PADI Open Water Diver Course in Bayahibe | Learn to Dive with Coral Point

NEVER DONE BEFORE?

The following are the options that Coral Point Diving offers to start diving. In addition to the classic PADI Open Water Diver initial course, there is a program, called Discover Scuba Diving, with which you are qualified to do a sea dive accompanied by an Instructor. If you are not sure that the Open Water Course is the best option for you try the Discover Scuba Diving. If you wish you can then continue with the complete course without losing any money or time, in fact the 80 dollars you pay for this program will then be discounted from the total cost of $ 390 for the Open Water Diver Course, if you decide to continue at end of this experience

Dive today - Discover Scuba Diving

Have you always wondered what it's like to breathe underwater? If you want to try scuba diving, but are not yet ready to embark on a certification course, Discover Scuba Diving is for you. You can try diving near you or during your holidays in the Dominican Republic, while this is not a diving certification course, Discover Scuba Diving is a quick and easy introduction to what it takes to explore the underwater world! If you really like this program, your experience can count for your PADI Open Water Diver course.

Description

Minimum age required 10 years

Half day duration

2 dives (1 confined water and 1 open water dive)
The price of this Program is 80 $ US for 1 dive and 120$ for 2 dives on the same day (if logistic allow that)

The experience starts at 8.30 am with a brief orientation on the program, a brief theoretical session and a practical session in confined waters. During practice, you will learn the necessary skills to be able to dive safely, such as breathing underwater, compensating for pressure, recovering and emptying a regulator and emptying a mask from water. The dive is then carried out by the boat, always accompanied by a PADI instructor, on a very famous site called the Atlantic Princess, where a fascinating 30-meter long wreck is also located. The place is rich in marine life. We will take you to a maximum depth of 12 meters, but remember that it depends on you and your level of comfort.The return to diving is around 12.30-1pm.

Certified Diver /Discovery Scuba Diving (combined)

If you have a friend that wants to join the Discovery Scuba Diving course, you can join him during the same dive. While he does the excercises for the Discovery program you as certified diver can still do a fun dive from the boat, later when the Discovery student is ready you both can go on the same boat and enjoy the same dive. Price for the certified diver is 80$ (2 dives) for Discovery is 80$ (1 dive from the boat).

marine conservation

PADI Open water Diver course - (2 or 3 days)

Make sure that your Open Water Diver course is not a simple underwater course or Program, but rather an experience of cultural enrichment and integration with the marine environment. One of our priorities at Coral Point is that students not only receive quality training but also understand environmental issues and conservation. For this reason all our courses are extensively enriched with information on how to interact with the reef environment, on how to identify the species that live in it and which scientific monitoring techniques are the most useful in the study of its marine creatures.

The PADI Open Water Diver course is by far the most popular diving certification course in the world. Millions of people have started diving as certified PADI Open Water divers. Learning to dive requires both the development of knowledge (facts, principles, concepts) and diving skills (techniques, methods). We offer it all at Coral Point Diving. You can get PADI certification from us in just a few days. All Diving courses with Coral Point Diving include all PADI educational materials and free equipment rentals.

The PADI Open Water Diver course consists of three main phases:

-. Knowledge Development - available now either online (recommended) by independent study or in a classroom, to understand the basics and fundamentals of scuba diving
- 5 Confined Water Dives to learn basic scuba skills
- 4 Open Water Dives to use your skills and explore!

Description

Minimum age required 10 years

Duration: 2 or 3 days

Price: The price of the PADI Open Water Diver Course is US $ 390 and includes your book, all dives, including boat dives, equipment, certification fees and logbook.

Theoretical Part

You can immediately receive the digital version of the Open Water manual. We just need a deposit of $ 190 that will be deducted from the total amount due when the course is completed here in the DR.

Practical Part (3 days option - RECOMMENDED)
Day 1 - 8.30am - 1pm - it starts with a brief orientation of the course including a short theoretical session followed by exercises in confined waters. Orientation session, paperwork, equipment review, and practical training in the Confined Waters in front of Coral Point. Confined Water are divided into 5 dives (combined in 1 or 2 sessions) where we will practice mask, regulator, buoyancy, safety and surface exercises. By overcoming the confined water skills we will be ready to move on to the open water.
Day 2 - 8.30am - 1pm, Open Water Dives 1 and 2 from the boat (maximum depth 12 meters) visiting reefs and possibly shipwrecks in the local area of Bayahibe. We are proud to say that here in Bayahibe, we offer beautiful reefs, spectacular walls and mysterious shipwrecks like the Atlantic Princess whose exploration is always part of our Open Water course.
Day 3 - 8.30am - 1pm Open Water Dives 3 and 4 from the boat, maximum depth 18 meters). During these dives, the student will be able to improve important skills such as buoyancy and, in addition, they will begin to learn to plan dives that will make them a complete diver at the end of the course. Not far from Coral Point is a large main reef that stretches out into the sand like fingers reaching for shore. This reef is a magical place to find fish big and small. Swimming above are parrotfish and wrasse. In and out of the holes you can find sea eels, drumfish and squirrelfish. Sheltering in the soft corals you can find trumpet fish and lime fish.

1.00 pm Graduation ceremony and awarding of diplomas

Practical Part (2 days option - if you don't have enough time and our logistic allow)

Day 1 - 8.30am - 1 pm. Confined Waters in front of Coral Point. Confined Water are divided into 5 dives. 2pm - 4pm 1 open water dive 1 from the boat

Day 2 - 8.30am - 1 pm. Open Water Dive 2 and 3 from the Boat. 2pm - 4pm 1 open water dive 4 from the boat

NOTE. This program is not fixed but can undergo variations depending on the time, the theoretical, practical ability of the students and the size of the class. Furthermore, the two or three days may not be consecutive.The logistics of the course also may vary depending on the weather conditions as well. Depending on the abilities of the students, the instructor can decide to add sessions of confined water, theory and dives in the sea (at NO additional cost) so that the student can achieve the objectives of the course and a level of confidence that allows him to dive safely and in a relaxed manner.

PADI Referral option

With the PADI Divers Education System, you can start your course at home and then complete it here in Bayahibe, Dominican Republic, with Coral Point Diving. We often receive referring students who have completed their theory and pool training in cold winter locations such as the United States or Canada, leaving just 4 dives in open water for the warm waters of the Caribbean. All you need to do is bring us your reference documents and sign up for 2 days of diving in the warm waters of the Dominican Republic. The price of 4 open water reference dives, including equipment and certification fees, is $ 270.

PADI OPEN WATER DIVER + Marine Conservation COURSE

The Coral Reef Conservation specialty course teaches you the importance of coral reefs, how these intricate ecosystems function and how you can help conserve them.

This specialty course is ideal for anyone with an interest in the marine environment, regardless of age or whether you are a snorkeler or a scuba diver.

AWARE Coral Reef Conservation Diver Specialty course Includes

-Instructor led Coral Reef classroom presentations ( The subjects you will cover are: The importance of Coral Reefs, Understanding Coral Reefs, The complex nature of life on Coral Reefs, Coral Reefs in peril, Protect the Living Reef)

-Our World. Our Oceans manual as a PDF

-PADI Project AWARE Certification card

This course can be intergrated any time during you Open Water Diver course and has a duration of half day (normally day 2 and 3 are ideal for that)

Price for Open Water Diver + Coral Reef Specialty 550$

5 reasons to get certified with Coral point diving

SafetY FIRST

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Our courses are held in full compliance with PADI teaching standards and with safety which is obviously our number one priority. Maximum depth and the ratio students to instructor are largely reduced during our courses in order to be able to act even more safely

BRAND NEW EQUIPMENT

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The importance of having equipment in excellent condition and regularly serviced obviously closely accompanies the concept of safety mentioned previously. Coral Point Diving is a CRESSI (worldwide leader equipment brand) retailer and technical assistance center for any brand. This makes the difference.

BEing a knowledgeable diver

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During our courses we ensure that students, in addition to becoming excellent divers, also become excellent ocean citizens, respectful of its creatures, always aware of how to interact with the inhabitants of the coral reef in a sustainable way. Furthermore, at the end of each dive our students receive a debriefing where they learn the names of the fish and corals they were able to observe underwater. At Coral Point we have designed/developed special marine life charts through which our students can memorize the names of the main species of fish and corals in the Dominican Republic and learn important notions about the ecology of the tropical coral reef

training duration

Our instructors have years of experience in teaching and all speak different languages to put students of all nationalities at ease, the classes are small (max 4 students per instructor, often smaller than that). We also know that every student is different and if the instructor (or the student himself) feel the need to work on particular portions of training and extend the training duration by several hours or days, everything will happen without additional costs

With us you will protect the ocean

You don't need to dive to know our ocean is in trouble. But, being scuba certified puts you in the best position to protect it. From Dive Against Debris and coral surveys to coral restoration, there are countless citizen science projects where you can make a difference through diving with us also as e new diver.

Marine Conservation Course

Everyone likes to scuba dive or snorkel in warm, clear water on a vibrant coral reef, yet many people know little about what they’re seeing or the importance of reef ecosystems. The Coral Reef Conservation Specialty course helps you appreciate the complexity of these habitats and teaches you how you can help conserve these vital systems.

Anyone who has an interest in the aquatic world can take this course. There are no prerequisites or age restrictions and no water sessions are required to earn this non-diving certification.

Marine life in bayahibe

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Contact Us

where to find us

Coral Point Diving is the only Dive Center to have a base directly on the Beach of Bayahibe downtown to welcome you in private away from the morning crowds. You will find us inside the famous ‘Barco Bar’ building, at only 5 minutes walk fromHilton Hotel La Romana.

BOOKING

Don't miss an opportunity to dive with us and discover beautiful Dominican reefs and wreck. Anyone wishing to visit us should have booked before arriving at the site. We accept Euros, US $ and Dominican Pesos and Credit Cards. We also accept Revolut and Paypal (plus 5% paypal fees) as form of payment. Payment for European can be done also via bank wire too

Adress: Calle la Baya, Bayahibe

Country: Dominican Republic

E-mail: info@coralpointdiving.com

Tel/WhatsApp:+1 829 213 5823

Our prime location

We can admit that our shop has the best location in Bayahibe, right on the sea and this is what we see from our 'office'

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ECO-DIVING

Since 2012, Coral Point Diving (CPD) has been a respected Five Star PADI Career Development Center (PADI CDC)/Instructor Development Center and one of the most extensive professional scuba diver training and education centers in the Dominican Republic. With a Marine Biologist on staff and partnerships with Reef Check Dominican Republic and other local Foundations, Coral Point Diving combines professional scuba instruction with marine conservation activities.