ABOUT
Blue Planet Divers prides itself on an amazing team of experienced and professional Scuba Instructors and Captains. All dives are lead by Instructors, who are not only certified Divemasters but also have also undergone additional training to become certified Scuba Instructors. Our Captains know the local waters and their boats inside and out to make sure you have a comfortable and exciting day on the water. With our powers combined, we provide exceptional service and a boutique experience on every trip.
ABOUT BLUE PLANET DIVERS
Located on West Bay Beach in Roatan, Blue Planet Divers showcases the very best scuba diving in Roatan. Our professional and friendly team is dedicated to offering one-of-a-kind small group diving experiences. Whether you are heading to Roatan to dive for fun or take a class, our team is here to ensure you enjoy the unique diversity of Roatan's reef.
We offer a boutique experience at our dive center - small groups, fast boats, professional instructors, experienced captains, and more time diving. Whether it's customizing dive packages, arranging courses, training, private charters, or accommodations we're here for you!
Our goal is simple: provide a personalized experience for our valued guests. Deliver quality service, focus on safety, stick to small groups with longer dive times, and keep things easy and flexible. Our world-class team of instructors and captains makes every dive an amazing experience.
But don't take our word for it - we've won TripAdvisor's Travelers' Choice award every year since 2018! See what our clients are saying on TripAdvisor.
MEET THE TEAM
Tom Nemeth
Owner, Scuba Instructor & Captian
Nickname: Tom
Born: Ontario, Canada
Diving Since: 2004
Started Diving In: Utila, Honduras
Favorite Dive Site: Double D Wall
Favorite Sea Life: Soap fish
Favorite Part of Diving: Showing people how vast the underwater world is.
Fun Fact: When he's not working, Tom is Pepper's full-time Dad.
David
Scuba Instructor
Nickname: Frenchie
Born: West Paris, France
Diving Since: 1999
Started Diving In: West Indies
Favorite Dive Site: Spooky Channel
Favorite Sea Life: Web burrfish
Favorite Part of Diving: The feeling of free falling in the water.
Fun Fact: Get him to say "charger" or "octopus"... you won't be disappointed.
Zoe
Scuba Instructor
Nickname: Zoe
Born In: United Kingdom
Diving since: 1999
Started Diving In: Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Favorite Dive Site: Texas, SeaQuest, Pablo's, Green Out House, West End Wall
Favorite Sea Life: Rock beauties, french angel and neck crabs
Favorite Part of Diving: Tranquility.
Fun Fact: Everyone thinks she's Austrailian.
Franco
Scuba Instructor
Nickname: People just call him Franco 🤷♂️
Born: Lima, Peru
Diving since: 2010
Started Diving In: Chilly peruvian pacific ocean
Favorite Dive Site: Hole in the Wall
Favorite Sea Life: Big chunky groupers
Favorite Part of Diving: When we dive into the channels, tunnels and crevices of the reef.
Fun Fact: Even though Franco loves big sea creatures, he will spend most of the dive looking for small animals in the reef to show you.
Grettel
Scuba Instructor
Nickname: Blue Mermaid
Born: Chiapas, México
Diving Since: 2015
Started Diving in: Cozumel, México
Favorite Dive site: Overheat and West End Wall
Favorite Sea Life: Dolphins and sponges
Favorite Part of diving: Flying in the ocean.
Fun Fact: She has a scientific diving degree.
Andrea
Scuba Instructor
Nickname: Tòxica
Born: Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Diving Since: 2014
Started DIving In: Roatan, Honduras
Favorite Dive Site: Blue Moonshine, Hole in the Wall, Bears Den
Favorite Sea Life: Octopus
Favorite Part of Diving: Being part of the ocean for a while
Fun Fact: Almost trilingual and she is stronger than she looks!
Vincent
Head Captain
Nickname: Vincent
Born: Roatan, Honduras
Captain Since: 2010
Started Diving In: 2014
Favorite Dive Site: Hakunamatata
Favorite Sea Life: Octopus
Fun Fact: Drink Tom's specials! He is also a dive master, mechanic and worked in Africa as a captain.
Javier
Captain
Nickname: Popeye
Born In: Yoro, Honduras
Captain Since: 2015
Started Diving In: Roatan, Honduras
Favorite Dive Site: The shark dive
Favorite Sea Life: Whale shark
Favorite Part of Diving: Sharks.
Fun fuct: He's the only person who doesn't have a right middle toe.
Pepper
Dive Shop Manager
Nickname: Monster
Born: Czech Republic
Favorite Dive Site: Chewing stuff...
Favorite Sea Life: Chewing stuff...
Favorite Part of Diving: Chewing stuff...
Fun Fact: The only thing she loves more than waiting for divers to return is getting petted by divers who just had an amazing day on the water!