 Scuba Diving in Los Roques Venezuela.
Hundreds of kilometers
of Venezuelan coast line and its Caribbean Islands with
Los
Roques as number one.
Excellent conditions to practice scuba and snorkeling
for everyone, beginners - experienced - and professionals.
Also for those who
want to learn diving with scuba gear we offer Basic Diver, Open Water Diver and
special such as compass and rescue diving. Licensed by NAUI / FVAS (Federation
Venezolana de Actividades Submarinas) and SSI Instructor you can obtain a worldwide diving license to rent diving gear
and to practice scuba diving.
All the diving
operation in Los Roques is guided and supervised by our NAUI / SSI Open Water Instructor.
The equipment: We use 12 liter
aluminum tanks with standard US valve fittings. If you don't want to carry all
you diving equipment with you, we provide Cressi Sub regulators and BCD's and
lead belts.
You should bring your own
ABC-gear with you to Los Roques.
Los Roques, the Archipelago of
LOS ROQUES, situated 85 miles north of Caracas
and 100 miles East of Bonaire, is the oldest and largest National Marine Reserve
in all of the Caribbean.
The archipelago is comprised of 950 sq. miles of warm
azure waters, strewn with 350 islands, islets, reefs and spectacular pure white
talcum soft beaches.
Diving in the Los Roques archipelago is the very essence of
a diving adventure. This is the kind of diving once found in the Caribbean 20
years ago, yet almost non-existent today. It is a paradise of secluded and,
until now, unknown reefs, alive with the unfettered wilderness of nature. Huge
amounts of marine life, walls of soft corals and sea whips descend to more than
200 ft. through a kaleidoscope of tropical fish. Along the flanks of submerged
mountains, snappers, groupers and jacks gaze while barracudas cruise in precise
formation and stingrays lurk on the sandy bottom. A wide variety of dive sites:
shallow reefs, perpendicular drop-offs, pinnacles, caves that harbor sharks and
crustaceans of every type, hide in cervices among forests of sponges, all sites
reminiscent of everything from the Galapagos to Bonaire. Los Roques indeed
provides the most unique, remote and greatest of all Caribbean underwater
adventures.
Prices:
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Each dive per person all incl. $35.-
US including dive permits, tank and lead.
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2 immersions per day all incl. $65.-
US including dive permits, tank and lead.
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Night dive per person all incl. $40.-
US including dive permits, tank and lead.
Dive
packages with a minimum duration of 3 days have a discount of 10%.
Discount
for groups of more than 4 persons please ask for quotes!
Instruction
and certification:
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Passport diver
duration 2 days $170.- US
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Advanced Diver NAUI
duration 3 days $200.-
US
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Open Water Diver
duration
3- 4 days $300.- US
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Compass, stress and rescue diving
duration 4 days $250.- US
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Introduction Dive
with dive master guide pr. day $85.-
US
Rental
prices for equipment:
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All equipment: BC,
Regulator, wetsuit, boots, mask and fins $20.- US
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Regulator and BC $
15.- US
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Regulator $
8.- US
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Light equipment $
10.- US
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Wet suit / fins /
mask $ 5.- US
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Lead with belt $
5.- US
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Tank $ 5.- US
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Tank air refill $
5.- US
Daily departures
from Gran Roques or from the sail boat where you are accommodated:
Leaving: 9:30 in
the morning, 12.00 midday, 2.30 in the afternoon and 19.00 hours for night dives.
Trips to Cayo de Sal
and Boca de Cote is a full day trip including 2 immersions with departure at 9:30 in the
morning.
Read article: Rodale's Scuba Diving. Plus: World-class Venezuela.
February 1995. (quotes from Rodale's Scuba Diving Magazine, and In-Depth Consumer
Magazine)
Scuba diving Los Roques
"a new world-class destination";
"the kind of drop-off diving that sends a thunderbolt through your
stomach"; "more fish than I've ever seen in one place before";
"reefs are free of exploitation as I've found in 20 years of Caribbean
diving"; "magical wild, untamed diving, fish up the ying-yang";
"healthy reefs were packed with life"; "schools of fish on every
dive"; "caverns as large as St. Paul's Cathedral"; "action
packed diving to thrill the most jaded diver". "Los
Roques By far, the best new diving destination in the Caribbean".
Explore Yachts
also offers trips to other islands,
Isla Las Aves and the exclusive
Island of
Orchila! among others.
Treasure
Diving expeditions is the best trill there is. Trips are arranged every 2 years
to different parts of the Caribbean.
Contact
Explore Yachts for further information!
yachts@explorepartners.com
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