✔ No experience required
✔ Personal guidance by an SSI instructor
✔ Private or small group from Jan Thiel
Your first breath underwater is an experience you won't soon forget.
During your introductory dive in Curaçao, you'll experience diving without needing a dive certification.
An introductory dive (also called a try dive) is the ideal way to discover how special diving is during your vacation.
An SSI instructor guides you step by step, so you can calmly and safely experience what it's like to breathe underwater.
Most Popular | Private with Your Own Group
No unknown participants, no rush, and no mass tourism.
Your instructor guides only your own group and adapts the dive to your pace.
✔ Only with your own group
✔ Personal guidance
✔ Relaxed pace, full attention
Group Size
✔ 1 to 3 people: 1 instructor
✔ From 4 people: free extra instructor
1 dive
XCG 178 p.p
2 dives (same day)
XCG 338 p.p
Discover diving in a small group of maximum four participants.
You receive the same personal guidance and calm explanation, but share the experience with other beginners.
✔ Small group (max. 4 participants)
✔ Guidance by an instructor
✔ Personal attention
1 dive
XCG 160 p.p
2 dives (same day)
XCG 310 p.p
Personal guidance, small groups, and a calm introduction to the underwater world of Curaçao.
✔ Private or small groups
No mass tourism, but a calm introduction to diving
✔ Personal guidance
An SSI instructor guides you step by step.
✔ Dutch family business in Curaçao
Personal contact from your first inquiry.
✔ SSI Diamond Dive Center
Diving according to international SSI standards.
✔ Start from our permanent dive school in Jan Thiel
Personal welcome and guidance from the first moment.
During your try scuba diving, we ensure you are fully prepared and equipped for your first dive.
✔ First dive in the sea in Curaçao
✔ Complete diving equipment
✔ SSI Try Scuba registration
✔ Guidance by an SSI instructor
✔ Coffee, water & tea
✔ Transport to the dive location
✔ Including 9% OB
Your try scuba diving starts at our dive school in Jan Thiel.
📍 Duikcentrum van de Ven
Caracasbaaiweg 360
Jan Thiel, Curaçao
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🕗 Start time try scuba diving
08:00 AM
From arrival at our dive school to your first dive in the sea: we guide you step by step.
No experience? No problem. You'll first receive calm explanations and get acquainted with diving before entering the water.
For your try scuba diving, we arrange the necessary SSI documents in advance. This way, we can spend all our time on the day itself on your first diving experience.
✔ Online SSI account
✔ Digital documents filled in advance
✔ More time for explanation and guidance during your dive
Upon arrival, we personally welcome you at our dive school in Jan Thiel.
While enjoying coffee, tea, or water, we calmly explain how your try scuba diving will proceed and answer all your questions.
✔ Personal welcome
✔ Time for questions
✔ Explanation of the schedule
At the dive school, we fit the diving equipment together. Your instructor calmly explains how each component works and what you can expect underwater.
Then, under your instructor's guidance, you set up your own dive set yourself. This way you learn how the equipment works, what everything is for, and you know exactly how your equipment is prepared before you go diving.
✔ Complete diving equipment available
✔ Personal explanation about all materials
✔ Build your own dive set yourself with guidance
✔ No experience needed
From the shore, we calmly walk into the water together.
In shallow water, you first get acquainted with breathing underwater and practice some simple skills.
Only when you feel comfortable, we continue with the real dive.
✔ Start in shallow water
✔ Practice under guidance
✔ Instructor stays close by
Then you make your first real dive in the sea.
Depending on conditions, we dive at Tugboat or Caracasbaai and you discover the beautiful reef of Curaçao.
Your instructor stays with you throughout the entire dive.
✔ Maximum 12 meters deep
✔ ± 30–60 minutes underwater
✔ Warm and clear water
After the dive, we take our time to debrief and share your experience.
While enjoying coffee, tea, or water, you can ask questions and enjoy your first dive in Curaçao.
✔ Coffee, tea, or water afterwards
✔ Personal debriefing
✔ 1 dive → ± 3 hours total
✔ 2 dives → ± 6 hours total
Safety always comes first during your try scuba diving.
Every try scuba diving is conducted according to international SSI standards and guided by a certified SSI instructor.
✔ SSI standards
✔ Certified instructors
✔ Personal guidance
✔ VIP private or small groups
A try scuba diving is intended for anyone who wants to discover what it's like to breathe underwater without diving experience or certification.
✔ From 10 years old
✔ No diving experience needed
✔ You must be able to swim and be comfortable in the water
✔ Ideal during your vacation in Curaçao
✔ Fun for couples, families, and friends
Make your experience complete
Want to relive this special experience later? Have your try scuba diving captured by an extra instructor who focuses entirely on photo and video.
This way, guidance during the dive remains optimal: one instructor focuses entirely on your safety and guidance, while the second instructor takes the photos and videos.
VIP Try Scuba Diving:
Classic Try Scuba Diving:
Even more calm and personal attention during your dive.
$43
✔ Ideal if you appreciate extra guidance
✔ More time and attention underwater
✔ The first dive of your try scuba diving counts toward the Open Water Dive certification, provided the try scuba diving takes place in the same vacation period.
✔ The costs are immediately deducted from the full Open Water Course.
Note: follow-up courses are subject to availability of our instructors.
Only your group, no strangers. Personal guidance and learning to dive at your pace.
PRICE PER PERSON
XCG 825
total, all dives included
Small group (max. 4 beginners)
PRICE PER PERSON
XCG 785
total, all dives included
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