Does anyone know a good place to skydive in the U.S. Virgin Islands (St. Thomas or St. John preferably)?

Question

I'm going to St. Thomas in January. I know they have a lot of water sports, etc, but I cannot seem to find a skydiving place. If anyone knows of one, PLEASE let me know. I'd like to arrange my jump before we get there (if at all possible). Thanks!!!

Answer 1

I lived in St Thomas for 3 years..I never heard of anyone skydiving there. I hate to sound negative but I do not know if I would trust the local people there enough anyway even if they DID have places to skydive. I worked in the only emergency room on St Thomas (which by the way, St John does not have a hospital) and if the fall from the sky did not kill you, the ER doctors would. There are lots of cool things to do on St John..I would take up some other sport while limin on St John. Have a good vacation.

Answer 2

Sorry, as far as I know there's no skydiving anywhere in the US Virgin Islands. However if you're coming to St. Thomas and you still want the thrill of a dive there's a new attraction at the Paradise Point Tramway called the SkyRide. It's not the same thing but it's something.

Answer 3

The only skydiving company operates out of Puerto Rico. The terrain in St. Thomas/St. John are too mountainous, and the strong trade winds that can blow you off course. Also there is a lot of aircraft activity in the air, primarily helicopters, so it might be too dangerous for sky diving.

Answer 4

I don't know of any dropzones off the top of my head there. There are two places that would be very good to check out to find near by dropzones.

http://www.uspa.org and http://www.dropzone.com

there are lists of dropzones all over the world on these sites.

http://www.uspa.org is the website of the United States Parachute Association, the governing body for sport parachuting in the United States. There is a list of member dropzones on the website along with all sorts of great info on the sport.

The official site for the British Parachute Association is: http://www.bpa.org.uk/links.htm
The official site for the Canadian Parachute Association is: http://www.cspa.ca/
The official site for the Australian Parachute Federation is: http://www.apf.asn.au/

http://www.dropzone.com is another great resource for everything about skydiving, including dropzones in the United States and the rest of the world, and some BASE too.

http://www.bigairsportz.com is the web site for Brian Germain, one of the best people on the planet to get information on canopy flight from.

http://www.skydiveradio.com is just fun and a good place to feel like you’re at the drop zone when you can’t physically be there.

http://www.azarsenal.com/ is the website for the top vertical relative work team right now. Arizona Arsenal won the 2007 USA Nationals.

If you’re not sure about skydiving but want to fly you should look at the vertical wind tunnels. http://www.skyventure.com/ is the website for skyventure which operates many tunnels in the United States, Europe and Asia. I love flying in the tunnel. I don’t do it very much, I’d rather spend my money on skydives, but it is a great place to learn, work on my flying skills and just have a lot of fun!

Make sure that you contact the drop zone you want to jump at directly. There are a few scams out there, one of which is 1800skyride. They will take your money and send you to any dropzone they want too but only about three dz’s in the country except skyride tickets. So please, please, please contact the dropzone directly.

The tandem is a great jump. I’d get video too. I made one tandem in June of 2005. In August of 2005 I came back to start student training (good info about student training at uspa.org) and got my license. I’ve been jumping as much as I can and have a few hundred jumps. I have earned the USPA Coach Rating and plan to continue to jump for fun and help teach others how to fly and be safe in the air. There is nothing better than flying your body through the sky with your friends. The canopy is a lot of fun to fly too. It only gets better and better. Every weekend seems to be more fun than the one before. You will get into the sport for the rush, but you stay because of the people. I love this sport and I sincerely hope that you’ll become a full time skydiver and I’ll be able to make some jumps with you at a boogie!

Blue Skies! Black Death! And EFS!!!!

Answer 5

Hi,

There is a great company that just started Skydive Virgin Islands and the website is http://skydivestthomas.com

Enjoy!

Answer 6

35 years here and know a lot of pilots and I've never heard of skydiving here....STT and STJ are either mountainous jungle or developed areas or ocean.....and 20 knot trade winds all the time...there are a few open areas where Airborne could land, but not civilians, so sorry, I don't think its available.....

now maybe on ST Croix, which has a lot more open areas.....try Ace Flight Center....

Answer 7

I don't think there's anything in the VI, but xtremedivers.com operates in Puerto Rico.