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Address: Bapor Kibra z/n | Curacao, Willemstad 99999, Curacao
Phone Number: +599 9 461 8131
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Welcome to Your One Stop Shop to SCUBA dive, boat dive trips, snorkel boat...

Welcome to Your One Stop Shop to SCUBA dive, boat dive trips, snorkel boat trips, and sail all of Curacao. Ocean Encounters Diving Curacao - a Five Star PADI IDC Dive Center.

ONE LIFE...DIVE IT!!!!

Let us take you on a wonderful ADVENTURE on one of our beautiful and well maintained CUSTOM DIVE BOATS. Snorkel, SCUBA dive, swim, sail, with Ocean Encounters. Ocean Encounters has all the quality equipment and supplies you need to help you get the most out of your CURACAO vacation.

Visit our WELL-STOCKED Shops. Take a PADI SCUBA diving course at one of our Dive Schools. We are one of the few dive schools who teach you to use DIVE COMPUTERS during your SCUBA course.

Our RENTAL EQUIPMENT is high quality, replaced every 18 months. All our regulators have integrated computers!!

Come and Dive with us at OCEAN ENCOUNTERS DIVING CURACAO!!!

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“The best diving company! ”

Dove with them for one week. Everyone was really nice and fun! Helped with everything we needed! Good boat! The staff was amazing! Thank you for the amazing week!

5 of 5 starsReviewed 5 days ago
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41 reviews
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“Big groups and a lack of professionalism ”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed yesterday NEW via mobile

The organization in the dive shop is good. You get proper information, the check-in is working good and every diver is checked for its qualifications. The organization on the boat the next day was something different since the boat was full with more than 25 divers. The briefing before the dives was not really detailed and only by words, no... More 

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Rio de Janeiro, RJ
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common_n_attraction_reviews_1bd8 24 helpful votes
“The best diving company! ”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 5 days ago NEW via mobile

Dove with them for one week. Everyone was really nice and fun! Helped with everything we needed! Good boat! The staff was amazing! Thank you for the amazing week!

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Zyta d, Manager at Ocean Encounters Diving, responded to this review

What a great review, thank you for your comments! We hope to see you back soon for another week of diving! Best regards, Zyta de Koeijer More 

Pilar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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15 reviews
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common_n_attraction_reviews_1bd8 1 helpful vote
“Best snorkelling ever”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 5 days ago NEW

No way avoiding snorkelling or diving while in Curazao! Ocean encounters just in front of our hotel! Excellent boat, friendly guides, great fish encounters The service excellent We had a marvellous experience!

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Thank 31Monica
Zyta d, Manager at Ocean Encounters Diving, responded to this review

Thank you for taking your snorkel tour with us and en posting this great review. We look forward to see you back on board. Met vriendelijke groet, Zyta de Koeijer More 

Tampa, Florida
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common_n_attraction_reviews_1bd8 267 helpful votes
“One of the best dives I have had in 30 years - in a tank!”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 2 weeks ago

My wife and I really enjoyed our dive with the sharks, rays and turtles. I can't say enough about it. My wife was just beaming she had so much fun, and I can't be happier. What really helped make it special was the attention that David (our Dive Master) and Juan (Photographer) gave us, and really...my wife. I wanted this... More 

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Zyta d, Manager at Ocean Encounters Diving, responded to this review

Thank you for your very nice comments about the Animal Encounters tour. It's the prefect way to meet the best marine life in 1 dive indeed. Great to see you and your wife loved it. We look forward to see you back. Best regards, Zyta de Koeijer More 

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common_n_attraction_reviews_1bd8 2 helpful votes
“Snorkeling ”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 2 weeks ago via mobile

We had a great time snorkeling at the tug boat! Great tour guides and the scuba people even saved our room key from the bottom of the ocean!!! I highly recommend this company for your excursions in Curaçao!! Great deals!!

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Zyta d, Manager at Ocean Encounters Diving, responded to this review

Happy we could help out to get your room key back:-). Thank you for joining our tour and posting your comments about your experience with us. We hope to see you back soon. Best regards, Zyta de Koeijer More 

Trier, Germany
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common_n_attraction_reviews_1bd8 2 helpful votes
“Great expreience”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 2 weeks ago

I had a great diving experience. The service was excellent. The employees where always friendly and helpful. The dive masters provided excellent guidiance and service. The daily tours where excellent and I'll never forget the dolphin dive. Also to recommend is the guided night dive. Thank you for making my holidays an unforgetable experience!

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Zyta d, Manager at Ocean Encounters Diving, responded to this review

We're very happy to see you enjoyed your dives with us. Thank you for choosing our dive center and taking the time to review. The dolphin dive is a unique and memorable experience indeed! Let us know when you're planning your next trip so we can reserve your spot. Best regards, Zyta de Koeijer More 

Rio de Janeiro, RJ
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25 reviews
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common_n_attraction_reviews_1bd8 3 helpful votes
“Fantastic experience!”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 2 weeks ago

The dive points are awesome and the crew is excellent! The operator is very professional as well as the staff. Deep dives, reef dives, wreck dives, klein curaçao, mushroom forest... A ruge range of dives. Thank you everybody!!!

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Zyta d, Manager at Ocean Encounters Diving, responded to this review

Thank you for choosing our dive center during your visit and posting about your experience with us. With the variety of awesome trips and dive sites we something for everybody indeed. We hope to welcome you back at our place soon! Best regards, Zyta de Koeijer More 

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“Nice shop. Helpful staff. ”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 2 weeks ago via mobile

The tale of two experiences begins with a great location to go and fun with friends. However... Upon arrival we met the very nice and knowledgeable staff of Ocean Encounters. We talked dive packages for the week and scheduled four boat trips with them and planned afternoon shore dives. The morning of our first shore dive found seas rougher than... More 

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Zyta d, Manager at Ocean Encounters Diving, responded to this review

Thank you for the great review about your experience with our operation and dive team. We indeed have had a little choppy seas recently which we unfortunately don't control, but shore diving on Curaçao is great too indeed. So many nice spots to visit. We're happy to see you enjoyed diving with us and hope to see you back soon.... More 

Colorado Springs, Colorado
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196 reviews
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common_n_attraction_reviews_1bd8 79 helpful votes
“Friendly Staff - Conveniently located at resort”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 3 weeks ago

We spent a very nice five days diving with Ocean Encounters at the Sunscape Resort. The staff members we worked with (Maurice, Ruth, Charlie, Karen Maike and George) were all friendly and helpful. They were knowledgeable about the dive sites and the history of the area. The dive sites they selected were all good choices with a good variety of... More 

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Zyta d, Manager at Ocean Encounters Diving, responded to this review

Thank you for diving with us and taking the time to post about your dives with us. Your comments about our dive team, boats and marine life are valuable to us and future visitors. As for the weights, most guests prefer to keep their weights for the week for shore and night dives and not have to pick them up... More 

London
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37 reviews
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common_n_attraction_reviews_1bd8 21 helpful votes
“Best dive center”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 3 weeks ago via mobile

Ocean encounters Curaçao is one of the best diving operator I dove. It's a clean, professional driven company, the Lion's Dive hotel shop is large with three boat slips, shop, classroom, lockers etc.. But the best part it's the staff, friendly, professional and fun. If you are planning to go to Curaçao, It's the best bang for the buck.

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Zyta d, Manager at Ocean Encounters Diving, responded to this review

We're happy to see you had such a good time diving with us. Thank you for your great comments about our facility and dive team. We look forward to see you on your next visit. Best regards, Zyta de Koeijer More 

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