The Diveshop Curacao
The Diveshop Curacao
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8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Monday
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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The place to be in Curacao for all your diving adventures. Highly specialized in PADI Courses and Programs we also offer dive trips from the boat, shore and the ATV-DIVE safari. You expect customer service, someone to assist you with your gear, some tips, trips or ideas, or just a warm towel and a drink when you come back from a dive...And you are absolutely right.
Willemstad, Curaçao
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2023
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Tracey K
12 contributions
Dec 2023 • Family
Completed Padi Open water certification here while on vacation and I couldn’t have asked for a better experience! I received a one-on-one training with Iris and she was absolutely amazing! Very thorough in following Padi guidelines ensuring every step was covered in its entirety, and still very patient with me on some of the skills I found a bit challenging at first (full mask purge for example!). She went above and beyond to make the experience as positive and enjoyable as possible. I truly can’t speak highly enough about Iris and the entire experience. I went into this course a bit apprehensive about my under water abilities, but she reassured me every step of the way and her adherence to the guidelines made me feel confident in my skills at the conclusion of the course. Do not hesitate to book your certification through The Diveshop and especially with Iris! Thank you again, Iris! You are a dive master rockstar!
Written 13 December 2023
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starburst4
USA31 contributions
Dec 2023 • Couples
The DiveShop Curacao, a 5 star PADI dive center is highly recommended. They have the best rental prices and programs on the island, high quality gear, and knowledgeable and friendly staff. We had not done very many shore dives, previous to arriving in Curacao. Jeroen, the owner, was was able to talk us through how to do the dives, and helped us with our gear until we felt comfortable in diving ourselves. Jeroen and staff gave excellent explanation, along with providing us insights of each site. Would highly recommend.
Written 5 December 2023
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treecity
Boise, ID30 contributions
Sept 2023 • Friends
The Dive Shop Curacao was great. We arrived on a cruise ship. They met us right outside the pier and delivered us back after the diving. Stephan was great at showing us the reef and making sure we got in and out safely. We are going back to Curacao in March with the local dive shop and plan on taking a day off or bringing the shop group with us to dive at least a couple more times with The Dive Shop. I high recommend. We are both dive masters padi certification (if that matters).
Written 26 September 2023
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NorthStar48414107285
1 contribution
Aug 2023 • Friends
We had a 3-day course, to get our PADI. We were with a group of four, which was very nice. Our dive-instructors Thor and Pleunie were very skilled, knew all the theory and could answer all of our questions. Most of all let us feel safe in the water. Would totally recommand.
Written 22 August 2023
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ropco
Amsterdam, The Netherlands2 contributions
Jun 2023 • Solo
I am 59 years old and I had a life long fear of water and swimming. Never liked it to go under water
always that nasty fear...
This week I decided to challange that fear (to look that monster in the eyes)
I went to their office and Pascal, dutch divemaster took me two hour under his supervision. And I felt save and secure. His guidenance skills were great. The day after I went again.. now to see the fish..
always that nasty fear...
This week I decided to challange that fear (to look that monster in the eyes)
I went to their office and Pascal, dutch divemaster took me two hour under his supervision. And I felt save and secure. His guidenance skills were great. The day after I went again.. now to see the fish..
Written 28 June 2023
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Pieter J
1 contribution
Jun 2023 • Family
My 11 year old daughter did her certification course with The Dive Shop and had a tremendous experience! The instructor (Thor) was friendly and engaging, helping make the course accessible and fun even when my daughter felt a bit nervous. He and the other instructors are also deeply knowledgeable about diving and ways to teach it effectively and safely. She is now a certified diver and we just did our first dive together! I would enthusiastically recommend The Dive Shop to anyone looking to get certified, do a refresher, or go on a guided dive in Curacao.
Written 25 June 2023
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Sander
Zwolle, The Netherlands3 contributions
May 2023 • Solo
Very relaxed, but also professional dive shop. Ideal place to start your dive experiences on Curaçao. For equipement, advice, dive trips and courses, all to be found at a central location
Written 23 June 2023
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Peter
1 contribution
May 2023 • Family
At the Dive Shop we where able to do our PADI open water with our daughter (10).
The days where flexible when we wanted to go and the trainers Pleunnie and Thor did do a great job teaching us al about what we needed to know to dive safely. Everything was clearly explained, which was understandable for both children and adults.
And now with the Curacao Dive Society we can gain experience in diving and enjoy what Curaçao has to offer underwater with other divers.
The days where flexible when we wanted to go and the trainers Pleunnie and Thor did do a great job teaching us al about what we needed to know to dive safely. Everything was clearly explained, which was understandable for both children and adults.
And now with the Curacao Dive Society we can gain experience in diving and enjoy what Curaçao has to offer underwater with other divers.
Written 6 June 2023
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Sandy W
1 contribution
May 2023 • Family
This was our second trip to Curaçao, and each time the trip centered around The Dive Shop. Everyone in my family has done diving certification through The Dive Shop. We wouldn’t go anywhere else! Collectively, we have done OW, AOW, and rescue diver and EMR classes. Everyone on staff is very professional and incredibly friendly and make learning fun. You really feel like they embrace you as part of their dive family and set the bar for the “dive vibe”! I’m already planning to return for my next cert. we had Pascal and Thor as instructors this time, both fantastic. Also did a lot of guided dives. All dive masters and instructors were wonderful. Best dive shop on the island!!
Written 6 June 2023
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Jack T
1 contribution
May 2023 • Friends
Awesome dive shop. Got my open water certification here and the staff could not have been more friendly and helpful. Will be recommending friends dive with them when visiting Curacao! Great rental gear and dive sites as well. The dive masters and instructors are very knowledgeable and patient with questions!
Written 20 May 2023
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ScotIoset
Hamilton, NY35 contributions
Do you have a boat for boat dives? We dove Curacao three years ago and have done most of the shore dives.
THE-DIVESHOP-CURACAO
Willemstad, Curaçao1 contribution
thank you for your question and interest in our diveshop.
We don't offer any boat diving from our dive center. Simply because it will be way more expensive, you will join a large group with divers from all kinds off levels and in general dive times are not more than 40 minutes.
We prefer shore diving with you, so we can go anywhere you would like to go (within a reasonable distance), dive for 60 minutes and being way more flexible to even organize custom made trips.
Every day at 08:30am we leave for 2 tank shore diving trips and return at our store around 12:30pm. You will dive 2 different sites and in between enjoy a complementary drink from your divemaster on the beach.
Curacao counts around 60 shore diving sites like Vearssenbay, Snakebay, Cas Abou, Porto Marie, Superior, Double Reef, Tug-Boat and Marie Pompoen. Of course there are many other dive sites to choose from, so please don't hesitate to contact us with any ideas.
Let me know if you have any further questions.