Just a short distance from White Sands Cove Resort is White Sands Dive Shop. White Sands Dive Shop is a PADI International Resort Association Member specializing in daily full-service diving, instruction and snorkeling from its home base just north of White Sands Cove. White Sands Dive Shop, operated by PADI Staff Instructor Elbert Greer, is ideally situated a quarter mile off shore from the largest living barrier reef in this hemisphere, just north of San Pedro. For a little bit of history on Elbert, check out this article from the San Pedro Sun. Guests who wish to enjoy local diving and snorkeling trips are picked up directly from our dock daily at 9:00am and 2:00pm. Full Certification and Discover Scuba Diving courses (Resort Course) begin with a short lesson in a pool and are followed by a shallow dive at the famous Hol Chan Marine Reserve. In addition to local dive and snorkel trips, we also offer full day diving and snorkeling excursions to Belize’s renowned offshore atolls including the Turneffe Reef Atoll and The Blue Hole at Lighthouse Reef. Night dives are also available upon request. We invite you to begin your exploration of our underwater paradise by checking out our diving and snorkeling excursions and courses below. Also, be sure to check out the White Sands Dive Shop blog for today's diving news! 
Scuba Diving Excursions
**Please note, the prices for all diving excursions below are quoted in U.S. Dollars and include tank and weights. Prices subject to change without notice. Excursion: 1-tank dive
Departure: 9:00 am and 2:00 pm daily - White Sands Cove Resort dock
Approximate Return: 10:30 am and 3:30 pm
Intensity: Beginner to Intermediate
Price: $45/person
Excursion: 2-tank dive
Departure: 9:00 am and 2:00 pm daily - White Sands Cove Resort dock
Approximate Return: 11:30 am and and 4:30 pm
Intensity: Beginner to Intermediate
Price: $75/person
Excursion: Hol Chan Marine Reserve / Shark Ray Alley (1-tank dive and a snorkel)
Departure: 9:00 am and 2:00 pm daily - White Sands Cove Resort dock
Approximate Return: 11:30 am and 4:30 pm
Intensity: Beginner to Intermediate
Things to bring: Towel, sunscreen, sunglasses, underwater camera
Price: $60/person
$10/person park fee NOT included
Excursion: Blue Hole (3-tank dive)
Departure: 5:15 am - White Sands Cove Resort dock
Approximate Return: 5:30 pm
Intensity: Intermediate to Advanced
Things to bring: Towel, sunscreen, sunglasses, underwater camera
Price: $250/person including $40/person park fee
Dive Jacques Cousteau's legendary Blue Hole...our dive masters will take you on the dive of a lifetime and you'll see why every scuba diver who visits Belize considers this a "must do" dive!
Snorkeling Excursions **Please note, the prices for all snorkeling excursions below are quoted in U.S. Dollars and include tank and weights. Prices subject to change without notice. Excursion: Hol Chan Marine Reserve / Shark Ray Alley
Departure: 9:00 am and 2:00 pm - White Sands Cove Resort dock
Approximate Return: 11:30 am and 4:30 pm
Intensity: Easy
Things to bring: Towel, sunscreen, sunglasses, underwater camera
Price: $40/person
$10 park fee NOT included Hol Chan Marine Reserve is Belize's oldest marine reserve. The term Hol Chan is Mayan for 'little channel." The reserve focuses on a cut through the reef called a quebrada, which is little more than 25 yards wide and 30 feet deep about four miles southeast of San Pedro.
Excursion: Mexico Rocks
Departure: 9:00 am and 2:00 pm - White Sands Cove Resort dock
Approximate Return: 11:00 am and 4:00 pm
Intensity: Easy
Things to bring: Towel, sunscreen, sunglasses, underwater camera
Price: $36/person Just two miles north of White Sands Cove Resort, Mexico Rocks is a large area of Brain Coral in a unique patch reef system within the Northern Shelf Lagoon, which acts as a site for fishery resources as well as an important addition to Ambergris Caye's ecotourism attractions. The average water depth at Mexico Rocks is approximately 9 feet.
Excursion: Bacalar Chico Marine and Wildilfe Reserve
Departure: 9:00 am - White Sands Cove Resort dock
Approximate Return: 4:00 pm - White Sands Cove Resort dock
Intensity: Easy
Things to bring: Towel, sunglasses, underwater camera
Price: $99/person including 10% tax
$10 park fee NOT included
$5/person snorkel set One of Belize's newest reserves encompasses an area of sixty square kilometers. Accesible only by sea, the Bacalar Chico Marine and Wildlife Reserve is located at the northern tip of Ambergris Caye overlooking the Bay of Chetumal and Mexico. The ranger station is located amidst the ruins of Chac Balam, which once was an important Maya trading center. Fifteen hundred years ago, these same Maya cut the narrow channel that separates Ambergris Caye from Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. This is a great excusion for guests seeking a bit of variety. In addition to seeing the complete shorline of Ambergris Caye (you will fully circle the island during your day of fun in the sun), you will snorkel with the abundant marine life in the Mayan reef of San Juan, explore the ancient Mayan dug out canal of made approximately 1500 years ago, enjoying the flora and fauna along the way. After a short walk to Rocky Point, where reef meets land, you will experience two more spectacular snorkels on the reserve. Your day includes a fillet fish Barbeque served with grilled potatoes, baked beans, flour tortillas and a fruit drink cocktail.
Scuba Diving Courses **Please note, the prices for all scuba diving courses below are quoted in U.S. Dollars and include tank and weights. Prices subject to change without notice. Course: Scuba Review
Description: A review of basic diving physiology, dive tables and skills. The review includes a pool session and dive with an instructor.
Price: $125/person
Course: Discover Scuba Diving Course (Resort Course)
Description: Discover scuba diving and experience the underwater world at a minimum cost and fraction of the time. The Resort Course includes basic scuba knowledge, pool session with gear and one open water dive. This course qualifies divers to dive in the Marine Reserve with a certified Dive Master at depths of up to 40 ft.
Price: $160/person
Course: Referrals
Description: For students that have done initial segments of training at home and need to complete their Open Water Diver course with four open water dives in our warm Caribbean waters. (Allow two half days to complete).
Price: $330/person
Course: Open Water Diver
Description: Five classes cover scuba gear selection and preparation, underwater life, dive planning, basic oceanography, diving physics and maladies. Includes four open water dives. (Allow three to four days to complete).
Price: $475/person
Course: Advanced Open Water Diver
Description: Designed to provide the novice with a structured, well supervised means to gain the practical experience needed after initial certification. This course is not academically oriented, but rather offers the experience of five specialty dives as well as the training to execute those dives safely. The two core dives required are deep dive and navigation.
Price: $390/person
Course: Rescue Diver
Description: This course is designed to develop necessary knowledge and skills to perform diver rescues, manage diving accident situations and render proper first aid. The course includes twelve rescue scenarios and a multiple choice test. This course is a prerequisite for the Dive Master Certifications Course. (Allow three days to complete).
Price: $400/person
Course: First Responder (Emergency First Response)
Description: Recent changes to emergency care standards inspired Emergency First Response Corp., a PADI corporate affiliate, to design and introduce the Emergency First Response Primary Care (CPR) and Emergency First Response Secondary Care (First Aid) courses. Taught separately or together, these two courses make up Emergency First Response, a comprehensive CPR and first aid program following the most current layperson emergency care standards. The courses are based on state of the art instructional design principles and focus on providing a low stress environment to enhance learning.
Price: $150/person
Course: Master Diver Specialties
Description: Master Diver is the highest recreational dive rating available denoting superior achievement and proficiency. This requires completion of five specialty certifications.
Price: $75/specialty plus cost of the number of dives involved in the particular specialty.
Course: Dive Master
Description: As entry to professional levels in diver training, the PADI Dive Master course plays a pivotal role within the PADI system of diver education. Those who join the PADI Dive Master ranks, assist instructors with training student divers. They supervise diving activities for certified divers, snorkelers and skin divers. Many PADI Dive Masters are looking ahead and gaining professional experience they will apply as PADI Assistant Instructors and Open Water Scuba Instructors.
Price: $700/person (call for schedule)
Course: Assistant Instructor
Description: (Allow four days to complete)
Price: $500/person (call for schedule)
Course: Instructor Development Course
Description: (Allow ten days to complete)
Price: $1400/person (call for schedule)
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