Andrew was an excellent guide. Very conscientious in terms of making us inspect all of our equipment each day and being environmentally responsible. And I loved having such a small group (on a small boat). He had a couple of "regulars" on our dives, which I found encouraging. I also appreciated Andrew's approach to diving: go slow, look carefully, don't act like a predator (going quickly toward a target) and scare everything away. Let the schools of fish swim all around you. He asked us what we wanted to see, and made it happen: one one dive we kneeled in the sand and stingrays came right by us, and we got pretty close to a green turtle being "cleaned" by fish next to a barrel coral. For our next dive, which had a wreck, he described where an octopus was guarding her eggs inside of a compartment, and all you could see through a hole was her eye and breathing tube. When we got down there, he took me to the spot and sure enough, there she was! Very cool. And on top of all that Andrew's a nice guy as well. Just remember to bring a change of clothes and a towel so that you don't get his truck wet when he drives you back to your hotel!
My fiancé and I have done roughly 40 dives in various places around the world. This dive shop provided the absolute best in all areas. Three of us with our AOW did a two tank dives (first location shark reef which was beautiful, second dive was more of a shallower wreck dive). Visability and reef diversity was wonderful. Andrew was perfect as a guide and took some awesome photos of us that he sent us later as well. Two other friends did a discovery dive in the afternoon for their first ever dives and had a fantastic and positive experience learning to dive with this company. Small boat and crew makes for a much more enjoyable experience in my opinion. Thanks for the great day diving!
Excellent equipment, friendly staff
My whole experience with Eco Dive Barbados was amazing, their ethos was made very clear to me with regards to environmentally friendly diving, which I really appreciated. It's scuba diving which respects the sea life while still giving an amazing experience. The instructor Andrew was so thorough, calming, friendly and encouraging. This was the first dive I did after passing my PADI Open Water Dive and I don't think I could have had a better experience, thanks guys!
Thank you guys for wonderful trips during our stay on the island.
In my investigation on many dive companys i have found Eco Dive to be of the best top shelf dive company anywhere. Also admire their ecological consciousness inspiring . I look forward to my first dive with Echo Drive I fear i may find the experience addictive I say bring it on .
Andrew runs a top shelf premier dive shop. This shop is not interested in selling you the latest gadgets or day trips to see vacation property.
No, Andrew is all about diving and making sure you had the most awesome bottom time.
Eco Dive is really an Eco friendly dive shop.