Belize is one of the world’s premier scuba diving destinations, with its warm water, incredible visibility (150 feet is average), and countless variety of fish and corals which live within the barrier reef that runs along the entire coast of the country, and the outer atolls such as Turneffe and Lighthouse Reef (where the famous Blue Hole is located). Diving opens up a vast world that is not accessible by the snorkeler and is an exhilarating, meditative experience that is literally out of this world.
Take advantage of our 4 Days PADI Certification + 6 Nights Hotel Package: USD $825 per person (based on double occupancy)
This package special is available for August, September and October (2024)
Our package includes:
- Accommodation (courtyard room with either 1 queen bed or 2 single beds) with A/C, TV (Netflix), minifridge, coffee maker, private bathroom with hot/cold shower
Upgrades to apartments and private cabanas with kitchens are available - Hot cooked breakfast each morning
- Use of bikes, canoe, paddle board
- All taxes
- PADI Certification
PADI Certification Course
Our local dive shop specializes in certifying divers in three to four days.
DAY 1
Meet at local dive shop at 9:00AM for a day of videos for about 3.5 hours. If possible, pick up your PADI Open Water manual the evening before class starts. Students are required to complete paperwork and return to us prior, if you have any recent surgeries (within 5 years) / health conditions ( asthma, lung/ chest diseases, high blood pressure, heart conditions, ear diseases), please kindly get a doctor’s note prior to coming to start your course. You can let us know via email, and we are more than happy to send you a PDF file of the medical assessment, and you can have your family doctor sign it off for you.
Day 2
Start diving! Meet at 8:30AM, get fitted for your equipment (included in the course), and spend about an hour reviewing the equipment and skills. Water, fruits and snacks are provided on the boat, and if students wish to bring along any personal items with them, there is a dry area to store them. Get in a boat and head to the reef where you’ll practice skills in shallow water (7ft/2m) in the Caye Caulker Marine Reserve, before taking your first Open Water dive in a little deeper water (15ft/ 5m). You’ll explore the shallow reefs and find little creatures such as Arrow Crabs and Pederson Shrimps. Upon completion of Open Water dive 1, you can continue with some more skills to complete Open Water dive 2, (max depth 24ft/8m) where you are able to explore deeper in the South Channel, if you do get lucky, you might be able to see spotted eagle rays and turtles. You’ll return to the shop around 2PM, and students will be given their quizzes and exams to complete.
Day 3
Meet at 8:30AM and begin to explore deeper waters. Open Water Dives 3 and 4 will generally be “outside the reef” where the “real dives” take place. You will dive to 40ft/12m if permitted on Open Water Dive 3. For Open Water Dive 4, you will be diving to a maximum depth of 60ft/ 18m, so students can learn how the dive computer works fully. If weather does not permit to head outside the reef to complete Open Water Dive 3 & 4, you will stay shallow (inside the reef) and complete the skills that are required for those 2 dives. These dives are generally done at the Caye Caulker Marine Reserve. You’ll return around 1PM. Quizzes and exams are checked, and newly certified divers are rewarded with a logbook and a picture to complete their certification.
Day 4
If due to weather or any personal reasons that we are not able to complete the dives, day 4 will be the extra day that comes in handy for us to finish off the PADI Open Water Course.
Please contact us for availability at reservations@seadreamsbelize.com
