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Rich Coast Diving

Dive Centre Center (English)

Service:
  • Air
  • Dive Shops
  • Diving Charter Boat
  • Equipment Gear Rentals
  • Gear Equipment Servicing
  • NITROX
  • PADI
  • School Course Learn to Dive
  • Shark diving
  • Underwater Photography/Video
  • Underwater Publications Prints
  • Vacation Holiday Scuba Diving
  • Wreck Diving
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Company description Your interest in Rich Coast Diving Company or, in Spanish, ``Buceando Costa Rica`` will be well rewarded. The diving in Costa Rica is some of the most pristine and adventurous in the world.
Join us in exploring virgin, unspoiled locations both above and below our waters for a completely renewed sense of well being.
Rich Coast Diving is a full service PADI Dive Center offering Instruction from free introductory courses through Instructor.
The diver is required to own a personal book for each course. If you already have a book of your own there will be a discount on the course. You can buy the books at a PADI dive center near your home.
Course prices are as follows:
Discover Scuba Diving - $99
Scuba Diver Course - $199
Open Water Referral - $199
Open Water Course - $350
Advanced Open Water Course - $249
Specialties - $65-165
Emergency First Response - $125
Rescue Course - $325
Divemaster Course - $500
Assistant Instructor Course - $525
Instructor Development & Course/Instructor Exam
All courses through Rescue include all necessary equipment, books and registration fees. Open Water Certification requires about three days. Prices subject to change and based on cash payment.
Advanced courses start weekly, flexible schedule. Specialties available include: Underwater Naturalist, Equipment Specialist, Peak performance buoyancy, Underwater Navigator, Deep diver, Night diver, Underwater Photography, Wreck, Drift , Boat, Multilevel, Nitrox and many more!
Members of our staff speak English, German, French and Spanish. Translation is readily available for Italian and Dutch.
All dives are guided by PADI certified Dive Masters of Instructors in groups no larger than 5 per guide unless otherwise requested.
For safety, we prefer everyone to dive with the group. Upon request, divers are allowed to dive apart from the group with a buddy of course.
Our History: After being on Curacao, an island of 60km in the Dutch Antilles for 6 years, we, Martin & Brenda van Gestel thought it was time for a new location. Having totally enjoyed teaching so many people the joy of diving in the beautiful waters of Caribbean side of Curacao we then decided to head towards Asia.
The Tran Siberian express was a major goal in our travels. But as you can see, our plans changed, this is nothing new, and people who know us aren`t really surprised any more.
We sold our dive shop Silent Immersion to an Irish couple and before we started our Asia adventure we decided to go to Costa Rica. Assuming that once we would be in Asia the opportunity to visit this beautiful country would be very small. Costa Rica captured our hearts. The diving here is fantastic, especially the abundance of big fish, like sharks, manta`s, rays, dolphins, and even whale sharks.
Next to diving this country has so much more to offer. Nature is just awesome in this country!
After visiting Rich Coast Diving in Playas del Coco, we knew we had found our destiny. With great support from Jessica Bradford, the previous owner and the crew, we were able to pursue our hopes and follow our heart. We went back to Curacao to pick up our dogs and parrots, and now we are the happy owners of Rich Coast Diving and hope to be able to show many people the joy of diving in Costa Rica.
We hope that we can give many divers from Silent Immersion a new dive home away from home, and of course we will make sure that all the divers who will join us on our trips will get that homey feeling as well!
Location description: We regularly see Southern Stingrays, Spotted Eagle Rays, a variety of eels, White-tip Reef Sharks, tons of Puffer and Porcupine Fish, Octopus, turtles, Seahorses, lobsters, Nudibranchs and numerous schools of many different varieties of fish. At the more advanced sites: the Catalina Islands, and the Bat Islands, we commonly see many larger animals such as Giant Manta Rays, Whale Sharks, and Bull Sharks.
On the surface we often get the pleasant surprise visit by dolphin pods and pilot whales!
There are various kinds of small coral formations, which include both soft and hard sponges, as well as an unparalleled array of marine plants. They grow on the amazing volcanic rock formations that make up the remarkable bottom topography here.
One of the local sites that we often go to, Tortuga, has a cute 30 ft. fishing vessel called ``Rusty II`` at about 70 ft. There are many stories explaining why it sunk, but ours is definitely the best!
The average range of visibility is 15 to 60 feet (5 to 18 meters) depending on the amount of plankton the tides bring in for the big fishiest.
The night diving here is incredible! All the marine life that is napping during the day, such as the 6 ft. moray eels and octopus roam the waters creating a spectacular show!
Everyday we take our 35 ft. trimaran, `Tahonga`, on the 2 tank local dive trip. It has a very large and comfortable deck with a large shade roof... because we don`t need to see any lobsters on the surface only on the dives... Our Catalina and Bat Island trips are aboard our 30ft Boston Whaler, `Banana Nose`. With our twin 225hp engines, we get you to the sites in no time!
(we also have over 16 different boats available for charter)
We have 20+ which are located only 5-15 minutes away on a leisurely boat ride. There are also about 6 named sites at the Catalina Islands, 45 minutes away. And about 5 named sites at the Bat Islands which are about an hour away. However, the ocean is endless, so there is plenty of potential to explore.

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PADI certified courses based at Playas del Coco. Includes detailed rates for dive trips, equipment rental, sailboat excursions. Also offers full vacation packages with choice of lodging and land excursions.

Contact information:

Phone: (+011) 506-670-0176
Street Address:
PO Box 005
Playas del Coco
Costa Rica
5019
Spoken language(s): English
Open: from 09-00 till 17-00
Local time:  GMT - 6 Mexico, Monterrey, Guadalajara
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