienced and adventurous divers. The dive includes 2 Instructors/Divemasters as guides and the use of Underwater Scooters.
Languages spoken: English, Spanish, Dutch, Papiamento.

Opening times: 7 days a week; 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Telephone: 297 – 5846070

Prices: Guided Dives

1            tank - $45

2            tank - $69

5            tank - $162

8            tank - $242

10          tank - $285

6            Days Unlimited - $325   

Prices: Equipment rental

BCD - $12

Regulator - $12

Wetsuit - $12

Underwater scooter - $50

Digital camera - $40

Our Speciality: Cabez Reef Dive  Extreme Shore Dive - $90

              Includes: DPV + 2 Divemasters

              Only very experienced Divers

 The above mentioned prices are specials for both February and March 2007.

Prices:   Courses 2007

SASY (ages 6 and up)                           : $50.00
Bubblemaker       (ages 8-11)                : $60.00
DSD                                                : $82.00
Open Water Course                        : $390.00
Advanced Divers Course                 : $360.00
Rescue Divers Course                     : $375.00
Divemaster Course                          : $600.00

Specialties

Aware Fish ID                                  : $160.00
Deep Diver                                      : $260.00
Digital Underwater Photography      : $225.00
Drift Diver                                        : $160.00
Driver Propulsion Vehicle (DPV)      : $250.00
Emergency First Responder (EFR)  : $160.00
Enriched Air Diver                           : $200.00
Naturalist                                        : $160.00
Peak Performance Diver                  : $160.00
Wreck Diver                                    : $300.00

More specialties will be available soon!!!
      

All course prices include course material, training dives, theory time, pic online and instructor. So there are no surprises.