This 2 hour program is a fun, beautiful and memorable experience. One of our PADI professionals will give you a brief theory session, including an explanation about the dive equipment. Our team of PADI Dive Instructors teach in 4 different languages . You will perform 3 skills in the shallow water of our protected bay, after which you will explore one of our stunning house reefs. Here you will see beautiful corals, many different fish and other under water creatures. After this, you might find scuba diving your new passion!

Your PADI Open Water Diver course at Blue Bay Dive will take only 2 days. Our team of PADI Dive Instructors teach in 4 different languages. During the 2 days you will do 4 Open Water dives on our beautiful house reefs. Moreover, Confined Water skills will be practised in our bay, right in front of our dive shop. The theoretical part of this course can be done through E-Learning (or from a book), which can be done even before your holiday starts. Remaining theory will be taught in our classroom on the beach. We start our PADI Open Water Diver courses each Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Please find further details in our PDF fact sheet on this page. 

At Blue Bay Dive we have 2 gorgeous house reefs right in front of our doorstep. Both reefs we can access from the beach of Blue Bay. Turning left we reach “The Garden”, which is a nice coral slope that starts at 5m/15ft and drops down to about 50m/165ft. Turning right we reach “The Wall”. This wall starts at 3m/10ft and drops straight down to 55m/180ft. The wall is covered with a big variety of corals and known for its beautiful Fan Corals and Elkhorn Corals. At both “The Garden” and “The Wall” you will see a big variety of fish.  One of our PADI professionals will show you these beautiful reefs.

After seeing our 2 beautiful house reefs, you might want to venture out to see more of Curacao’s spectacular dives sites. During our boat trips, we will visit dive spots that are not accessible from shore. At these dive sites you will find less divers and untouched healthy growing corals. We will mention a few popular ones here: Bullenbaai: Right next to this dive sites we have deep drop offs and therefore on this site we have more chance to see the bigger animals like Eagle Rays, Manta Rays and Tarpons. Car Wrecks / Off The Road: Here we will find wrecks of car and pieces of car that sank here together with a pontoon and a tugboat. (The tugboat we will not see as it is at a depth of over 50m/165ft.) Boka Uniko: At this dive site, we normally do a drift dive. This give you a great opportunity to relax and dive only 1 direction with the current. In this way, we can explore a longer distance of the reef. Here you will see a rich variety of corals, among which many Fan Corals. Lovers Beach: The name of this dive site comes from the fact that on this little beach there is a rock with a picnic table where couples come for a romantic moment together. Besides a beautiful reef, you will also have a good chance to see Rays and Barracudas travelling in the deep blue water.   Rolling Stones: This dive site is suitable for deeper but definitely also for more shallow dives. On the shallow reef we find a lot of Fan Corals and Elkhorn Corals. Moreover we can find different species of eels here. Depending on the direction of the current, we can also dive along a small wall. This wall starts at 5m/15ft and goes down to about 20m/65ft

Discover the beauty of West Curacao by Catamaran Departing from Blue Bay Beach, we will start cruising along the beautiful coastline, you will see some of Curacao's finest and most pristine beaches. Blue C Watersport comfortably takes you to Curacao's best beaches where you can swim, snorkel, scuba dive or just relax with friends and family. During this cruise, you will pass famous beaches like Cas Abou, San Juan & Porto Marie. We will make several stops to discover the breathtaking underwater world of the Caribbean. The first stop will be the famous Blue Room Cave. A unique location which only can be explored by snorkeling or Scuba diving. Scuba Divers have the option to dive on the renowned dive site "Mushroom Forest". After the first snorkel site, we will head to a breathtaking bay for a tasty live cooking BBQ buffet, followed by our third location where snorkelers will have time again to explore the blue waters. With an amazing array of tropical fish, natural coral reefs and friendly inquisitive sea turtles there is plenty to see! After a relaxing day at the hidden gems of Curacao, our Blue Bay Beach staff is ready to serve you some more refreshing drinks at the Happy Hour.

If you love what you do you’ll never work a day in your life! The PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC) is your opportunity to make diving your job!  Under the supervision of our PADI Course Director Mick Bosman, we will prepare you for your career in diving. During this course, we will prepare you for the Instructor Examination (IE) and a life as an Open Water Scuba Instructor. With a 100% passing rate, Blue Bay Dive is THE place for you to do the IDC. The IDC will be provided in English, German and Dutch. It’s also possible for you to participate in the PADI IDC Staff Instructor Course, which runs at the same time as the IDC does. You will be part of the team and experience how it feels to be our Staff Member during the IDC. Since we are a PADI Tec Rec Center we also offer Tec Instructor training options after the IDC. Join us now and make a career move you will never regret! Next IDC: April 26th - May 5th Instructor Development Course (IDC) & 6-7 May Instructor Examination (IE) Other dates for 2019: August 15th - 24th IDC + August 25-26 IE November 28th - December 7th IDC + December 8-9 IE Please download the IDC 2019 Guide PDF for more information and rates. (You will find this PDF on the right side) >>> We hope to see you soon! 

Every Thursday* we go out to dive one of the best wreck dives of the Caribbean! The first dive will be at the Superior Producer which is a deep dive; the second dive will be on one of the amazing reefs of Curacao. Since this is an advanced deep dive; a check dive with our dive center is required. *If weather conditions allow diving at this dive site.