Scuba Diving and Snorkeling

Punta Uva Dive Center

Tel: (506) 2759-9191 or 8844-4432

www.puntauvadivecenter.com

RECREATIONAL FUN DIVES:

Description: Adventure & exploring diving for certified Divers.

1 TANK Dive

2 TANKS Dive

Night Dive

Rate: $60 per person*

Rate: $75 per person**

Rate: $55 per person**

* Plus $10 of equipment rental if needed.
** Plus $20 of equipment rental if needed.

SNORKELING

Description: Our program starts with a briefing on the snorkeling gear & tricks on how to get the best experience out of it. We also give you safety instruction on how to avoid fatigue situations, heat stroke and how to take care of the coral reef that takes so many years to grow. You will be familiarized with the underwater environment you are about to explore: the living coral reef and the fish who inhabit it. Being able to spot a specific coral or fish and knowing a bit about it –life span, unique characteristics, etc- can change your whole snorkeling experience. Being supervised by our highly trained PADI Divemasters or Scuba Diving Instructors who know the place like no one else gives you the security of going safely out to sea.
Duration: 3 hours
Rate: $45 per person

PADI COURSES:

FIRST TIME DIVING

OPEN WATER DIVER

Description: Get certified for life. The Open Water Diver course is the most popular dive program in the world! This is your ticket to a lifetime of intense adventure in diving. As a certified PADI Open Water Diver, the most widely recognized and respected rating in the world; you have the freedom to dive with a buddy independent of a professional anywhere in the world to a maximum depth of 18 meters/ 60 feet. (If you are interested in this tour please see the Tour Director for additional information)

Duration: Our course can be completed as short as in 2 days, but the most recommended is in 3 or 4 days, depending on your agenda and the climate.

Rate: Course: $295 per person

Manual: $40 per person

DISCOVER SCUBA DIVING

Description: If you want to feel the unique experience of scuba diving on a tropical live coral reef and don’t have the time for a full Open Water Diver Course, then the PADI Discover Scuba Diving program lets you experience the thrill of diving under the supervision of our PADI Professionals in pool or pool-like conditions. During your adventure, you’ll master some basic concepts and scuba skills and might even head off to experience an open water adventure.

Duration: 2 to 3 hours

Rate: $65 per person

SCUBA DIVER

Description: The PADI Scuba Diver program is a pre-entry level certification that is perfect for vacationers or people who only plan to dive a couple times a year. As a subprogram of the PADI Open Water Diver program, the PADI Scuba Diver rating allows you to get certified quickly and easily by minimizing time constraints. With the PADI Scuba Diver certification you can dive under the direct supervision of a PADI professional to a maximum depth of 12 meters/40 feet anywhere in the world. Throughout the course, you’ll learn fundamentals of scuba diving, including dive equipment and techniques. You earn this rating by completing pool dives, knowledge development sessions and by making two open water (ocean or lake) dives.

Duration: 1 to 2 days

Rate: $200 per person

ADVANCED DIVING:

ADVANCE OPEN WATER DIVER

Description: Advance Open Water Diver takes you to another level in scuba diving. If you complete your Deep Dive, Underwater Navigation Dive and three Adventure Dives for a total of five, you can earn this certification. You can choose from: Night Diver, Deep Diver, AWARE-Fish Identification, Underwater Naturalist, Boat Diver, Underwater Navigator, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Multilevel Diver, Drift Diver and many more. As a certified PADI Advance Open Water Diver, you have the freedom to dive with a buddy independent of a professional anywhere in the world to a maximum depth of 30 meters/ 100 feet.
After your five dives, you’ll be more experienced, feel more comfortable in the water and simply enjoy diving more because you better understand the underwater environment.

Duration: 5 specialty dives in 2 to 3 days

Rate: Course: $295 per person

Manual: $40 per person

ADVENTURE IN DIVING

Description: Once you get your Open Water Diver certification you are qualified for the Adventure in Diving. As a certified diver you can discover the variety of options that the liquid world has to offer. If you complete any three adventure dives, you can earn your PADI Adventure Diver certification. Here’s your chance because you can sample three dives of your choice, get a taste of what you like, and feel more comfortable in the water, strengthening your underwater skills and letting you enjoy diving more than ever.

Duration: 3 specialty dives in 1 to 3 days

Rate: $200 per person

EMERGENCY FIRST RESPONSE

Primary Care (CPR)
This non-diving course teaches you how to respond to life-threatening emergencies, including Breathing Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). This certification is a prerequisite for the Padi Rescue Diver course as well of all the PADI Pro courses.

Secondary Care (First Aid)
This course covers injuries or illnesses that are not immediately life threatening. Participants focus on secondary assessment and first aid through knowledge development, skill development and realistic scenario practice.

Care for Children Course
The Emergency First Response Care for Children course is an innovative CPR, AED and First Aid training course that teaches participants how to provide emergency care for injured or ill children (ages one to eight) and infants less than one year old. Participants learn about the types of medical emergencies that children face, and how they differ from adult conditions. The curriculum also includes the importance of attending to basic emergency situations with children, the emotional aspects of caring for children, secondary care for children, and preventing common injuries and illnesses in children.

Duration: 2 days

Rate: Course: $195 per person

Manual: $40 per person

RESCUE DIVER


Description: The PADI Rescue Diver will expand your knowledge and experience beyond purely recreational level because you’ll learn to look beyond yourself and consider the safety and well being of other divers. Although this course is serious, it is an enjoyable way to build your confidence. Rescue Diver training will prepare you to prevent problems and, if necessary, manage dive emergencies. During the five open water sessions, you’ll cover: Self-rescue and diver stress, dive first aid, emergency management and equipment, swimming and non-swimming assists, panicked diver response, underwater problems, missing diver procedures, surfacing the unconscious diver, in-water artificial respiration, egress (exits), first aid procedures for pressure related accidents, dive accident scenarios. The PADI Rescue Diver certification is a prerequisite for all Professional level PADI courses, beginning with the PADI Divemaster certification. (If you are interested in this tour please see the Tour Director for additional information)

Duration: Knowledge classes and 5 open water sessions, from 2 to 4 days

Rate: Course: $285 per person

Manual: $40 per person

MASTER SCUBA DIVING

Description: This certification denotes that you’ve reached the highest recreational diver level in the PADI System of diver education. PADI Master Scuba Diver indicates you have a significant amount of training and experience in a variety of dive environments. To achieve this certification a diver requires taking PADI Specialties in 5 Areas.

Duration: Depends on specialties

Rate: Depends on specialties

OTHERS:

REFERRAL COURSE

Description: Completed your PADI academic lessons and confined water training? Dive with us for your 4 open water dives and get certified for life at Costa Rica’s finest living coral reef.

Duration: 4 open water dives

Rate: $230 per person

UPGRADE COURSE

Description: Get certified for life! Do you hold a Scuba Diver certification and have the time to complete the Open Water Diver course? With this upgrade course you will be able to dive with a buddy, independently from a PADI professional supervisor, it will also allow you to dive to 18 meters/ 60 feet deep worldwide.

Duration: 4 open water dives

Rate: $230 per person

PROFESSIONAL DIVEMASTER COURSE

Description: Working closely with a PADI Instructor, you’ll expand your dive knowledge and hone your skills as you become a dive professional. PADI Divemaster training develops your leadership abilities by training you to supervise dive activities and assist instructors with student divers. (If you are interested in this course please see the Tour Director for additional information)

Duration: 2 weeks to 2 months

Rate: Course: $595 per person

Manual: $40 per person

Crocodive Caribe

Tel: (506) 2750-0919 or (506) 8397-9710

info@crocodivecaribe.com

www. crocodivecaribe.com

DIVE NOW:

DISCOVER SCUBA DIVING COURSE

Description: 1 pool session, private instructor, equipment rental

Duration: 2 hours

What to bring:

Rate: $65 per person

GET CERTIFIED:

PADI SCUBA DIVER COURSE (upgrade available to PADI Open Water Diver)

Description: 3 pool sessions, 2 open water dives, private instructor, 2 boat dives

Duration: 2 days

Rate: $200 per person

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING:

Description: Crocodive Caribe is the only PADI 5 Star Instructor Development Dive Resort on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. Our Course Director directly supervises all professional courses starting at the PADI Divemaster level. (If you are interested in these courses please see the Tour Director for additional information)

Sherman Skeeling Peña

Tel: (506) 8910-7174

SNORKELING IN MANZANILLO

Description: Spend the morning snorkeling around Manzanillo beach with this local guide. See the coral reefs and a variety of colorful sea life including manta rays, lobsters, groupers, blowfish, parrot fish, barracuda, red snapper, and more!

Includes: Transportation to and from C & J Cabinas and snorkel gear

Duration: 2-3 hours

Rate: $10 per person

ATEC (Talamancan Association of Ecotourism and

Conservation) - Fair Trade Ecotourism

SNORKELING


Description: How many fishes can you see in the protected waters off of Punta Uva Beach or Cahuita National Park? You never know what you might see around Punta Uva all kinds of tropical fish, squid, lobster, and shark or a turtle if you’re lucky.
Duration: 2 to 3 hours
Rate: $25 per person