Welcome to Ecologic Divers!

Welcome to Ecologic Divers...

Simply the best PADI Dive Center on Ambergris Caye!

Ecologic Divers is a premier PADI Five Star Instructor Development Dive Center located in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, Belize.  Our goal is to be one of the best dive centers in the Caribbean, and who knows, maybe even the world.

Our staff is the best!  Our PADI Divemasters and Dive Instructors are friendly, helpful, courteous and professional.  They are committed to making your diving entertaining, exciting, and most importantly, a safe experience.  Our skippers aboard our sailing catamarans are highly qualified RYA Yachtmasters with thousands of miles of blue water sailing experience.

We have the newest and best dive gear -- Mares Dragon BCDs with integrated weights, Atomic and Cressi regulators, and Mares wrist dive computers.  Our six lime green dive boats are beautiful, clean and well maintained, and our two 50 foot Voyage 500 sailing catamarans allow a live aboard diving experience unmatched in the diving community.  Whether you want to dive the amazing reefs only a few minutes from our dive center, or desire a multiple day sailing and diving charter to the famous Blue Hole located in the Lighthouse Reef Atoll, we can accommodate you in style and comfort.

Not convinced?  Check us out on Trip Advisor and Scuba Adviser, and see what our guests are saying about us.  You will see that we have happy, satisfied divers and guests.  Please check out the rest, and then dive with the best!

It is the slow season in Belize and the Caribbean...

Avoid the maddening crowds!

Things are slowing down here on Ambergris Caye.  People are enjoying the warm weather in the states and elsewhere.  Kids are going back to school.  It is a time for us to relax a little, do some maintenance on our dive boats, and prepare for the upcoming busy season beginning in November.

What this means to you is that this is the best time of the year to visit San Pedro and dive, dive, dive!  Let us plan your vacation.  We can put together a package that includes your flight reservations into Belize and Ambergris Caye, resort accommodations, a complete dive, snorkel and fishing package, mainland tours, dinner reservations, golf cart rentals, and even babysitting and grocery shopping.  It doesn't get any better than this!  Send us an email or give us a call, and we will get the ball rolling!

September and October are a great time to avoid the maddening crowds -- no scrambling for a spot aboard our dive boats.  Our boats typically fill up during the high season beginning in November, and we do not want to have to turn you away.  (If you planning a trip after October, make sure you reserve your dive trips ahead of time.)

With water temperatures in the mid 80's there no need to even think about wearing wet suits.  Also, our PADI dive classes are small at this time meaning more personalized attention during your instruction.

Air fares into Belize are much cheaper beginning in September.  The hotels and resorts are selling their condos and rooms at their low season rates.  If you book your diving with us, we can even give you a 20% discount on air fare between the Belize International Airport and Ambergris Caye.  It is a great time to save a bundle.

So, come dive with us.  Let us put together a vacation package for you that will best suit your needs.  Just fill out our contact form on this web site, and we will get the ball rolling!

San Pedro, a sleepy little drinking town with a bit of a diving problem...

a blog by Easton Beymer

The title of this blog is a slogan that was taken from a t-shirt for sale here in San Pedro which humorously characterizes the town as a place that has a lively night life with one of its main activities being its focus on scuba diving.  Most of you probably got it, but an explanation was in order for those that didn't.

Ecologic Divers is located in San Pedro here on the island of Ambergris Caye, 15 miles off the northern coast of Belize.  It is a town of about 4,000 people with the island having a population of around 20,000.  Ambergris Caye is about 25 miles long with its width varying from maybe half a mile to several miles wide.  It is a flat island with sandy beaches lined with palm trees and surrounded by the clear blue waters of the Caribbean -- truly a tropical paradise.

People come to San Pedro and Ambergris Caye to enjoy the sea, whether it be diving, snorkeling, fishing, sailing or other water sports.  Belize is renowned as a world class diving destination with diving along the length of the Belize Barrier Reef, and in and around the three atolls off the coast of Belize.  See Ron Siebert's "Diving in Belize" photo album on our photos web page for a sample of the wonders you can see when diving the reefs and atolls of Belize.

The town of San Pedro is a particularly interesting place.  Once a quiet fishing village, it is now a bustling tourist town with countless shops, stores, restaurants, bars and resorts.  The waves and surf breaking over the barrier reef, about a mile offshore stretching the length of the island and beyond, keeps the wave action on the sandy beaches to a minimum.  Accommodations here range from backpacker hostels to luxury beach resorts.

Along the beach are many docks and piers jutting out into the calm waters, some as long as 300 feet.  There are often small buildings built on the docks.  Needless to say, boats, especially power boats, are everywhere.  People are often surprised at the size of San Pedro and the proliferation of resorts and homes along its 25 mile shoreline. The turquoise waters near shore are crystalline -- some of the cleanest water we have encountered in the Caribbean.

The beaches are lined with beach bars, small restaurants and resorts set among countless palm trees.  Many of the restaurants in San Pedro can be described as "holes in the wall" having only a few tables.  We frequently purchase food from street vendors -- grilled chicken, tamales, doughnuts, hamburgers, hot dogs, burritos, tacos, pastries and meat pies are common fare.  Also the street vendors will hawk goods which include wood carvings (which are simply beautiful), blankets and other cloth goods, and hand made jewelery such as necklaces, bracelets, earrings and other trinkets.

The town is difficult to describe -- eclectic, quaint, and charming are words that come to mind.  The town is old, but very clean -- in short, it has character.  The streets are narrow, and as such, the primary means of transportation is golf carts -- they are everywhere, hundreds of them!  Old time bicycles like we rode as kids where you peddled backward to brake are common -- no bicycles with hand brakes here.  Taxis are ancient Toyota mini vans.  An occasional motorcycle, pickup, or small car will sometimes be seen traveling the streets.  Green John Deere tractors are commonly seen pulling beverage carts to supply bars, restaurants and resorts with beer and soft drinks.  So what is our preferred means of transportation?  We walk pretty much everywhere.

The airport is in the middle of town, and is only big enough to handle single engine propeller driven airplanes.  Tropic Air and Maya Island Air fly into San Pedro almost continuously all day long, and provide a 15 minute flight from the international airport in Belize City.

The streets are filled with people at all hours of the day into the evening. Kids are everywhere, especially on weekends where they play in the shallow waters along the beach.  We have always felt safe walking the streets, even at night.  The people of San Pedro are very friendly and always willing to help, an attitude that we rarely found in our travels throughout the Caribbean.  English is the primary language of Belize, and as such, you will rarely encounter anyone with whom you cannot enter into a conversation.  For those of you looking for a place with a lively night life, San Pedro is the place to be.

You will not find name brand stores, hotels and restaurants here, and forget the fast food restaurant chains like in the U.S.  In short, you will see virtually nothing that you will recognize.  This is a good thing, and adds to the unique flavor and character of the town.  A walk in San Pedro can be likened to a walk back in time...