Scuba Diving & Dive Shop in Simpson Bay, St. Maarten

The Scuba Shop is more than a dive center—it’s the heart of watersports and beach lifestyle in St. Maarten. As a PADI 5-Star Dive and ECO Center, we offer exceptional scuba training, dive trips, snorkel tours, and opportunities to get involved with citizen science. Our Dive & Beach Boutique carries everything you need for days spent on and under the water—snorkel and scuba gear, Obrien watersports toys, SEABOBS, beachwear, underwater cameras, toys, shade tents, and more. We’re also an Authorized Service Center and certified Hydrostatic Re-test Facility, keeping your SCUBA equipment safe and ready.

Located in Simpson Bay, we serve everyone from yacht charters and resorts to cruise visitors and private travelers.

St. Maarten has a choice of beautiful beaches and its warm waters are home to colorful coral reefs, fascinating wrecks, and abundant marine life—from stingrays and turtles to reef sharks. Whether you’re snorkeling, scuba diving, or sailing, The Scuba Shop ensures your island experience is safe, exciting, and unforgettable.

If you are looking to Buy New Snorkel or Scuba Gear, The Scuba Shop is definitely the place to do it.  Scubapro, Mares, Sherwood, SEAC, AquaLung, Ocean Reef Sealife, and many other brands, we offer great, international names at very competitive prices. As Authorized Dealers for the brands we sell, all international warranties are valid.

New to snorkeling or diving - our staff are all scuba divers and are on hand to help you choose the gear that is right for you.

Not ready to purchase your own snorkel set? RENT quality masks, snorkels and fins - just $10 per day or $30 per week.

For fun on top of the water, we stock a full range of OBRIEN Wakeboards, Water Skis, Towables and Accessories.

For fun at the beach, we stock Bodyboards and Beach Toys as well as Beach Chairs, easy to carry and set up Neso shade Tents and a great line of Coolers and Bags.

Feel the need for speed? SEABOB Underwater Scooters offer hours of fun.

We stock a large selection of spare parts to keep your dive equipment in good order - mouthpieces, LP, HP and BCD QD hose, BCD integrated weight pockets, console depth and pressure modules to name just a few.

We are a factory authorized service center for repair and annual service of:
Scubapro, Mares, AquaLung, Sherwood and Ocean Reef.

Additionally we have a USA DOT certified Hydrostatic Re-Test Facility on site:
Caribbean Scuba Services B.V. - RIN N348.

To keep you looking good both in and out the water we have a great selection of Sports and Swim wear for men and women (and a small selection for children).

We have a great selection of Rash Guards and sun protection clothing for both in and out of the water. NUDI WEAR and Spacefish Army with their great selection of UPF apparel, Stream2Sea and Sun Bum with their product line of Reef Safe and Reef Friendly product.

Every Easter Monday we host an Underwater Easter Egg Hunt. The event is a fundraiser for the Nature Foundation Sint Maarten, made possible by the support of Divi Little Bay Beach Resort, Windward Roads and all of our wonderful prize sponsors. Toddlers to grandparents are welcome.

At The Scuba Shop SXM you can dive with a purpose and join one of our Dive Against Debris events, or if you are a group of divers, turn any of your dives into a Dive Against Debris.