GUIDED DIVES

Already in possession of a certificate, but do you want to make beautiful dives under the guidance of a guide?
We offer guided dives at various locations in Curaçao.

Duikcentrum van de Ven is an official Mares diving center.

The equipment we provide during diving consists of a 12-liter tank, shoes + fins, wetsuit, BCD + integrated lead, mask + snorkel, regulator, alternative air supply, and pressure gauge + depth sounder.

All our diving equipment is preventively maintained every year by a certified specialist.

REFRESH DIVE

Ever obtained your diving certificate but haven't dived in a while?
Don't worry, with a Refresh dive our instructors will help you get back in the water!
The cost of a refreshing dive is included in the price of the dive.
The refresh dive will always take place at the Tugboat or the Caracasbaai.

DIVE LOCATIONS

All the dives we make are from the shore.

Our instructors & guides are specified in the dives in the southeast of Curacao.

Have you never dived with us?
Then the first dive will always be made at the Tugboat or Caracasbaai.

Click on the dive location for more information.

Barracuda Point
Boca Simon
Caracasbaai
Director's Bay
Drift Dive Director's Bay -> Tugboat
Jan Thiel
Marie Pampoen
Turtle Island
Superior Producer
Tugboat
Night dive 

WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT ON A GUIDED DIVE?

Upon entering our dive center you will meet your guide, and the guide will accompany you during these guided dive(s).

While enjoying coffee/tea or water, you fill in the medical statement with the accompanying papers.
After you have become acquainted & the papers have been completed, it is time to select all the diving equipment and try it on in our SSI Diamond Dive Center.
When all diving equipment is fitted, it is time to assemble your dive set.

Have you booked a refreshing dive?
Then you will assemble the dive set together with the guide, the signs will be explained as well as a number of exercises.
During the dive, the guide will make sure you are completely at ease so that you can enjoy your time underwater to the best of your ability.

Because our guide dive(s) mainly consist of small groups, the guide has plenty of time to make your dive as pleasant and fun as possible. After you have gained a unique experience, we come back to the dive center, and there we will discuss the dive again while enjoying coffee/tea or water.

The duration for 1 guided dive will be approximately +-2.5 hours.

Would you like to make 2 dives in 1 day?
We start the day at our diving school at 08:15 AM.
After you have finished the first dive of the day, you come back to the diving school, then you can choose to take a break.
You can keep this break at the diving school. After the break, we can go out again to make the 2nd dive.

Would you like to continue immediately after the first dive?
No problem, we always come back to the diving school to change the tanks.
After this 2nd dive, we return to the diving school and we will discuss and log the dive(s) while enjoying coffee/tea or water.

The duration for 2 guide dives will be approximately +- 6 hours.

PARTNER WHO DOES NOT DIVE?

Are you the only one in the group who dives?
If there is room in our bus to go to the dive sites, the partner, father, mother or the children can come with us to the dive site for free to snorkel independently or lie on the beach.
Does the person have no snorkeling equipment?
We provide free snorkeling equipment during the dive consisting of: Wetsuit, shoes, fins, mask + snorkel.

DO YOU WANT TO REMIND YOUR DIVE?