Stays · Destination Guide
One island, two marine rulebooks, reefs and historic wrecks.
Accommodation listings are not available for this destination yet. Use the local planning notes to choose your base.
Princess Juliana International Airport (SXM), on the Dutch side, is the primary international gateway; Grand Case-L'Esperance (SFG), on the French side, handles regional service. Ground transfers can reach Grand Case, Marigot, Simpson Bay and Philipsburg. Most visitors cross the land border freely by road but must meet entry requirements at the arrival point and, where applicable, the French territory. Local boat excursions to Pinel, Tintamarre and Creole Rock are in scope; international boats to Anguilla or Saint Barthelemy have separate country entry and clearance procedures and are not included as local day boats.
Renting a car or booking a taxi simplifies mixed dive and non-diver travel. Tourist minibuses cover parts of the main road corridor, but do not assume they reliably connect a specific harbor, early dive departure or isolated beach.