Optional Courses on our Alpha Summer Adventures

Many students are happy with the regular program activities on our teen sailing camps including large boat sailing, dinghy sailing, waterskiing, wakeboarding, tubing, snorkeling, community service, marine biology seminars, kayaking, windsurfing, sailing clinics, hiking, island exploration, and beach sports. For those students seeking that extra challenge, Alpha 14 Day sailing, scuba and watersports adventures offer several optional courses. Certain optional courses have limited enrollment and are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Optional courses require additional fees. Please call for details.

Basic Keelboat Certification

If you're arriving at Sail Caribbean with prior sailing experience, why not take this opportunity to gain a nationally recognized certification from US Sailing or the American Sailing Association? You'll participate in seminars, then demonstrate your sailing and seamanship skills during two intensive days on Rhodes 19s. A written exam fulfills the requirements and you'll have an official lifelong certification. Learn more about the Basic Keelboat certification

($100 Course Fee)

Scuba Options

Discover Scuba

Want to dip your toe into the world of scuba diving without plunging into a full certification program? Our Discover Scuba (DSD) course is the perfect place to take your first underwater breaths. You'll learn diving safely and slowly as our expert staff demonstrates safety essentials and equipment use. Once you're comfortable with the basics, you'll start in waist-deep water off the beach, and then glide gradually into 20-30 feet of crystal-clear tropical water.  You'll then enjoy your first open water dives, supervised by our expert dive instructors.  DSD on Alpha Programs includes basic instruction, and 2-3 supervised open water dives.    Learn more about Discover Scuba

$100 Course Fee (2-3 dives)

Open Water Diver

Become a certified diver with the most widely recognized rating in the world. The PADI Open Water Diver (OW) certification requires 25 to 30 hours of class instruction, work in shallow water, exams, and open-water dives. You'll complete the PADI Open Water online portion at home before your program begins through PADI's e-learning course. This way you'll complete the required knowledge prior to arrival so you can have a quick review and jump right in at the program start. After earning your OW certification, you can use your skills to enjoy recreational dives during the  remainder of your program.  Learn more about the Open Water certification

$250 Course Fee (4-8 dives)

Recreational Diving

Ever imagine diving on a Coral Garden or drifting through a Rainbow Canyon? Recreational Diving is offered on all Alpha programs for certified divers  For those participants on the Bravo program, you must bring proof of certification from a recognized agency, such as PADI, NAUI, YMCA, NASDS. Learn more about recreational diving

$175 Course Fee (4-8 dives)