Welcome to the Caribbean's best kept secret
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Little Corn Island
Personalized Dive Planning
We plan our dives every evening for the following day and personalise our dive site planning according to people's wishes, certification levels and diving conditions. We organise 2 morning dives covering 2 different areas with surface interval on board.
All dive sites are fishy and have beautiful corals. Timing is the key to a good dive. Diving with us is not about a wish list, but finding the right place and time each day, according to the weather, currents and tides, to enjoy the best of each dive site.
Remember, we are only guests in the natural habitat of species that have been here for over 400 million years. Human impact is the biggest threat to this ecosystem, it's more than an option to change our behaviour and interactions with the locals. And when we say the locals, we mean the shark, the turtle or the octopus.
The Dive
Briefing :
Dive briefings are given in English, Spanish or French in the shop before each dive, including general safety procedures on board and underwater. Possible marine life encounters and explanations of dive sites are given with detailed dive maps. You must be on time and ready to listen to the briefing. No briefing = no dive.
Early dives :
We leave earlier than other dive centers (early departures = alone underwater), meet at 7:30AM for briefing and return to the dive center around 11AM (subject to change depending on weather forecast).
Small group :
We have decided to have only one boat and take only 8 divers on board. Our aim is to give you the best personalised diving experience on LCI without overcrowding the dive sites. On a 4:1 ratio with a full boat of 8 guests, divers are split into two groups of 4. Each group has a certified dive guide. Dives typically last 50-60 minutes.
Code of Conduct :
When diving with us, there are a few rules you must follow (and they should be the same everywhere!) :
- No touching or removing anything underwater
- No chasing marine life, keep a respectful distance and only use passive interactions
- Stay close to the dive guide, benefits to close interactions with marine life
- Be careful not to kick corals, work on your buoyancy control
- Be calm and quiet so as not to frighten marine life
- No sunscreen, only use reef safe sunscreen or natural protection
- No stick diving, we are not tingling divers
- No big camera flash, too aggressive for sensitive creatures
Additional services:
Night dive twice a week.
We offer underwater memories with GoPro.
Ask for private guide service.
Nitrox is not available on the island.
Please note that all diving at Oliver's Dive is non-decompression.
On Board
Equipment
We only use new and regularly checked equipment.
We provide our guests with new Cressi equipment, prepare it before the dive and wash it after the dive :
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BCDs with integrated weight pockets CRESSI (XS to XL)
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Wetsuits 3 mm shorty CRESSI (XS to XXL)
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Fins full foot CRESSI (36 to 46 EU)
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Regulators CRESSI
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Standard tanks Aluminum 80 cubic feet (12 liters) with an INT/Yoke valve with removable insert to accommodate DIN first stage.
Our Expertise
Through our worldwide diving experience, we've learnt a lot about marine conservation and sharks.
We'd never claim to be "shark specialists" because no one can fully understand them, but after learning from rangers and diving in marine protected areas such as Cocos Island, Revillagigedo Islands, Galápagos Islands or Raja Ampat, we've adapted marine conservation techniques to Little Corn Island.
With us you will learn to minimise your impact on the reef, be a conscious diver and talk about marine ecology and shark behaviour.
This is why, thanks to our respectful approach and understanding of animal behaviour, we are proud to say that in 2024/2025 we had +90% Great Hammerhead sightings at the Tarpon Channel, Home of the Great Hammerheads.
Go to the Tarpon Channel without the right skills = you will probably not see the sharks, or disturb them.
Dive Season
Your month per month guide
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December : Generally windy and the sea can be choppy. End of the rainy season. Visibility is about 10-15 meters. Water temperature around 27-28 degrees Celsius.
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January : Generally windy and the sea can be choppy. Beginning of the dry season. Visibility is about 10-15 meters. Water temperature around 27-28 degrees Celsius.
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February : Generally windy and the sea can be choppy. Dry season is here. Visibility is about 15-20 meters. Water temperature around 27-28 degrees Celsius.
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March : The sea is generally calm. Peak of the dry season. Visibility is about +20 meters. Water temperature around 28-29 degrees Celsius.
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April : The sea is generally calm. Peak of the dry season. Visibility is about +20 meters. Water temperature around 28-29 degrees Celsius.
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May : The sea is generally calm. End of the dry season. Visibility is about +20 meters. Water temperature around 29-30 degrees Celsius.
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June : The wind is back and the sea can be choppy. Beginning of the rainy season. Visibility is about 15-20 meters. Water temperature around 29-30 degrees Celsius.
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July : Generally windy and the sea can be choppy. Rainy season. Visibility is about 15-20 meters. Water temperature around 28-29 degrees Celsius.
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August : Generally and the sea can be choppy. Rainy season. Visibility is about 15-20 meters. Water temperature around 28-29 degrees Celsius.
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September : The wind is back and the sea can be choppy. Heavy rainy season. Visibility is about 10-15 meters. Water temperature around 28-29 degrees Celsius.
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October : Generally windy and the sea can be choppy. Heavy rainy season. Visibility is about 10-15 meters. Water temperature around 28-29 degrees Celsius.
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November : Generally windy and the sea can be choppy. Heavy rainy season. Visibility is about 10-15 meters. Water temperature around 27-28 degrees Celsius.
We offer dive trips from December to June.
We close during heavy rainy season from July to November.
