1 Bay Street, St John, US Virgin Islands 00831, Virgin Islands

Low Key Watersports is a PADI 5 Star IDC Scuba and Watersports facility. Dives for beginners to experts. Day charters and power boat excursions available. Largest line of snorkel gear to rent or buy. Men's and women's beach/resort wear for sale.

Location and Dive Vessels

Our two custom 36' Newton dive vessels and brand new floating dock are located in Cruz Bay in front of Low Key.  We are located on the water just steps from the public ferry dock in Cruz Bay next to Grande Bay Resort. The retail store is in a beautiful stone building right across the street. Established on St. John in 1986, Low Key's experienced dive staff trains individuals who have never dove, as well as touring the more experienced certified divers. We offer training to divers working on their advanced, rescue and dive master, as well as instructors.

Our Retail Store:

We offer the best rental equipment on island and weekly rental rates for both snorkel gear and scuba gear. We service from 8:30 - 6:00 p.m. in the off season, and 8:30- 8:00 in season, seven days a week. We have the latest in men’s and women’s swimwear, footwear, and resort apparel. We carry brand names such as O'Neil, Speedo, La Blanca, Teva, Reef and Maui Jim as well as many custom designs in t-shirts and rash guards.

Scuba Dives and snorkeling:

Our certified dives depart daily at 8:10 a.m.. There are over thirty reefs to chose from around St. John! St. John is known for more shallow reefs. Several dive sites such as Congo and Carvel Rock off to our north offers the more discriminate diver a variety of fish and coral. Many of our sites are seasonal, diving the north in the summer, south in the winter, and west in between seasons.  Night dives are on Tuesday evenings, with a minimum of four passengers to confirm.

"Discover Scuba Courses" start daily at 12:30 in the afternoon. The only pre-requisite is the ability to swim, and your health. This course will definitely wet your appetite for diving! Your journey starts out by viewing a twenty minute video which covers the concepts of scuba, followed by a question/answer session. Board our custom Newton 36' dive vessel in Cruz Bay and head out to one of our many incredible reefs. In shallow water, get comfortable with the scuba gear, and enjoy two different underwater locations! Beautiful tropical fish, turtles, sea rays and schools of Caribbean reef fish grace our corals.

For those individuals who want to get PADI certified, we offer several options. We offer the basic PADI open water dive course in which academics are done on site and corresponding water drills performed on our outer reefs. We also offer the PADI E-Learning course where you complete your classroom at home, and all diving down here in our beautiful, warm, clear water. For those who want to excel in their certifications, the Advanced Open Water Course will help you enhance your dive skills and become more comfortable in the water with five dives total. Two core dives and three elective dives such as fish i.d., boat dive, night and peak performance are just a few of the electives to choose from. For a more challenging as well as rewarding course, the PADI Rescue Course teaches you how to deal with minor and major dive emergencies using a variety of techniques. After you complete these courses, you are eligible to enroll in our PADI Dive Master course which teaches you how to lead others as you supervise scuba diving activities and assist with diver training.  When coming down here on a family vacation, don't forget to bring snorkelers for a nominal fee! Most snorkelers are added to our afternoon dive vs. morning as our afternoons are shallow. All dive trips as well as snorkel trips require advance reservations which may be made through our website.

Other Watersport activities:

Our sister company, Ocean Runner Powerboat Rentals offers daily USVI and BVI luxury boating tours on our 37' Axopars, 35' Contenders, 47' Sea Ray or 60' Sunseeker.

If you are looking for a little bit of independence, book one of our 15' or 16' Boston Whalers, maximum five people, for an excursion of our North Shore and National Park Beaches. Our Boston whalers have a side console, and a Bimini for extra protection against our Caribbean sun!

Whatever your watersports needs are, we have the tour, the equipment and the resort wear to make your vacation one of the best!

Features

FREE PARKING WHILE YOU SHOP AT LOW KEY
Located right next to Grande Bay in Cruz Bay, St. John.
Look for our deck right out in front of DRINK BAR and our two custom dive boats!

Reviews

VR
June 8, 2022
Dr.
We scheduled a Dive for our vacation and planned our entire trip around it. Less than 12 hours before our dive, they cancelled on us saying they did not have enough customers and it would not be profitable to take their boat out. Our vacation plans are not placeholders for them to discard like that. On top of that, the company refused to reimburse me the money I spent which is unbelievable. They claimed that they have the right to cancel on me within 24 hours without refund. I'm currently disputing with my credit card company of course. What a massive disappointment they turned out to be. Th
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Steven
October 13, 2021
Dive customer
Low key was awesome!! Entire staff was great.....the dive was excellent!! I will definitely use Lowkey water sports in the future. Highly recommend "Low Key" to everyone!
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Chelsey Sears
February 16, 2016
Low Key Snorkeling
When the snorkel trip that we booked did not fill up and our charter was canceled, Low Key offered to let us snorkel off of their afternoon dive boat instead. The crew was fantastic and we had a great time! The other guests on the boat were participating in the Discover Scuba course and it sounded like something we may try on our next trip.
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Location

1 Bay Street, St John, US Virgin Islands 00831, Virgin Islands
Next to Grande Bay Resort and the Terrance Restaurant in Cruz Bay on the water
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VR
June 8, 2022
Dr.
We scheduled a Dive for our vacation and planned our entire trip around it. Less than 12 hours before our dive, they cancelled on us saying they did not have enough customers and it would not be profitable to take their boat out. Our vacation plans are not placeholders for them to discard like that. On top of that, the company refused to reimburse me the money I spent which is unbelievable. They claimed that they have the right to cancel on me within 24 hours without refund. I'm currently disputing with my credit card company of course. What a massive disappointment they turned out to be. Th
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Steven
October 13, 2021
Dive customer
Low key was awesome!! Entire staff was great.....the dive was excellent!! I will definitely use Lowkey water sports in the future. Highly recommend "Low Key" to everyone!
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Chelsey Sears
February 16, 2016
Low Key Snorkeling
When the snorkel trip that we booked did not fill up and our charter was canceled, Low Key offered to let us snorkel off of their afternoon dive boat instead. The crew was fantastic and we had a great time! The other guests on the boat were participating in the Discover Scuba course and it sounded like something we may try on our next trip.
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