Curaçao visit in decmeber

[Mariner11]

Hi,
Was planning on going to curaçao in December 2025 for a family trip . My 20 yr old, 18 yr old and 17 yr old want to get their certification done this summer at home and then do some diving during this visit . Was wondering which dive operation would be best for me to use which will be helpful and supportive for a group of 4 divers of which 3 will be new divers

Thanks

 

[Norwegian Cave Diver]

Coral Estates is a great place to take a new diver. The dive shop is very close to the ocean. Easy steps in and super easy to follow the rope on the sand out to the reef and back in again.

 

[Norwegian Cave Diver]

Curacao

 

[arew+4]

I've heard really good things about "The Dive Bus", for guided shore dives, and Go West for boat dives. Curacao shore diving is pretty straight forward, if you've done Bonaire, the entries would be like VIP Accomodations in comparison. We have been diving as a family unit for a while now but it was my wife and I both diving together for decades, and then we added our three teens and tweens. Single handed with three new divers in a new to you location, a little back up is a wise choice

 

[Chris_T]

Another vote for the Dive Bus. Will be diving with them for the third time this August.

 

[Mariner11]

Thank you guys , yeah single handed with 3 new divers is not something I want to do , also want it to be a great experience for them in a safe way so that they become hooked . That way I cAn go on many more dive vacations without the wife objecting

 

[Dive4fun25]

I’ve dived with Ocean Encounters for 18 years. It’s a large and well run dive shop that has 6 boats. They are safe and efficient and do a good job working with kids and new divers. My only negative comment would be that the majority of the dives they do are on the east side near their shop at Lions Dive Resort. The best diving in Curacao is at the west end. If you want to do boat dives, OE is the way to go. Or rent a car and do shore dives at the local beaches. Many of them have their own dive shops with rental tanks right at the beach. I personally wouldn’t want to get in a hot bus after every dive.

 

[z0rk0l]

I also agree on the Dive bus. Was there in January this year and its a very nice and relaxed dive operator.

 

[rhwestfall]

The Dive Bus is "concierge shore diving", Used them a bunch of times, and always a positive experience. With 5 of you, it would likely be semi-private (if they aren't crazy busy).