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About this trip
HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR COIBA DIVE ADVENTURE? DIVE NITROX! DIVE LONGER! DIVE BETTER!
Diving at Coiba means diving the National Park (UNESCO World Heritage Site) what does not only consist of the island of Coiba but also other beautiful smaller islands, most of them offer also virgin white sand beaches.
It will take our fast boats between 50 minutes to 1:20 hours to reach our first dive site, where after a site briefing and buddy check you will dive into the Coiba wonderworld for up to ONE hour (depending on your air consumption and allowed no decompression time).
The standard day tour consists of two dives on two dive sites chosen accordingly to the interests and experience levels of the group and environmental conditions. All dives are guided by our experienced and certified PADI instructors or dive masters. An additional third dive can be booked usually directly on the day of the trip (conditions permitting). In between the dives you have time to relax on pristine beaches go for snorkeling or a short hike.
As Nitrox certified divers have usually some experience and most good sites around Coiba are a bit advanced and around 20 to 30 meters in the more interestiing areas, diving with Nitrox instead of air not only allows you longer and better dives, it also makes you less tired after a long day of diving.
Dive Nitrox, dive longer, dive better!
You will see a variety of life on all sites: reef sharks are common on all sites, turtles, schools of jacks, snappers, barracudas can be seen requently the year around and there is, of course, the whole range of tropical reef life. We have sites where enconters with bull sharks ar not uncommon the year around and hammerheads are seen on some dive sites between April and June. Whales, whale sharks, mantas and devil rays can be seen at certain times. We do not like to rush our guests, therefore our dives last up to 60 minutes if air consumption and No Decompression limit allows for it, so doing 2 dives with Scuba Coiba gives you almost the same under water time as three dives with some other operators.
Cancellation policy
We need a minimum of divers for a trip. We accept your booking and will promote this trip to other interested divers. In case we don’t get the required minimum, we give you the choice to change the date or get a full refund of your deposit.
What’s included
- rental gearBCD, regulator, wetsuit (fins and mask if needed)
- 2 Nitrox tanks2 Nitrox tanks, if you want to do a third dive on Nitrox you can add one for $ 10.00, payable at the dive center the day of the trip
- food, water, snackssnacks, fruits and water are provided
What’s not included
- Entrance fee for CoibaParkEntrance Fee for the National Park of $ 20.00 ($ 5.00 for panamanian residents)
- Crew Tips
Available Packages
The price for the day trip to Coiba for certified divers with 2 Nitrox tanks is $ 170.00, 3 tanks $ 180.00 plus $ 20.00 entrance fee for the National Park Coiba. This includes rental gear, the snacks, fruits, lunch and water. For divers who bring their private gear (only need tenks and weights) receive a discount of $ 15.00.
We charge only the deposit of $ 40.00 to block the spot through this platform. The balance has to be paid inSanta Catalina before leaving to your adventure in cash or by credit card.
Available options
This is the option for divers who want to dive Nitrox, but are lacking the certification and do not have the time to complete the course
Complete Nitrox course by e-learning before your arrival, ends with a certification, includes 2 Nitrox tanks
dive computer for Nitrox and air
Itinerary
We ask our divers to show their Nitrox certification and analyze the tank and test their equipment at our dive center before leaving Santa Catalina beach between 8:00 and 8:30, so you should be here the afternoon before ill 6:30 or in the morning at 7:30. After a general briefing, we take a boat ride of 1 to 1:30 hours to our first dive site, where you will receive the briefing of the site and any special procedures for it. After a maximal dive time of an hour, we will have a break on one of Coiba’s beaches to relax and enjoy the beautiful surroundings, some beaches offer also excellent snorkeling, or possibilities to see monkeys, birds, butterflies or crocodiles. We will also offer you a packed, called lunch with this break.