Native Sons Water SportsDive center

Native Sons Water Sports is a family-run PADI Dive Center on Roatán, Honduras, and by its own account one of the island's original dive shops, about 35 years old. Local dive figure Alvin Jackson runs it with his English wife Michele, and the two helped found the Roatan Marine Park, so protecting the reef is personal here.

The beachfront shop sits in the front garden of Hotel Chillies on the West End, with a cafe on site for breakfast and smoothies between dives. Expect three recreational dives a day, a night dive at least weekly, small groups and guided fun dives along the wall. PADI courses run from Open Water to Dive Master, taught in English and Spanish.