No certification needed
Discover Scuba Diving is the easiest way to try scuba diving while staying in Punta Cana. You do not need a diving certification or previous experience. After the briefing, your instructor completes the essential skills together with you at the descent line in calm shallow water at the beginning of the first dive.
When you feel comfortable, you continue that same first dive and begin exploring the reef. After the surface interval, your second dive is a relaxed guided dive. Your instructor stays close throughout both dives and adapts the pace to you.
The important details at a glance
$169 USD per person
Available daily in the morning. Hotel pickup is normally between 7:15 and 7:50 a.m.; return is usually around 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. Exact times depend on the hotel and are sent the day before.
Ask for availability$199 USD per person
This option combines your first dives with a full Caribbean island day. Availability depends on the weekly island schedule and whether the planned sites are suitable for a beginner experience.
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Calm instruction before exploration
After the briefing and basic skills at the beginning of dive one, you continue exploring with your instructor. Beginner-friendly sites can include the shallow Atlantic Princess wreck when conditions and the day's plan are suitable.
Your instructor stays close throughout both dives and adapts the pace to how you feel. Small groups give first-time divers the time and attention they need without pressure.
Feeling nervous at first is completely normal. We take the experience step by step, help you become comfortable underwater and make sure there is time to enjoy your first diving memories.
After the basic skills, the rest of dive one is about enjoying the reef. Following the surface interval, your second dive is a normal guided dive where you can see coral, tropical fish and the underwater landscape around Bayahibe.
From your hotel to your first reef
Send your date, hotel, ages and equipment sizes. Complete the participant and medical forms before diving.
After pickup and arrival, you receive your equipment, safety briefing and simple underwater communication review.
At the descent line in shallow water, complete the basic skills together with your instructor. When you are comfortable, continue the same first dive.
After the surface interval, enjoy a second beginner-friendly dive with your instructor and no pressure to reach the maximum depth.
Simple planning for a relaxed first dive
Every participant completes a diving medical questionnaire. A “yes” answer does not automatically prevent diving, but some answers require written medical clearance before the activity. Please tell us before paying the deposit if you have a medical condition, take medication or are unsure about any question.
The maximum DSD depth is 12 metres, but the real depth is always based on your comfort, skill performance and the day's conditions.
A 40 USD deposit per participant secures the reservation after we confirm availability. The remaining balance is normally paid in cash on the diving day. Please review our booking and cancellation policy before reserving.
Because this experience includes two dives, plan at least 18 hours between the final dive and flying. Choose an earlier date if your flight schedule is close.
Before your first breath underwater
It is a supervised first scuba experience for complete beginners. After the briefing, you complete the basic skills with your instructor at the beginning of dive one, continue that same dive and then make a second guided dive. It does not provide a diving certification.
The Bayahibe experience is 169 USD per person, including two dives, standard equipment and resort transfer from Punta Cana and Bávaro. A selected full-day Saona or Catalina option is 199 USD per person and includes lunch.
No. The program is designed for people who have never used scuba equipment. You should be comfortable in the water, listen carefully to the briefing and communicate honestly with your instructor.
The minimum age is 10 years and the maximum depth is 12 metres or 40 feet. There is no goal to reach that depth: your instructor chooses a comfortable depth based on skills, confidence and conditions.
At the descent line in calm shallow water at the beginning of the first dive. Your instructor completes the basic skills together with you, and once you feel comfortable, you continue the same dive.
That is normal for many first-time divers. We keep the pace relaxed, repeat skills as needed and stay close. If you do not feel comfortable, we stop or return to shallower water—there is never pressure to continue.
All participants complete a diving medical questionnaire. Some answers require written clearance from a physician before diving. Send us any questions in advance so this does not become a surprise on the morning of your trip.
After two dives in one day, plan at least 18 hours between the end of your final dive and a commercial flight. Waiting longer adds additional conservatism.
Send your preferred date, hotel, number of participants, ages, heights, weights and shoe sizes by WhatsApp. After we confirm availability, a 40 USD deposit per participant secures the reservation.
Send your preferred date, hotel and number of participants. We will confirm availability and help you choose Bayahibe or an island experience.
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