DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - The country - Diving excursions and islands tours in the Caribbean

Saona island, Catalina, Shark diving, St George...when most folks think of the Dominican Republic, they think of beautiful beaches and baseball players. While it's certainly true that many of the major league's best baseball players have come from the tiny island and that the island definitely has some incredible beaches, there's much more to the Dominican Republic than that. Most travelers head to the Dominican Republic because they want a little something different out of their Caribbean experience. Specifically, folks head to the Dominican Republic to get a taste of the culture that seems to radiate from the island.

Once on the island, you'll understand what all of the fuss is about. This is one place that still hasn't been completely transformed by the hand of global tourism. It remains a cheap place to visit and the people extend a warm welcome to all travelers. While some nations might say the right things, folks visiting the Dominican Republic truly get the feeling that the locals want you there.

Bayahibe, where Coral Point Diving is located is on of the most popular places for diving and snorkelling in the country and starting point for unique excursions.

If you are a diver or simply interested in some sea activities like snorkeling or Saona Island Tour or Catalina Excursions remember

that our Coral Point Office is located very, very close to you.

No matter which Hotel you choose to spend your holidays. We offer free transfers from all the Hotels below

Dream Resorts - Bayahibe La Romana
Be Live Canoa
Grand Dominicus Catalonia
Ibero Star Hacienda Dominicus
Cadaques

Book with us in advance and we will make sure you will have a VIP service for you and your family.

PADI 5 Star Dive Center offers Excursions, Saona snorkeling - PADI courses - Scuba diving with CORAL POINT in Bayahibe, Dominican Republic - Shark Point and Catalina

Saona island, Catalina Wall, Mano Juan and Canto de la Playa. Bayahibe offers the best reef diving available in Dominican Republic. Here you can explore many dive sites within a either short boat ride from our beach or even a shore dive from one of the many fringing coral points sourrouding Bayahibe. We also offer national park diving and Catalina Wall excursions only a half hour away from our beach shop.

For those that want to live supercised experience whatever your level in Scuba diving we have the right course to suite your needs. Even if you’ve never been diving before you can try our Discover Scuba Diving or jump right into the Open Water. All diving courses with Coral Point Diving include all PADI educational materials and free equipment rentals for the time of your class at Coral Point Diving!

No matter if you are an Open Water diver or a Divemaster looking to enter the professional world of diving, Coral Point Diving also has customized scuba diving internships available to meet your needs and prepare you for professional work in the dive industry.

Private diving is the Way to dive in Dominican Republic. You can plan your own scuba dive trip with a private diveguide and captain. Ask for information. Dive the way you want, alone or with your private group. Coral Point Diving can also offer private PADI dive courses. Make it easy for yourself and enjoy diving the Private Way in Bayahibe with Coral Point Diving.

Coral Point Diving is fully committed to providing a service that reflects our responsibility to contribute to the conservation of our Caribbean Reef and pass on this rich heritage to future generations. Our visitors have the opportunity to learn about and appreciate our terrestrial and marine environment.

Equipment ready... We can go...

OUR DIVE CENTER

FULL CAVE DIVER in Bayahibe with Coral Point Diving - Dominican Republic

The TDI Cave Course is the highest overhead environment rating offered by TDI. This course is for the serious adventure wanting to explore further into the overhead environment, make jumps off of main lines to adjoining passages. During the cave course your TDI Instructor will teach you the proper techniques for diving in a cave environment while maintaining a constant guideline. Your TDI Cave Instructor will cover topics and skills such as:

• Equipment configuration and preparation.
• Body posture and trim.
• Propulsion techniques.
• Cave conservation.
• Proper guideline procedures.
• Lost line drills.
• Buddy emergency procedures.
• S drills.
• Hand and light signals.

The TDI Cavern and Cave manual will outline the procedures for conducting cave dives and a great addition to your diving library.

This is our passion

In front of our Diving Center

Coral Point Diving

TDI TRIMIX in the Caribbean with Coral Point Diving, Bayahibe - Dominican Republic

Trimix Diver 
As your motivation to explore progresses you will find that you may want to go deeper to dive that wreck that is part of history or that cave system that you have read so much about. One of the major limiting factors of going deeper is narcosis; TDI's Trimix Diver course shows how to minimize the effects of narcosis by adding helium to offset the nitrogen in your breathing gas. While taking the Trimix Diver course your TDI Instructor will teach you how to plan and execute dives utilizing as little as 18 percent oxygen and diving to maximum depth of 60 m/200 feet with a blend of helium appropriate for the planned depth. The course covers topics and skills like:

• Dive team planning.
• Gas matching.
• Cylinder labeling.
• Surface marker deployment.
• Equipment configuration. 

Advanced Trimix Diver 
The TDI Advanced Trimix Diver course is the top level of training for open circuit divers wishing to dive to depths as deep as 100 m / 330 feet utilizing hypoxic levels of oxygen (below 17 percent).Ý This course is perhaps one of the most informative and challenging and upon completion you are among some of the most elite divers. Your TDI Instructor will teach you:

• Equipment management.
• Multiple stage cylinder label and placement.
• Complex decompression planning and contingency planning.
• Dive team awareness and communication.
• Gas monitoring and management.
• Use of travel gasses.

The TDI Advanced Trimix manual is one of the most up to date manuals and includes all the latest of technology and practices being used.

PADI Tec Sidemount Instructor in the Caribbean with Coral Point Diving, Bayahibe - Dominican Republic

Tec Sidemount Instructor 

Sidemount has caught on in both recreational and open-circuit tec diving as a popular alternative equipment configuration. As a Tec Sidemount Instructor, you can qualify divers to use sidemount so they can take any of the TecRec open-circuit tec courses using the configuration. You can also train divers to use sidemount within the limits of their current open-circuit TecRec certifications.

PADI TEC SIDEMOUNT in the Caribbean with Coral Point Diving, Bayahibe - Dominican Republic

This course offers the same benefits as the PADI Sidemount Diver course but gives you the opportunity to dive with 2+ cylinders for extended dive times. 
The Tec Sidemount Diver course is a great way to get started into technical diving because the skills you learn in this course will train you to handle multiple cylinders on a single dive. You can combine what you learn in the Tec Sidemount Diver course with other open-circuit tec courses that you take, or certifications you’ve already earned, to take advantage of sidemount’s cylinder configuration and handling advantages.  
Prerequisites:

Be certified as a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or have a qualifying certification from another training organization

Have logged 30 or more dives

At least 18 years old

Certification as a PADI Enriched Air Diver is recommended 

The PADI Tec Sidemount Diver course, here at Coral Point Diving is conducted over 4 days and consists of:

2 Knowledge development sessions

3 Practical application sessions

2 Confined water sessions

4 Open water dives

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FULL CAVE DIVER in Bayahibe with Coral Point Diving - Dominican Republic

The TDI Cave Course is the highest overhead environment rating offered by TDI. This course is for the serious adventure wanting to explore further into the overhead environment, make jumps off of main lines to adjoining passages. During the cave course your TDI Instructor will teach you the proper techniques for diving in a cave environment while maintaining a constant guideline. Your TDI Cave Instructor will cover topics and skills such as:

• Equipment configuration and preparation.
• Body posture and trim.
• Propulsion techniques.
• Cave conservation.
• Proper guideline procedures.
• Lost line drills.
• Buddy emergency procedures.
• S drills.
• Hand and light signals.

The TDI Cavern and Cave manual will outline the procedures for conducting cave dives and a great addition to your diving library.

 

Technical Diving in the Caribbean with Coral Point Diving, Bayahibe - Dominican Republic - Sidemount, Sidemount Instructor, Cave Diving, Full cave diver, Trimix, Trimix Instructor, PADI Tec Rec Tec 40, Tec 45, Tec 50

PADI TecRec courses

PADI launched its TecRec program in 2000, in association with Diving Science And Technology (DSAT). The benefits of taking a PADI TecRec course include:

an integrated course flow that takes you from the beginning to a highly qualified tec diver using different gas mixes

each level introduces you to new gear, planning and procedures appropriate to extend your diving limits

the Tec Deep Diver course is an integrated sequence of three subcourses, Tec 40, Tec 45 and Tec 50. You can complete them continuously, or you can complete each level separately with a time span between them.

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Cave Diving Courses

We are one of the few dive facilities technical and cave diving oriented training in Bayahibe.We provide TRAINING and GUIDED DIVING SERVICES to some of the best blue holes and underwater caves in the Dominican Republic.

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PADI 5 Star Dive Center offers Excursions, Saona snorkeling - PADI courses - Scuba diving with CORAL POINT in Bayahibe, Dominican Republic - Shark Point and Catalina

Saona island, Catalina Wall, Mano Juan and Canto de la Playa. Bayahibe offers the best reef diving available in Dominican Republic. Here you can explore many dive sites within a either short boat ride from our beach or even a shore dive from one of the many fringing coral points sourrouding Bayahibe. We also offer national park diving and Catalina Wall excursions only a half hour away from our beach shop.

For those that want to live supercised experience whatever your level in Scuba diving we have the right course to suite your needs. Even if you’ve never been diving before you can try our Discover Scuba Diving or jump right into the Open Water. All diving courses with Coral Point Diving include all PADI educational materials and free equipment rentals for the time of your class at Coral Point Diving!

No matter if you are an Open Water diver or a Divemaster looking to enter the professional world of diving, Coral Point Diving also has customized scuba diving internships available to meet your needs and prepare you for professional work in the dive industry.

Private diving is the Way to dive in Dominican Republic. You can plan your own scuba dive trip with a private diveguide and captain. Ask for information. Dive the way you want, alone or with your private group. Coral Point Diving can also offer private PADI dive courses. Make it easy for yourself and enjoy diving the Private Way in Bayahibe with Coral Point Diving.

Coral Point Diving is fully committed to providing a service that reflects our responsibility to contribute to the conservation of our Caribbean Reef and pass on this rich heritage to future generations. Our visitors have the opportunity to learn about and appreciate our terrestrial and marine environment.

                

Tec Revolution

We are one of the few dive centres in the Country able to offer the latest PADI training programme for recreational and technical diving

PADI Courses

Discover Scuba Diving

Scuba Diver 
Open Water Diver

Open Water Referral

Adventure Diver

Advanced Open Water Diver 

Rescue Diver

EFR

Divemaster

Assistant Instructor

PADI Specialty

EFR Instructor

Study at home, do your PADI Open Waterin 2 days only. No more class and pay $240 only!

Watch our dive sites

Dive the sites you want and the way you want in Bayahibe with the biologist from Coral Point Diving.

St George Wreck

Atlantic Princes

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Fun Diving - Packages

Let our experienced Coral Point guides make your scuba diving adventurein Bayahibe, Dominican Republic, an unforgettable experience. Have a look at our dive packages. We will never find something better in Bayahibe

PADI Courses

Coral Point Diving is one of the largest trainers of Scuba divers in Bayahibe, located minutes from the famous Dreams Resort. We offer a complete range of scuba diving courses, ranging from Learn to Dive through to PADI Divemaster.

Dive Sites

Some of our favorite dive sites are just located a moments boat ride from the beach shop. Within several minutes on the boat we can be diving at a great variety of sites. All our diving activities are supervised by our marine biologist.

Tec Diving

Join us at Coral Point and travel along stunning walls, through deep wrecks and into silent caves that are teeming with marine life; that's the incredible journey and adventure offered to you by Coral Point diving.

Wreck Diving

Bayahibe offers some great wrecks just a few moments boat ride from our Coral Point Diving beach shop, explore either the Atlanic Princess or the famous St. George wrek. Dont' miss this opportunity if you are stayng in Bayahibe

Cave Diving

Coral Point is one of the few dive facilities technical and cave diving oriented training in Bayahibe, We provide Training  and guided diving services to some of the best underwater caves in Dominican Republic.

Eco- diving- Internships

No matter if you are an Open Water diver or a Divemaster looking to enter the professional world of diving, Coral Point Diving also has customized scuba diving internships available to meet your needs and prepare you for professional work in the dive industry.

VIP Diving

Days can be tailored to the individual, with beach lobster/fish BBQ’s on deserted tropical beach or island hopping trips during which you can visit Saona Island, Catalina Island or just local dive sites inside the National Park of Guaraguao.

Specials

Coral Point Diving offers several standard packages, but we will tailor a program suited to your needs and budgets. After your initial contact with us, we will discover your needs and design a suitable program for you. If you are travelling on a budget ,this is for you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                   
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PADI 5 Star Center offers Dive excursions in the Caribbean - Diving packages - Shark Diving - Catalina - Saona excursions - Wreck diving

Besides scuba diving, we offer unique and personalized excursions to the Islands of Saona and Catalina.

Let our experienced guides make your scuba diving adventure here an unforgettable experience

We depart for the local dives around 09:00am from Bayahibe and we are back around 13:00h (01:00pm). The duration of the scuba trip depends on the dive sites. These are our prices if you book online in advance. Dont' wory if you haven't a buddy, we run dive excursions even if you are the only diver on board!

The prices you see online are only valid at the time of the quote. The price may change according to availability and if you book when in Bayahibe.

FUN DIVES

Single Tank Dive - $50         Book now - pay $45Double Tank Dive - $85         Book now - pay $75     
Night Dive - $60   (light rental, please add $5)
we run night dive with one diver only!             

STINGRAY PACKAGE

4 DIVES - $150                      Book now - pay $140

DOLPHIN PACKAGE

6 DIVES - $240                     Book now - pay $ 210

TURTLE PACKAGE

8 DIVES - $290                   Book now - pay $ 270

SHARK PACKAGE

10 DIVES - $350                   Book now - pay $ 330

Special Dive Excursions (Prices are additional, per diver, to the standard dive prices)

½ Day Catalina- The Wall and The Aquarium add $45
½ Day Peñon Reef - Tortuga add $15

All packages include equipment, however we do offer a small discount if you bring your own scuba diving equipment and do more than 4 dives. All packages include divemaster

CORAL PACKAGE - Private Diving Price
prices are per person

1 day private (2 dives) $120
2 days private (4dives) $240
3 days private (6 dives) $360

(minimum 2 persons)

Book Now - Save money

Our web-site is designed for direct online bookings. Availability is limited! Be sure to guaranty your reservation by booking online NOW.We advise booking early to obtain the cheapest prices.

If you have any questions please call us by using our reservation numbers:+1829 574 9655 or +1829 213 5823. Our lines and staff are here 24/7 and we look forward to assist you.

CORAL WATCH DIVER PADI DISTINCTIVE SPECIALTY in Bayahibe, Dominican Republic

Coral Point Diving with the help of PADI instructor Gianluca Lamberti has developed a PADI approved ‘CoralWatch Diver Distinctive Specialty’ specialty in conjunction with Project AWARE, so you can teach, dive and certify your students in coral monitoring and data collection. Coral Point Diving is the only Dive Center in Bayahibe with this SPECIAL rating. This Distinctive Specialty course highlights the impact of coral bleaching and provides students with the knowledge and skills needed to identify coral health and record data. The specialty is aimed at divers who like to get recognition for their gained knowledge and skills, as it is not a requirement to do the surveys.    

The goals of the CoralWatch Coral Health Chart Distinctive Specialty course training are:           

1.     To raise awareness about the importance of coral reef conservation and introduce CoralWatch.

2.     To inform students about coral reef impacts such as coral bleaching.

3.     To introduce the Coral Health Chart as a monitoring tool.

4.     To provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to identify coral health and record data

5.     To conducting indipendently surveys to monitor the health of your local reef, or any reef you'll visit in the world, simply with the help of the Coral Health Chart

6.    To learn why coral reef need protection and provide coral reef conservation opportunities through participation in Project AWARE’s CoralWatch Project 

7.     To submit coral health data, contributing to science and conservation

If you are a PADI Instructor and are interested in applying for the instructor rating all you need to do is

-       download the permission form (WORD file) coming soon

-       send this to info@coralpointdiving.com

Coral Point Diving will assess your application for permission, and on approval they will sent you: the signed permission and the distinctive specialty outline.

Both documents should then be sent with the necessary PADI specialty instructor applications form, to your local PADI Training Department.

Enjoy teaching!

CORAL REGROWTH

The Caribbean staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis is a keystone species of crucial importance to biodiversity, fisheries, and tourism interests. A. cervicornis is particularly vital as fisheries habitat due to it being the only large open-branched coral species of reef slope, back reef, and
lagoon environments, so the loss of this species represents a loss to the biodiversity and carrying capacity of Caribbean reefs. Only 2-3 decades ago, this species was one of the most important reef-building corals on Caribbean reefs, however the species has declined throughout the region,
becoming locally extinct on many reefs

One of the objectives of the coral nurseries is to develop a design that provides ideal growth conditions for the coral fragments. In addition to tracking coral growth rates, the development of research methods that may improve these rates is also of interest.

Currently, projects and programs for reef restoration are under development in few reefs around Bayahibe area and we are proud to say that Coral Point Diving is fully committed. It is a promising starting point!

MARINE CONSERVATION

Do you care about the environment? In today’s world that’s a pretty loaded question. We all know that marine conservation is of increasing importance and now you have the chance to join our team at Coral Point Diving to do your part for the environment.

Coral Point Diving and Gianluca Lamberti, our in-house marine biologist, give you our brand new ECO Internship program in Dominican Republic. Designed to give you the ultimate diving holiday whilst doing your bit for the underwater environment, these Eco Internships offer you, the ECO enthusiast, the scuba diving experience of a lifetime.

Coral Point Divers is looking for anyone who is passionate about the ocean and passionate about diving to come and enjoy this experience. Whether you have never been diving and are looking to start or you are a diver looking to enter our GoPro programs, all are welcome! Diving for a Difference, is a new program we are starting with Coral Point Divers. This program is centered around education and conservation for the wonderful environment where we live and play! We will be working not only for a difference in the water but also with the community to help make the environment more sustainable and last for generations.

To us, each dive can make a difference; maybe we might stop on a drift dive and assess coral reef health, maybe we will stop on a shallow reef dive and check certain areas for bleaching. Fish populations are also a concern with us and we are developing programs to educate local fisherman on sustainable practices.

For all interested in our diving for a difference we not only teach you to carry out Reef Check and Coral Watch but you will also become certified in both. You will have the opportunity to work amongst the local community helping to organize and motivate cleanups, both above and below water.

Please anyone with questions email info@coralpointdiving.com for more information about the program and opportunities here in Bayahibe!

PADI 5 Star Dive Center offers Excursions, Saona snorkeling - PADI courses - Scuba diving with CORAL POINT in Bayahibe, Dominican Republic - Shark Point and Catalina

Saona island, Catalina Wall, Mano Juan and Canto de la Playa. Bayahibe offers the best reef diving available in Dominican Republic. Here you can explore many dive sites within a either short boat ride from our beach or even a shore dive from one of the many fringing coral points sourrouding Bayahibe. We also offer national park diving and Catalina Wall excursions only a half hour away from our beach shop.

For those that want to live supercised experience whatever your level in Scuba diving we have the right course to suite your needs. Even if you’ve never been diving before you can try our Discover Scuba Diving or jump right into the Open Water. All diving courses with Coral Point Diving include all PADI educational materials and free equipment rentals for the time of your class at Coral Point Diving!

No matter if you are an Open Water diver or a Divemaster looking to enter the professional world of diving, Coral Point Diving also has customized scuba diving internships available to meet your needs and prepare you for professional work in the dive industry.

Private diving is the Way to dive in Dominican Republic. You can plan your own scuba dive trip with a private diveguide and captain. Ask for information. Dive the way you want, alone or with your private group. Coral Point Diving can also offer private PADI dive courses. Make it easy for yourself and enjoy diving the Private Way in Bayahibe with Coral Point Diving.

Coral Point Diving is fully committed to providing a service that reflects our responsibility to contribute to the conservation of our Caribbean Reef and pass on this rich heritage to future generations. Our visitors have the opportunity to learn about and appreciate our terrestrial and marine environment.

ECO-Excursions in the Dominican Republic- welcome to Coral Point Diving - Bayahibe. Saona, Catalina and snorkeling with our marine biologists

At Coral Point Diving we have a variety of eco-tours combining adventure, culture and nature. We offer land excursions and boat trips including Saonaisland, discover scuba diving, beach horseback riding excursions, zip line tours, snorkeling, private charter, island tours, sailing, water sports, deep sea fishing and more!

Do you care about the environment? In today’s world that’s a pretty loaded question. We all know that marine conservation is of increasing importance and now you have the chance to join our eco-excursions and discover the beauty of the Dominican Republic under a different light.

Coral Point Diving is fully committed to providing a service that reflects our responsibility to contribute to the conservation of our Caribbean Reef and pass on this rich heritage to future generations. Our visitors have the opportunity to learn about and appreciate our terrestrial and marine environment.

A naturalist will be on board the boat during each excursion to not only provide you with a rich history of the Dominican Republic, but answer any questions you may have about the local wildlife and guide you on this incredible journeys. Each naturalist comes from a unique background. We are the only operator with a resident marine biologist supervising daily excursions.

PADI Center in Bayahibe offers DIVEMASTER Internship in the Dominican Republic, Caribbean (compare to Mexico-Honduras-Thailand-Bahamas-Belize CostaRica!)

The Most Comprehensive PADI Divemaster Internship in the Caribbean with integrated CoralWatch Program to Reef Check International Survey Standards.

If you already have your Rescue Diver certification, but wish to make your first step in professional diving, this program is for you.
In this program you will refine your existing diving skills and acquired  knowledge and develop them to the professional level. 

It’s an intensive 8-week training course that will prepare you for a successful diving career all over the world. This includes the 60 required dives necessary for the Divemaster certification. 

What’s included?

•    PADI Divemaster Course
•    All training manuals and materials
•    Unlimited boat diving*
•    Free Internet access
•    Internship t-shirt
*in coordination with your Base Leader

3 weeks accommodation included!

and more...

Compressor filling workshop
Introduction to conservation training *NEW*
Employment assistance
Experience in dive sales

Diver Prerequisites:

•    PADI Rescue Diver certification or equivalent certification
•    Be 18 years of age or older
•    A medical statement confirming you are: “Fit for Scuba Diving”.
•    Your own dive equipment, including a dive computer, knife, surface marker and whistle.
•    Rental equipment available, with option to buy. Or the option of buying new equipment.

PRICE FOR THIS INTERNSHIP IS US $ 1250

PADI Divemaster application fee not included (around $90)