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Reef Oasis Viva Dominican
Reef Oasis Viva Dominican
Reef Oasis Viva Dominican
4.5
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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We are Reef Oasis Dive Club, an international chain of 5 Star PADI diving centers in Dominican Republic, Grand Bahamas and Egypt. We offer PADI dive courses from beginner to pro, daily diving and snorkeling trips, free trial in the pool, DSD in the sea. Excellent reef and wall dives, diving from shore and from boat, waste no more time before experiencing the beauty and freedom of underwater world.
Bayahibe, Dominican Republic
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Carol202
Port Saint Joe, FL112 contributions
Nov 2020
Reef Oasis provided excellent service during our 2-week stay at the resort. We were there with a group of 3 very experienced divers, and 1 diver who received his open and advanced certifications.
Since the 3 of us were very experienced and used to diving with each other, they let us enter first and exit last, extending our dive time quite a bit. And they gave the less experienced divers the proper amount of supervision.
The boat had lots of space, and they were putting fewer divers on board due to social distancing. Also, they kept a bucket of fresh water on the boat the for photographers. We were provided bottle water, and brought our own snacks from the breakfast buffet.
They carried almost all our gear to the boat on a daily basis. Back at the shop, they have large wash basins for gear, places to hang our wetsuits, and baskets for everything else.
They have some nice house reefs that can be reached from a dock or shore. This is an excellent opportunity for divers in training or divers that need to brush up on their skills.
I can say I have dived all over the Caribbean, and I was able to photograph fish here I have never captured anywhere else. There isn't much on big life, but they do have a lot of healthy corals and smaller fish to capture the photographer's attention.
Since the 3 of us were very experienced and used to diving with each other, they let us enter first and exit last, extending our dive time quite a bit. And they gave the less experienced divers the proper amount of supervision.
The boat had lots of space, and they were putting fewer divers on board due to social distancing. Also, they kept a bucket of fresh water on the boat the for photographers. We were provided bottle water, and brought our own snacks from the breakfast buffet.
They carried almost all our gear to the boat on a daily basis. Back at the shop, they have large wash basins for gear, places to hang our wetsuits, and baskets for everything else.
They have some nice house reefs that can be reached from a dock or shore. This is an excellent opportunity for divers in training or divers that need to brush up on their skills.
I can say I have dived all over the Caribbean, and I was able to photograph fish here I have never captured anywhere else. There isn't much on big life, but they do have a lot of healthy corals and smaller fish to capture the photographer's attention.
Written December 20, 2020
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Dear Carol202,
Many thanks for taking the time and sharing your experience.
We are pleased to read that you and your friends enjoyed diving with us and enjoyed the underwater life. Our team and especially our dive center manager thank you very much for the beautiful pictures that you posted, it is highly appreciated :)
We also greatly appreciate your "tumb up" for our dive center.
We are looking forward to see you again soon :)
Happy Diving!
Written January 5, 2021
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Martin R
Casper, WY4 contributions
Mar 2021
The Dominican Republic is not really known as one of the "destinations" for world class diving, but due to travel restrictions (COVID), we decided to give it a try. There were 16 in our group and almost all of them are divers. Miguel, Kim, Mustafa and the others did an amazing job of hosting us for 10+ dives each, despite being short staffed. They showed us some of what the Dominican Republic has to offer for diving. The diving and Reef Oasis far exceeded our expectations and makes us want to go back again. They even arranged an underwater proposal for a couple in our group to make our trip even more memorable. Even in difficult times, Reef Oasis was able to show us that the Dominican Republic is truly a world class dive location! We will be back some day! Thanks!
Written April 24, 2021
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Dear L4399KMmartinr,
Many thanks for sharing your experience and taking the time for writing such a great review.
We are pleased to read you and the group enjoyed diving with us so much and had a memorable time.
We greatly appreciate your "tumbs up" for our dive center and our staff.
Looking forward to see you again very soon :)
Happy Diving!
Your Reef Oasis Dive Club
Written May 13, 2021
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Juan H
5 contributions
Mar 2021
I can't say enough positive things about my experience. Excellent staff. Very well run program for first time divers and experienced.
I would highly recommend to anyone looking for a first time experience or for more in depth dive training and equipment. Miguel and all his staff has built a great business based on a real passion for scuba.
Narciso is an awesome , detail oriented instructor who also made it fun and he also very thorough and detail oriented . If you are thinking on getting certified for PADI scuba diver, this is the place.
I would highly recommend to anyone looking for a first time experience or for more in depth dive training and equipment. Miguel and all his staff has built a great business based on a real passion for scuba.
Narciso is an awesome , detail oriented instructor who also made it fun and he also very thorough and detail oriented . If you are thinking on getting certified for PADI scuba diver, this is the place.
Written March 26, 2021
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Dear Juan H,
Many thanks for sharing your experience. We are pleased to read that you enjoyed diving with us and value your opinion. :)
We greatly appreciate your time to write this nice review for our dive center, and will express your thanks to Narciso and Miguel.
Looking forward to see you again soon :)
Happy Diving!
Your Reef Oasis Dive Club
Written March 28, 2021
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Jace J
7 contributions
Feb 2021
My wife and I just returned from an incredible trip to the DR and had the pleasure of obtaining our PADI Advanced Open Water and Enriched Air Diver Certifications from Reef Oasis Viva Dominican. We did 8 dives over the course of 4 days, which consisted of a navigation dive, night dive, deep dive, wreck dive, drift dive, and more. Our Instructor, Mostafa, along with the shop Manager, Miguel, were incredibly fun, knowledgeable, and accommodating. Mostafa is a passionate instructor whose love for diving is contagious. He is a wealth of knowledge and the fact that he speaks 6 languages fluently is remarkable. I never felt as if he was just "going through the motions" during our course... Instead, he went out of his way to make each dive unique and memorable, while also being very safety conscious. We saw lots of pretty reef and abundant wildlife; however, the wreck dives were the highlight of the trip... The St. George and Atlantic Princess wrecks are not to be missed!
Written February 10, 2021
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Dear JacerJack,
Many thanks for sharing your experience. We are pleased to read you and your wife enjoyed diving with us and congratulations for the both of you on your AOWD and Nitrox certifications.
We greatly appreciate your time to write this nice review for our dive center, and will express your thanks to Mostafa and Miguel.
Looking forward to see you again soon :)
Happy Diving!
Your Reef Oasis Dive Club
Written February 27, 2021
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Lutz D
Frankfurt, Germany19 contributions
Jul 2021
We had several dives all around the islands, reefs and beaches of the Viva Dominican. Miguel and Kim are superb dive masters and we had a stunning experience on each dive.
Very professional handling of all the equipment, always open for questions, lots of fun and good knowledge of all the underwater creatures. These dive masters definitely know what they are doing.
Go there and dive with them, you will have a splendid time.
Lutz
Very professional handling of all the equipment, always open for questions, lots of fun and good knowledge of all the underwater creatures. These dive masters definitely know what they are doing.
Go there and dive with them, you will have a splendid time.
Lutz
Written July 25, 2021
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Dear 419lutzd,
Thank you very much for your kind words and your great feedback. We are pleased to read that you enjoyed diving with Reef Oasis Dive Club and had such a great time.
Our team is looking forward to diving with you again. We will pass on your thank you to Miguel and Kim.
Happy Diving and hope to see you soon!
Written July 29, 2021
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FayeW
London, UK802 contributions
Nov 2023 • Solo
I was staying at the Dominicus Beach so it was convenient for me to use the on-site dive centre. They have a great set up with the boat going out from the beach a very short walk from the centre. The crew were all really friendly and helpful and water and fruit snacks were provided on the boat, which has a shaded area.
There are a variety of dive sites to suit all levels and the crew make every effort to make dives varied and interesting, pointing out the different marine life as they go along. I was travelling solo and was put with similar experience level divers and small groups per guide. I really enjoyed all my dives.
There were some serious storms that stopped diving for 3 days (thoughts with all those impacted and who lost loved ones) which obviously couldn't be helped but the dive centre handled it very professionally and communicated well throughout. There are rinse tanks and showers at the centre to wash and hang kit and store it in your box for the week so no need to carry kit backwards and forwards to your room each day.
Thank you for a great week!
There are a variety of dive sites to suit all levels and the crew make every effort to make dives varied and interesting, pointing out the different marine life as they go along. I was travelling solo and was put with similar experience level divers and small groups per guide. I really enjoyed all my dives.
There were some serious storms that stopped diving for 3 days (thoughts with all those impacted and who lost loved ones) which obviously couldn't be helped but the dive centre handled it very professionally and communicated well throughout. There are rinse tanks and showers at the centre to wash and hang kit and store it in your box for the week so no need to carry kit backwards and forwards to your room each day.
Thank you for a great week!
Written November 26, 2023
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Hello Faye,
Thank you for your nice review!
We are very happy that you had interesting dives and a great time with us.
We really appreciate your feedback and hope to welcome you back soon.
Best Regards,
Reef Oasis Dive Club Team
Written December 18, 2023
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Guy C
1 contribution
Nov 2024 • Friends
We were a group of 10 people, 6 1/2 divers and 3 attendants. We stayed at the Viva Wyndham Palce in Bayahibe. The hotel is very good, like any place there was little trouble but nothing to ruin the week. We dived with Reef Oasis Dive Center which is located on the hotel site. The club is well equipped and we could store our equipment. Bottles were always full at 3000 psi or 200 bar with Nitrox 32% ($5 per bottle). We dived on the sites National Park, Viva Shallow, Coco Reef, the wrecks Atlantic Princess and the St. George (to do). We saw plenty of fish of different species: Eagle Skate, Turtle, Barracuda, Carange, Royal Angel, Grey and French, Morays Green, Spotted, and Golden. Our guides Juan Kim and Humberto and the captain of the Don Diego were just too attentive.
Package 10 dives 378$US
Package 10 dives 378$US
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Written November 18, 2024
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Connector64516292527
1 contribution
Feb 2022
Spent a great week with the dive crew here in February 2022. Very friendly and knowledgeable staff who were also a lot of fun to hang with. My nephew got his Open Water certification dives done and he felt really good about his experience. The dives were all good, saw the "usual" cool stuff as well as some new things - frogfish for example. The energy, humour and warmth of Kim S made the diving really fun. I will be back!
Written March 16, 2022
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Dear Connector64516292527,
Thanks from all our team for your warm feedback. Such positive feedbacks as yours are the best reward to us. We love to know that our guests fully enjoy their experience at our club, which includes not only dive sites, but also our super staff, totally in love with underwater world and sharing their passion with each diver.
See you soon again!
Written April 12, 2022
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Eric L.
Eragny-sur-Oise, France35 contributions
Jul 2023 • Couples
A super nice diving club as we like them, which allowed us to indulge in our favorite passion. The underwater depths are quite rich, even without going down very deep, 8 to 12 meters allows you to see lots of things. Lots of fish of all colors, groupers, moray eels, a turtle also came to say hello to us, as well as a few rays. We were also able to see a coral "nursery" which tells us that this country is also involved in preserving the environment. A deeper dive allowed us to visit the wreck of the St George at a depth of 40m.
Whether 50m from the beach or further, even on Catalina Island, we were not disappointed by our 7 dives, always carried out in small groups of three to ten people.
On the team side, everything was perfect, flawless organization, very complete and precise briefings, the choice of almost tailor-made dives. A nice little extra, the transport of blocks and heavy equipment to the boat is provided by the equipment team. The group guides are super friendly and very knowledgeable, and know their maritime domain like the back of their hand.
On the office side, a warm and friendly welcome (again!), normal it's the same people who dive!
Excellent memory and thanks in particular to Kim and Humberto for their friendliness and professionalism.
Whether 50m from the beach or further, even on Catalina Island, we were not disappointed by our 7 dives, always carried out in small groups of three to ten people.
On the team side, everything was perfect, flawless organization, very complete and precise briefings, the choice of almost tailor-made dives. A nice little extra, the transport of blocks and heavy equipment to the boat is provided by the equipment team. The group guides are super friendly and very knowledgeable, and know their maritime domain like the back of their hand.
On the office side, a warm and friendly welcome (again!), normal it's the same people who dive!
Excellent memory and thanks in particular to Kim and Humberto for their friendliness and professionalism.
Written August 16, 2023
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Bonjour
Nous vous remercions pour votre commentaire.
Nous sommes heureux que vous ayez eu une bonne expérience avec notre personnel et nos plongées.
Nous nous réjouissons de vous revoir et d'organiser ensemble un nouveau programme de plongée.
Written February 12, 2024
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Darek2c
Ellesmere Port, UK148 contributions
Sep 2022
Fantastic dive center, well organized. All trips are well prepared. For me the best and most important was diving on the SS Thistlegorm, excellent boat took us to the reef and back.
Very well prepared and described diving, a great guide who knows all the secrets of the diving site. There was also a trip to Bleu Hole, although it's not my vibe anymore, but I think that you have to try everything, so this too! Center Highly recommended!!
Very well prepared and described diving, a great guide who knows all the secrets of the diving site. There was also a trip to Bleu Hole, although it's not my vibe anymore, but I think that you have to try everything, so this too! Center Highly recommended!!
Written February 6, 2023
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Dear Darek2c,
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with us
We're thrilled to hear that you found our dive center to be fantastic and well-organized. It's great to know that you had a great time diving and that our team was able to provide you with a memorable diving experience. We appreciate your recommendation and hope to have the opportunity to dive with you again in the future.
Written April 24, 2023
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A few questions, please:
Will we take our gear from the shop to the boat?
How far is the walk from the shop to the boat?
Are there stairs on that walk?
Who will rinse our gear, us or the shop?
Will there be a place to hang our gear so it actually dries pretty well?
ThanX !
Written June 15, 2023
I'm not sure how far it was from the shop to the boat and if there were stairs 🙁 All the equipment will be rinsed and dries well in the shop, don't worry about that!👌
Written June 16, 2023
A few questions, please:
Will we take our gear from the shop to the boat?
How far is the walk from the shop to the boat?
Are there stairs on that walk?
Who will rinse our gear, us or the shop?
Will there be a place to hang our gear so it actually dries pretty well?
ThanX !
Written June 15, 2023
Wie teuer USt es bei euch den Advanced Open water diver zu machen? Und geht das auch auf Deutsch?
Written November 22, 2018
Hallo Mariusney,
Vielen Dank fuer Deine Nachtricht und Interesse!
Die Kurse werden auf Deutsch unterrichtet - AOWD kostet 225 $ online oder 250 $ Zahlung vor Ort. Wann wuerdest Du gerne komme?
Hast Du mir Eine E-Mail Adresse? Gerne senden wir Dich alle wichtige Informationen.
Ich freue mich auf Deine Rueckmeldung!
Viele Gruesse
Dein Reef Oasis Tauchbasis
Written November 23, 2018
Hallo,
Wir kommen am 30.07.2017 in das viva dominicus palace. Wir möchten Gerne einen ausflug nach saona und catalina mit tauchen verbinden. Ist das möglich ?
Written July 9, 2017
Herzliche Grüße von Reef Oasis Viva Dominicus!
Ja, es ist möglich. Bitte kontaktieren Sie uns für Details via e-mail.:)
Written July 10, 2017
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