St. Maarten

Guide to diving St. Maarten in St. Maarten

Discover dive sites, liveaboards, and top sea creatures linked to St. Maarten in St. Maarten.

The liveaboard shown opposite is the highest customer rated St. Maarten liveaboard diving St. Maarten. You can easily book the Caribbean Explorer II liveaboard, scoring 9.0/10, using this link.

1 Countries
1 Dive sites
1 Liveaboards
23 Creatures

Sea creatures found in St. Maarten

Here are the main sea creatures found across dive sites in St. Maarten, grouped by type so you can quickly see what marine life you may encounter.

Creature type Sea creatures
Cephalopod Octopus , Squid
Crustacians Lobsters , Sexy shrimp
Eels Moray eels
Rays Southern stingrays , Spotted eagle rays
Reef fish Angelfish , Barracuda , Frogfish , Parrotfish , Reef fish , Seahorses , Surgeonfish , Trumpetfish
Sea turtles Green turtles , Hawksbill turtle
Sharks Caribbean reef sharks , Nurse sharks
Whales and dolphins Bottlenose dolpins , Humpback whales , Pantropical Spotted Dolphins , Spinner dolphins

Dive sites in St. Maarten

The following dive sites are found in St. Maarten. Each site below shows the liveaboards that dive there.

Dive site Liveaboards that dive this site
St. Maarten Caribbean Explorer II Liveaboard

Liveaboards, dive sites, and top sea creatures in St. Maarten

Caribbean Explorer II Liveaboard

Caribbean Explorer II Liveaboard

St. Maarten top sea creatures: Green turtles, Hawksbill turtle, Spotted eagle rays, Southern stingrays, Reef fish, Parrotfish, Angelfish, Barracuda, Trumpetfish, Surgeonfish, Moray eels, Lobsters, Octopus, Squid, Nurse sharks, Caribbean reef sharks, Humpback whales, Seahorses, Frogfish, Sexy shrimp, Bottlenose dolpins, Spinner dolphins, Pantropical Spotted Dolphins

Top liveaboards diving St. Maarten

The following liveaboards are the highest ranked dive boats by SDE Liveaboard Rating, to help you compare the best options for diving St. Maarten.

How SDE Liveaboard Rating works for the Caribbean Explorer II Liveaboard: 60%

The SDE Liveaboard Rating is Scuba Diving Earth’s own scoring system for comparing dive liveaboards at a glance. It adds together six individual category scores, each scored out of 10, covering the boat, cabins, diving, food, drinks, and non-diver companion features.

For the Caribbean Explorer II Liveaboard, those category scores combine into an overall SDE Liveaboard Rating of 60%. This helps you compare the overall onboard experience more quickly across the liveaboards shown below.

The SDE Liveaboard Rating for the Caribbean Explorer II liveaboard works by taking the six individual SDE Liveaboard Rating scores, with each one being scored out of 10 and then adding them together. For the Caribbean Explorer II liveaboard are ( [Boat:7/10] + [Cabin:3/10] + [Diving:8/10]+ [Food:6/10] + [Drinks:9/10] + [Non-diver:3/10] = 36/60). This total is compared to the maximum possible score of 60/60 to turn it into an overall percentage – which for the Caribbean Explorer II liveaboard is calculated as 36/60 = 60% SDE Liveaboard Rating.

This makes it easy to compare different liveaboards at a glance. See a more detailed explanation of how SDE Liveaboard Rating works together with all dive liveaboards ranked by SDE Liveaboard Rating .