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Basic Diver
A step beyond the try dive: pool session included, and you dive to 12 m with a professional. Recognition, not a certification.
The same idea as the try dive, with more water time. You do a session in the pool first, so you get in the sea already knowing how the gear behaves, and then dive to 12 m with a professional alongside you.
SSI gives you a recognition card at the end, but it is not a certification: it does not qualify you to dive without a professional. If you want that, the next step is Scuba Diver or Open Water, and what you pay here counts towards it.
What you will do
- Online theory before you arrive
- A pool session to get comfortable with the gear
- Two dives from the boat, to 12 m
- Buoyancy, mask and regulator basics
Included in every course
- Certified instructor, never more than four students
- Complete diving equipment, including the XDEEP ZEOS
- SSI digital learning materials
- All certification fees
- Your digital SSI certification card
Theory is done online before you arrive, so your days here are spent in the water.
When you finish
An SSI recognition card. To dive with a buddy instead of a professional, continue with Scuba Diver or Open Water.
The kit you dive with
XDEEP ZEOS, at no extra cost.
Complimentary use of the industry-leading XDEEP ZEOS gear with any diving service you book. Most centres charge extra for equipment like this: here you dive with the same kit we would take down ourselves.
XDEEP ZEOS
IncludedBackplate-and-wing BCD. Stable in trim, and it holds you level instead of tipping you upright.
XDEEP Sidemount
US$ 25 per two divesFor cave and wreck penetration, where a single tank on your back will not fit through. It carries two regulators, so it is the one piece of kit we charge for.
Full standard kit
IncludedTank, weights, regulator, mask and fins, serviced and checked before every departure.
Bring only your swimsuit. Tell us your size when you book and it will be ready on the boat.
Before you book
Questions we get
every single day.
If yours is not here, ask us on WhatsApp — we answer in minutes, not days.
For the dive packages, yes — they are built for certified divers. If you have never dived, start with the Discover Scuba Diving course: a short theory session, a practice in confined water, and then a guided dive with an instructor beside you the whole time. Tell us your level when you write and we will point you to the right one.
The certified guide, private transport from your hotel, and the full diving equipment — tank, weights, regulator, BCD, mask and fins, including the XDEEP ZEOS gear at no extra cost (sidemount and twins are US$ 25 per two dives). Courses also include the SSI digital materials and all certification fees. Food and drinks are not included except on the island trips, which come with buffet lunch.
Yes. Private transport is included in every package. Tell us the name of your hotel and your arrival date when you book, and we agree a pick-up time that fits your day.
Two dives per day, morning and after a surface interval, so a 6 Dive Package runs across three days and a course is spread the same way. Packages are personal and non-transferable, and the dives can be spread over your stay — tell us your dates and we plan them with you.
Bayahibe is where the diving happens, and it is not only reef. We run cargo wrecks resting upright — St. George, Atlantic Princess, Monica — reefs like Aquarium and Turtle Reef, and flooded cave systems such as Padre Nuestro and Chicho, which few centres are certified to guide. What you dive depends on your level and the conditions that day.
Two or three days is usually enough, and in high season a week gives us more room to plan. If you are already here, message us anyway — we often have space the next morning.
Safety comes first: if sea conditions are not right we move the dive to another day of your stay, or refund it if that is not possible. We decide in the morning and tell you as early as we can so it does not ruin your day.
The minimum age is 10 for the introductory dive and 12 for certification courses. You will fill in a standard medical questionnaire; some conditions (heart, lungs, ears, pregnancy) need a doctor to sign off. Tell us in advance and we will walk you through it.
Italo, SSI Instructor Trainer and IANTD Technical Cave Instructor. He runs the centre himself and guides every dive, so you get the same instructor from the first briefing to the last ascent.
Request your spot
Tell us your dates. We do the rest.
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