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Curacao Dive Operations
O cean Emcounters is a recognized island, near Willemstad and also offers fully also possible with the Dive Bus, and they
National Geographic dive center that equipped apartments. As a 5-star PADI Dive are more than happy to provide plenty of
offers a full range of Padi dive courses, Resort they offer dive training from begin- information to help independent divers set
Ocean Encounters is professional organiza- ner to professional level as well as organize up their own shore dives.
tion with several locations around Curaçao. dive trips to the best diving in Curaçao.
Their centers in Lion’s Dive, Sunscape, They have a well-equipped dive shop that G O WEST Diving (formerly known as
Hilton and Santa Barbara resorts are known offers plenty of choice for divers wanting to Ocean Encounters West) is a PADI 5
for their professional service; they were add to their personal equipment. Star Instructor Development (IDC) Resort.
even mentioned as one of the best dive We are located at one of Curaçao’s best dive
organizations in the world by readers of T he Dive Bus is a fun and relaxed dive sites, Alice in Wonderland, right on the idyl-
Scuba Diving. Ocean Encounters offers daily concept that offers the best shore div- lic sandy beach of Playa Kalki in Westpunt.
double tank morning dives and one-tank ing adventures in Curaçao, both guided The dive center offers the full range of PADI
afternoon dives, as well as weekly special and unguided. The reef at their ‘Hut’ is an courses (up to IDC Staff Instructor), quality
trips. excellent place to start, and for those that rental equipment and an air/nitrox filling
want more, they offer double-tank shore station. Most of Curaçao’s top dive sites are
A tlantis Diving has a convenient ocean- dive trips in their dive bus with a maximum only few minutes away from GO WEST Div-
front location on the south side of the of 6 divers. Dive training and refreshers are ing by boat or car.
