Service· Tobago· Windward Islands

ERIC Dive Centre (Charlotteville)

11° 19.2′ N · 60° 33.1′ W

The dive centre of the Environmental Research Institute Charlotteville (ERIC), a non-profit doing 'ridge to reef' conservation in north-east Tobago, offering PADI training and eco-minded diving in Man-o-War Bay and around the St Giles Islands.

Practical

Position is Man-o-War Bay Cottages on Bay Street (OpenStreetMap), which ERIC's website gives as its address; the Association of Tobago Dive Operators (ATDO) lists it at 16 Campbellton Road, Charlotteville, phone 1-868-706-2116 or 1-868-788-3550; ERIC's own site gives +1-868-660-6758 and info@eric-tobago.org. Offers PADI dive training, recreational diving, Reef Check survey training, turtle-survey diver courses and expeditions with marine biologists, and partners with the Pirate's Bay Reef Eco Snorkel Trail. ERIC is an ATDO member. Rates on its website; book ahead, as it is a small operation. This is the closest dive operator to the Man-o-War Bay moorings; the Speyside shops are about 10 minutes away by road.

Best for

Diving and reef science from the Charlotteville moorings