Aruba 1-Tank Guided Dive: Discover Stunning Coral Reefs and Marine Life With Experienced Guides
4.2
11 Ratings
Oranjestad
Embark on a thrilling 1-tank guided dive in Aruba and explore stunning coral reefs teeming with diverse marine life. Dive with experienced guides and discover hidden gems like the Jane C wreck and Airplanes. Book now!
Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Pure Diving Aruba - Between 9 am and about 1 pm we take our certified divers to a great dive spot in our beautiful and quiet area on the southern side of the island.
    Sometimes from shore, mostly with our charming lady the Drumfish.
    The afternoon dive is always from shore and can be at Tres Trapi.

Because these dives are performed with our dive equipment, we ask you to prepare your own dive set for the dive so that you feel comfortable with your equipment during the dive.
If you need help with this, our Instructors are ready to help you where necessary.

Underwater, these Instructors will guide you along the beautiful reefs or wrecks.

What's Included
  • Eco-friendly sunscreen.
  • Refreshments including cold drinking water.
  • Friendly chat and a welcoming smile.
  • Convenient cruise terminal pickup.
  • Complimentary island-wide pickup service.
What's Not Included
  • Local Government Tax of 6%
Additional Information

Set apart from the hustle and bustle, our location boasts pristine and thriving reefs teeming with diverse corals and various marine lifeforms. We’ve got reefs known as Sponge, Tire, Anchor, Bali, Barcadera, Harbor, Fingers, Mark, Isla di Oro, Mangel Halto, Hole in the Wall, and scores of others, not to mention stunning sites like Jane C wreck and the Airplanes.

Our morning trip offers a guided tour to any of these awe-inspiring dive sites.

Primarily, we consider weather and sea conditions, along with certification levels and requests, before deciding the dive spots for the day.

Above all; we make every endeavor to ensure our customers enjoy the best possible diving experience during their time in Aruba.

  • Minimum age is 10 years.
  • Only for certified divers.
  • After diving you are not allowed to fly for at least 24 hours.
Location
Pure Diving Aruba
Bucutiweg
Outside our property you will find our Pure Diving Aruba sign plus a PADI banner. Inside you can park your car.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(11 Ratings)
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247greggk
Feb 9, 2024
Pure Diving Aruba = Pure Joy! - Pure Diving Aruba was a fantastic experience! I did 4 dives with them over 2 days. The rental equipment was excellent, staff was very friendly, professional, and safety conscience, and diving was very personalized with just 3-4 divers per instructor. I have my PADI AOW cert but still a novice with 10-15 dives. I knew I was in good hands when I met other local and tourist divers with 700+ dives that have been diving with PDA for years! This was my first time to Aruba, we dove 4 locations on Southwest of airport within 30 min boat ride from the dock. Average depths about 50’ (max 125’) and visibility was great - 60+ feet. We saw several green moray eels, spiny lobster, abundant colorful fish, and swam thru airplane wrecks. I’ll definitely dive with them again! Thanks PDA!
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Robbinredhead
Aug 10, 2022
Best shore dive of my life! - Marc is an amazing dive master, who made sure we saw Every kind of crab, lobster, anemone, and fish. Never have I seen so many colorful schools! Highly recommend
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Markmarshall2017
Jun 17, 2021
Fun beach dive - Single tank - I have been diving since 1994 and primarily in the United States (all over the California Coast and Hawaii). This is the 1st time I dove outside of that. I chose this dive shop due to the care it took with the environment and the incredible reviews. Since my teenagers (18yrs old each) and I did not want to spend a whole day diving we did the 1 tank dive. It was great and a ton of fun. The staff is great and funny as well as making sure we were all comfortable. I highly recommend them and next time we are in Aruba I will be using them for a 3 tank all-day dive.
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Kimberly_b
Jun 14, 2021
Great Aruba Dive - My daughters and I enjoyed the trip a lot!! Although we are certified divers this was our first dive as such about a year after getting certified. They were helpful in reminding us of some basics and guiding us the entire time. The rental equipment was also great. Thank you Steve, Marc and Peter!!
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Attila_f
Jul 18, 2020
great people great experience - Fantastic tour and professional people. It wasn't my first time of diving, still they showed new and useful practices. Friendly amazing crew!! Excellent equipment!
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Mel-jynt
Jun 7, 2020
Great experience, professional staff - Pure diving Aruba gave us a experience we shall never forget. As a skillful scuba diver, I performed lots of dives around the world, but Pure Diving Aruba really outranked my previous dives. We were picked up right on time at our hotel by a really nice lady. Once arrived, we were welcomed by a really nice staff and had some nice conversations about scuba diving. My girlfriend than told the instructor and owner(?) Steve that it was a little while ago she dived and therefore felt a little anxious about it. Instructor Steve completely tranquilized her feelings which was really nice. Frankly, I’m sure Steve is the reason she went diving after all. Steve’s instructions were clear and professional which is really important for a safe and unforgettable diving experience. Because of the fact that we were on the boat with quite a lot of beginner divers, this was a good thing. We really had a nice underwater view and went to a variety of beautiful diving sights which were, fortunately, not so crowded with others scuba divers from the island. If you want to undergo a real scuba diving experience, go dive with Pure Diving Aruba! See you next time :)
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Kathleenvolpe
May 11, 2019
SDI Referral Open Water Dives - Can't say enough good things about this group of professionals! Steve made me feel comfortable and confident completing my 4 open water dives for certification. We added a day for enjoyment and I felt like I could have fun in the lane wrecks. Others on the dive were taking certifications in Advanced SCUBA and Lion Fish Hunting. So engaging, so enjoyable! The "office", the rental equipment, the boat, the professionalism, the prices and best of all...the people - Steve, Marcel, and Marjolijn made our day - each of three days of diving. Best on Aruba!
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Eric
Feb 21, 2019
Dive review - We did a two tank dive, beautiful, first class, best equipment and super guys. One in sunken airplanes, very cool and the other a beautiful coral dive. We dive all over and these guys are great. Super boat, safe and easygoing. Nothing but great things to say
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L8737sqrobinw
Mar 4, 2024
Just say no, SAFETY ISSUE - I am going to make this as short and to the point as possible by just listing my issues. 1. When I was unable to reach the person (we are a on a cruide) who put this together I started emailing 2 days before the dive and didn't hear back. I did not put the dive together and did not have access to the information shared with them. Even in my original emails that shared my credit card information, I asked for details ( two weeks ago) and was not answered, so communication is really bad. On top of that, the owner made a snide remark about how my last email (mind you out of 5 email/whatsapp/ messages over two days) stating she doesn't answer anything after 6:30 pm. Well she didn't answer any of them, at all, even the next day. 2. Now lets talk about safety issues. I was diving with a new diver, I had to ask for her to have her gear checked. Nothing was ready, nothing was put together by the staff. Nothing. The gear provided, did not have depth gauges! Yes, you read this correctly. I was so worried on the first dive for my friend because she had no way of knowing how deep she was. They did not offer dive computers or have them either. So, on the 2nd dive I gave my dive watch to my friend and asked the dive master stay close to her, stayed on the boat and skipped the 2nd tank. Upon docking, the wash bins were not ready or filled. It was a small mess of people standing around trying to figure stuff out. When settling my tab, I let the owner know I only dived one tank. She insisted on charging me for two, stating that I had signed up for two. I did not. In fact the only request I made besides meeting details (which I never got) was for nitrox. They did not provide this, with no explanation. So three of our group dived regular. One person had their own equipment but had a mechanical issue, a big leak. He had to use it anyway do to the fact that they did not have any depth gauges. Anyway, I do not recommend this company for the reasons stated above. If you do decide to dive with then regardless of these issues, note, bring a sandwich, they only offer a few pieces of fruit, bring some cold water, they offer tap water that is warm. Have a depth gauge with you or a dive watch. Dive masters were cool, the captain was great.
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Andrewesleystrydom
Jun 29, 2022
Most disappointing dive in my 28 years of diving - I paid 175 $ for a shore dive for me and my son.All I saw was rocks and sand.Very very disappointed.I did not pay so much money to look at rocks and sand.They wanted to give me another dive to same location but no point to see rocks and sand again.As you can see.Not much of a dive at all.
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