The SEA EXPLORERSPADI Career Development Center (CDC) is located inside the Pura Vida Beach and Dive Resort and is the main Dive Center. We offer a very well equipped facility with our own office, small retail shop, air-conditioned classroom and three storerooms for our guest's equipment directly on the beach. Four times a year Chris Heim organizes Instructor Development Courses in the resort.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Diving all around the year possible
Water temperature: approx. 26-29 º C; our suggestion: 3-5mm wetsuit.
Most of the dive sites close by, max. 30-40 minutes boatride
Four to five dives per day can be offered
Maximum depth 40 meters
No time limits except drift and transfer dives
Usually no decompression dives
Excellent area for courses and all level of divers
A wide variety of excellent & exciting divesites
World-class macro and night dives, paradise for underwater photographers
Excellent snorkeling area around Apo Island , Masaplod Norte Sanctuary and Dauin
12 and 10 liters aluminum and some 15 liters tanks .
Most of our tanks have valves with INT connection. Divers with DIN first stage, bring your adapter please.
3 Bauer Mariner Compressors
Recompression chamber in Cebu City
DIVE CREW
PADI Course Director Chris Heim (CH, General Manager Sea Explorers)
PADI Instructor Lee Daniel (G, DiveCenter Manager)
PADI Instructors: B-Bhing, Poloy and JR (Phil.)
Local Dive Guides: Jesse, Mayrico, Chito, Carlos and Jun.
DIVE BOATS
“Gypsy”: Outrigger boat for safaris, transfers and day trips. Capacity: max. 20 divers
“Spirit”: Outrigger boat for transfers and day trips. Capacity: max. 10 divers
"Island Explorer" Outrigger boat for safaris, transfers and day trips. Capacity: max. 12 divers
Speedboat for short trips. Capacity: max. 8 divers
OUR PROFESSIONAL SCUBA DIVING SERVICE OFFERS
FUN DIVES in small groups (max. four divers) with personal service.
ORIENTATION DIVES for guests who haven't dived for a long time or if it's the first dive in tropical waters.
Full range of PADI COURSES including:
Bubblemaker and Seal Team for kids
Discover Scuba Diving
Scuba Diver
Open Water Diver up to Divemaster
Different Specialty-Courses (e. g. NITROX, Night, Naturalist, Drift, Deep, Photo)
Assistant Instructor
Four times a year Instructor Development course (IDC) in the resort with our PADI Course Director Chris Heim.
DIVE TRIPS around the Visayas.
ISLAND HOPPING available!!
DIVE SAFARIS with our own safari boat.
Modern and well-maintained RENTAL EQUIPMENT and absolutely PURE AIR.
Underwater CAMERA and FLASHLIGHTS for rent.
OXYGEN equipment, telephone on the boats and in the dive center.
INFORMATION ABOUT SANCTUARY FEES:
We are very lucky to be able to dive in several sanctuaries in our area. For us divers it means that we have to be more careful and that we have to follow some rules and we have to pay some additional fees (3-10 US $ per day).
Around Apo Island for example it's not allowed to wear gloves. In the Sanctuary there are not more than 15 divers per day allowed, that means, it's not always possible to dive this spot.
There is an additional charge of about 1 US$ / day around Apo Island and 1 US$ / dive in the municipality of Dauin (incl. Masaplod Norte Sanctuary) for photo and video camera.
The sanctuary fees are not included in the diving rates and packages.
