Good boats are essential for enjoying your days diving. Alton's Dive Center has two new custom built dive boats which have been designed with the diver mind. These fast, comfortable and spacious dive boats with easy access to the water you could find in expensive resorts (if you were lucky!). We are pleased to make this level of boat available to you at budget dive prices. If you have dived with us before you will already know that we are not just another Utila dive center. We have a personal level of service and investment in our customers that sets us apart and we are proud to provide these two new boats with you in mind, to further enhance your dive experience with us.
Both are fast for dive boats making all dive sites around Utila easily accessible for us. Fully equipped with DAN O2 Oxygen systems, VHF radios, GPS, depth finders for locating those sea mounts, music, and everything else you would expect to find on a modern well equipped dive boat.
Accompanied by a smaller 12 person boat and a skiff we have a well equipped small flotilla of dive boats that can meet all your diving needs.
As always we are very environmentally conscious when it comes to our boats with regular oil changes and engine service. We believe a clean engine and engine compartment to be very important in the protection of our reefs. See our
green pages for more information about Alton's environmental efforts.
Under
the watchful eye of one of our instructors you will experience the
beauty of Utila's underwater reef first-hand on your very first open
water dive!
If you already have an Open Water or Scuba Diver certification check out Alton's hugely popular Advanced Open Water and Advanced Scuba Diver courses. 
Utila Carnival is proud to present a free concert by International Reggae Star Eric Donaldson. Seven times winner of the Jamaican Festival Song Competition, 26 albums and a series of much covered hit singles including Cherry Oh Baby (covered by The Rolling Stones and UB40 amongst many others), Land of my Birth, Lion Sleeps Tonight, The Love of the Common People, Sweet Jamaica, Join Di Line, and Proud to be Jamaican to name only a few! Alton's Dive Center is proud to be a funding contributor to this major event for Utila.
encounters this year with some very relaxed sharks and we have been able to watch vertical feeding behavior as the shark filters as much food as possible from a food rich patch of water. Our experienced boat captains have done a great job in locating the whale sharks and positioning the boats for the best possible encounter. Patience and care in encountering these giants will reward you with an encounter that you will never forget. When the shark hangs vertically in the water feeding and then turns to move away and swims straight towards you... A moment to remember for ever!
