And with a VIP Try Scuba experience, you share that moment entirely with your own party.
One of you may feel a little nervous while another cannot wait to get started. With VIP, nobody has to adjust to other participants: we follow your own pace from the very first moment.
You meet the instructor who stays with you throughout the entire experience, assemble your scuba equipment together and receive clear instructions before entering the water.
Just your party. Your own pace. Our full attention.
The dive itself remains a relaxed first introduction to scuba diving, but with VIP, the entire experience is centred around your own party. No other participants join you, and we tailor the explanation, pace and guidance to your party.
Your first dive does not begin only when you go underwater. From the first introduction to the final minutes underwater, the same personal, relaxed VIP guidance remains at the heart of the experience.
We start at 08:00 at Duikcentrum van de Ven, Caracas Bayweg 360 in Jan Thiel.
View our location on Google Maps →Beforehand, we arrange your MySSI proriles and required documents, so you can start your VIP Try Scuba experience in Curaçao without having to arrange paperwork on arrival.
Would you like to see at home how SSI introduces a first scuba diving experience? Take a free look at the SSI Try Scuba course preview . You can use MySSI through the DiveSSI APP or directly through SSI .
Before your VIP Try Scuba experience, please make sure that:
If one or the participants answers one or more questions with yes? A physician's clearance is required before that participant can take part in the diving activities.
For participants under 18 years or age moeten de vereiste SSI-documenten must be reviewed and signed by a parent or legal guardian.
When you arrive, you personally meet the SSI instructor who stays with you throughout the entire VIP Try Scuba experience. We calmly explain how the morning will go and take plenty of time for your questions.
We also check your MySSI registration and the required documents.
If you answer one or more questions with yes? A physician's clearance is required before you can participate. Read more about our medical questionnaire .
Would you like to get a first impression at home? View the SSI Try Scuba course preview for free.
View the free course preview →You assemble your own scuba set step by step with help from your instructor. This helps you understand the main components before entering the water and together we check that everything works properly.
Op de duikschool bespreken we de belangrijkste onderwatersignalen en leggen we uit what to do if your regulator comes out of your mouth or water enters your mask. This way, everyone knows in advance what we will practise in the water.
Because your experience is private, we can take extra time with anyone who needs more explanation without anyone else having to wait.
In the ocean, we start in water where you can still stand. Here we take our time getting comfortable breathing through the regulator and practise the skills explained beforehand.
Everyone gets the time they need. Bij VIP bepaalt niet de groep, maar your comfort that determines when we move on.
Next, you move into a diving position in water where you can still stand. You have time to experience how the air in your BCD and your breathing affect your position in the water.
That first feeling of calmly floating underwater is often the moment when the nerves disappear and the real enjoyment begins.
Once everyone is comfortable, we begin the actual dive from shallow water. We gradually increase the depth. For participants aged 10 and older, the dive can, when comfort, conditions and safety allow, reach a maximum of 12 metres gaan.
During VIP Try Scuba, children aged 8 and 9 can participate to a maximum depth or 5 metres. We tailor the dive completely to their comfort and safety.
Time underwater is usually around 30–60 minutes, depending on air consumption, comfort and conditions, with a maximum of approximately 60 minutes. We end the dive at around 50 bar, or earlier if comfort, conditions or safety require it.
After the dive, we take time to talk about your experience. If you booked two dives in one day, the equipment usually feels much more familiar during the second dive, leaving even more room to enjoy the underwater world.
From personal instruction at the water's edge to floating underwater together: the entire experience revolves around your own party and your own pace.
Depending on the conditions, we usually choose Tugboat or Caracas Bay. On the day itself, we decide which location is most suitable for your first dive.
A well-known Curaçao dive site where you can calmly discover the underwater world from shore.
View Tugboat →Close to our dive center and a great place to calmly begin your first dive from shore.
View Caracas Bay →Curaçao is a beautiful place to experience scuba diving together for the first time. You enter the water from shore and discover, at a relaxed pace, a completely new world.
The goal is not to go as deep or as far as possible. What matters most is that everyone feels safe, relaxed and comfortable.
VIP is designed for beginners who prefer to experience their first dive exclusively with their own partner, family or friends.
If you are under 18 years or age? Dan moeten de vereiste SSI-documenten must be reviewed and signed by a parent or legal guardian.
If you loved your first dive, participants who meet the requirements may be able to continue directly with our SSI Open Water Diver course .
Would you like to continue learning after VIP Try Scuba? Dan zijn dit logische vervolgstappen binnen SSI.
A great next step if you want to learn more and complete additional training dives under direct supervision.
View Basic Diver →
Earn your first SSI scuba certification and then dive under the direct supervision of a dive professional.
View Scuba Diver →
Would you like to learn to dive independently with a buddy? The full Open Water Diver course is the next step.
View Open Water Diver →No. With VIP Try Scuba, you dive exclusively with your own party. No other participants are added.
VIP Try Scuba is available from age 8. For participants aged 8 and 9, the maximum depth is 5 metres.
Vooraf vul je de medical questionnaire in. If you answer one or more questions with yes? A physician's clearance is required before you can participate.
For participants aged 10 and older, the maximum depth is 12 metres. For children aged 8 and 9, the maximum depth is 5 metres. We always adjust the actual depth to comfort, safety and conditions.
Dive time depends on air consumption, comfort and conditions, with a maximum of approximately 60 minutes per dive.
Yes. Your instructor guides you throughout the entire VIP Try Scuba experience and stays close to you underwater.
We start at 08:00 at Duikcentrum van de Ven, Caracas Bayweg 360 in Jan Thiel.
Yes. You can choose one VIP Try Scuba dive or two dives in one day.
We require at least 24 hours between your last dive and a flight.
Only your own party, your own pace and personal guidance from the first explanation to the final minute underwater.
Book your VIP Try Scuba experience →
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