SCHEDULE FOR DIVING IN BERMUDA

SCHEDULE FOR HARTLEY'S UNDERSEA WALK IN BERMUDA

Plan your Bermuda vacation well by choosing a time to visit Bermuda that matches your interest. The Bermuda weather in winter is great for golf, but not watersports. If it is presently between 7am and 9pm EST call us now at (866) 836-3989 so we can discuss your options, the best time to join us, or any other questions you may have about our tour or Bermuda information. This number is toll free but operates through the computer. If there is a problem with the Internet it goes right into voice mail. Yearly Schedule        For us, the Bermuda helmet diving season starts early in April, generally in time for the Easter Holidays. Our undersea walks end some time in the very beginning of November depending on the weather. It has happened, but it is rare that we are still open for US Thanksgiving Holiday.

Weekly Schedule        Although we are usually do not dive one day a week, Saturday or Sunday, we will still answer the phone as it rings at our home. There has been pressure from locals who work either Monday through Saturday or have Saturday as a chore day, to do Sunday trips. We are generaly open on Bermuda public holidays, perhaps only one day of Cup Match. This is necessary, as we are small family run operation without a large staff to implement a rotating schedule. If we go out on family outings, my wife and I both carry cellular phones (His 334-7607, Hers 335-2981) for reservations. In the past, morning trips especially Tuesday and Friday have the fewest people, which visitors view as favorable. However, even when we are fully booked with five dives, all get to fuss with whatever fish are on the scene. From time to time we have charters booked where we have to dash off to Hamilton or Waterlot Inn to pick up a group, so the regular pick up at Watford Bridge or Dockyard is not possible. Sometimes we even take school trips. To enjoy your adventure undersea you should call us upon your arrival so we can discuss the best time to join us. We can let you know what the weather is doing, if we have any charters, how to work helmet diving into your schedule, and the inside scoop on the many other activities Bermuda offers that may interest you.

We usually have two helmet diving trips each day, one at 10:00AM and the other at 1:30PM. These departure times may change from day to day if we are chartered by a hotel group or a cruiseship. This cruise is a personalized tour. I take each group of six or seven divers for their 25-30 minute dive. The trip can be anywhere from two and a half to four hours long depending on how many groups there are (Sometimes four,very rarely five). Please do not call us before 7AM (10AM on Sundays), as the phone rings at our home. Calls are not welcome after 10-10:30PM If you wish to call Bermuda long distance, be aware we are on Atlantic time which is one hour later than time on the Eastern Seaboard. If you call at 10PM New York time, you will get a grumpy, groggy Greg who will wonder why he is being woken at 11pm Bermuda time. If you have to speak to me, call after 6PM. Otherwise my wonderful wife Lynda will answer the phone for reservations, questions, business matters, and just about anything else thrown at her.

Cruise Ship Charters         As of today Feb 3,2008 we are planning: Monday Morning: Norwegian Spirit or (high season) Grandeur/Explorer of the Seas' Shore Excursions Trip Monday Afternoon 1:30: Dockyard departure for Direct Bookings. Good for adventurous Norwegian Spirit                       passengers, and only time for direct reservations for Explorer/Grandeur passengers Tuesday Morning 8:45: Dockyard departure of Explorer/Grandeur of the Seas' Shore Excursion trip. Tuesday Afternoon 1:30: Dockyard departure for Direct Bookings. Perfect                       for Norwegian Magesty and Norwegian Spirit divers. Wednesday Morning 8:45: Dockyard departure of Norwegian Spirit's Shore Excursion trip.(Last Chance) Wednesday Afternoon 1:30: Dockyard departure for Direct Bookings. Great time for                       Norwegian Dream folks, last chance for those on the Magesty. Thursday Morning 8:45: Dockyard departure for Norwegian Dawn. Thursday Afternoon 1:30: Dockyard departure for Direct Bookings. Pefect for those                       on the Dawn, last chance for Dream passengers. Friday Morning 8:45: Dockyard Shore Excursions trip for the Norwegian Dawn. Friday Afternoon 1:30: Dackyard trip good for air travellers, or afternoon off. Saturday Morning 8:45: Dockyard departure for Explorer or Caribbean Princess otherwise Day Off. Saturday Afternoon 1:00: Dockyard departure for air travellers or much appreciated time off if no ship in. Sunday Morning It is great to sleep in till 8am rather than get up at 6:15. Sunday Afternoon 1:30: Norwegian Spirit Shore Excursions trip high season. If you want to join us on a tour time chartered by the ship's Shore Excursions ,have your confirmation number on hand and go to your ship's web site. For booking on any other trip call us directly at 866 836 3989. to allow you to become more familiar with Bermuda I have included a Click here to see a satellite view of Hamilton Harbour. Do not get side tracked on this fantastic Google site finding your house etc. You are supposed to be researching your trip to Bermuda.

click here for a satellite shot of Dockyard with our departure point to the left of the catamaran ferry in the middle of the photo. You will see it has two prop washes at the stern.There is a long new clean dock with two sets of steps just visable upon enlargement. Sometimes we will use the dock next to the ferry landing at the upper side of the photo. The ferry dock is the one sticking down into the water next to the hexagonal gazebo furthest to the right. We will be using either side of the ferry dock. The camber is an artificial peninsula of land which extends from shore to form (along with the southern camber) a sheltered harbour. Officially that , and only that is King's Wharf There is a marina on the inside, which has been moved to the left of that arriving ferry, and the ships dock on the outside. Ships dock along side the white rectangle that is between the two triangles.         Our adventure is such a unique tour that it requires folks to think outside the box. We are not in the snorkelling box or the Scuba diving box. Unless our tour is officially sanctioned by shore excursions or personally recommended by hotel front desk, or social desk, people have difficulty making the adventurous leap. Call or email us. Don't miss the fun.

Testimonial from Well Traveled Travel VP This compares to swimming with the stingrays in Grand Cayman and helicoptering and landing on the glaciers in Alaska. Forget the snorkeling trip. When in Bermuda the Hartley Undersea Walk is something you should not miss!! Judy Loebl, Vice President, Thomas Travel