Canouan Dive Center is owned and operated by partners Andrew Lander (above left) and Alan Silverstein (above right). Their passion is diving. Their goal is to offer you the best diving experience you can find anywhere.
The Dive Center is located in the grounds of the Tamarind Beach Hotel Pirates Cove Bar and next to Moorings Yacht Charter Customer Services. We specialize in running small groups of divers with an emphasis on quality of service, and equally important, WE HAVE FUN!!
We use Seaquest and Aqualung equipment and carry a full range of safety equipment both on the dive boat and ashore. All staff are Emergency First Response qualified and the Dive professionals are also trained in Emergency Oxygen Administration.
We play an active role in Marine Conservation and are involved in a number of local and government conservation projects. Canouan Dive Center has received 3 Awards of Excellence from PADI in the last 3 years.
Open – Monday to Saturday 8.30am to 4.30pm
Tel: 784 482 0820 or
784 531 2331 after hours
FAX: 784-482-0151
Phone in USA:
212-929-1558
©2007 Canouan Dive Center
Andrew Lander
Andy Lander is from the UK but has spent many years in the Islands. He was a professional yacht Captain working on both private and charter yachts before deciding to ‘swallow the anchor’ and settle on Canouan. As a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer with over 30 years of diving experience he has a wealth of knowledge to pass on whether the diver is a complete beginner or more experienced. He is also a Specialty Instructor in Night Diving, Drift Diving, Boat Diving, Deep Diving, Underwater Navigation, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Oxygen Administration for Dive Related Injuries and an Emergency First Response Instructor.
Timothy Jacobs.
Tim is Canouan Dive Center’s Dive Master. Tim was born on Union Island but now lives here on Canouan with his wife and 3 children. Tim is a ‘gentle giant’ who always has a smile on his face. Never having dived before coming to work for the Centre, he has worked hard to attain his Dive Master qualification and has matured into one of the best Dive Masters in the area. He is awesome underwater and if you think you are good on air underwater, Tim has gills!! It’s a rare day when he doesn’t come up with more than 1000psi at the end of a dive. Ask Tim how he’s doing and you will probably get the reply “Still trying to get to heaven and going through hell to do it”. Tim is, believe it or not, a vegetarian who only eats vegetables and fish (he doesn’t even eat eggs!!). He is a qualified Emergency First Response Provider and is trained in Oxygen Administration.
Tim down below
Zinita Baptiste
Zinita is our most recent addition to the family. She looks after all the shore based needs of our divers as well as running the office. Zinita is from Canouan and has a wealth of knowledge regarding what to get and where to get it, be it a cotton bud to a bottle of rum!! She has yet to start her dive training but we hope to put her through her paces later this year.