Refresher Dive
Overview
If it’s been 18 months or more since your last dive, we’ll get you, your skills and your knowledge ‘refreshed’ so that you’re safe, comfortable and confident in the water, more info on our website here.
The Refresher dive includes a thorough briefing, practise of safety skills in the shallows and a full dive up to an hour on our beautiful House Reef.
What's Included
- Everything you need, including all the training and dive equipment
- And most importantly a fun, beautiful and safe open water dive on the beautiful Dive Bus house reef.
Meeting Location
Goetoeweg
Willemstad, Curaçao
Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
What To Expect
We’ll start with a review of scuba equipment and set-up, basic scuba skills and dive safety, and answer any questions or concerns you have.
Then we’ll gear up and just walk across the road to The Dive Bus “swimming pool” – our shallow, protected, sandy bay, right off the beach. Here you’ll have the opportunity to get comfortable breathing and moving underwater again, as well as practice your basic scuba skills.
Once you’re comfortable, it’s just a few fin kicks to the beautiful Dive Bus house reef for a beautiful open water dive, maximum depth 40ft / 12m.
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 4 travelers
Frequently Asked Questions (9)
Q: How soon can I fly in an airplane after Scuba diving?
Cancellation Policy
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Activity code: C-119320P3
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Frequently Asked Questions (9)
The answers provided below were previously given in response to questions from Cool Shore Excursions customers.
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Participants in the Refresher Dive cannot fly in an airplane within 24 hours of their dive.
The main concern with scuba diving and flying is decompression sickness (DCS). Your body needs adequate time during an ascent to off-gas excess nitrogen, or you can form bubbles in your bloodstream, possibly leading to DCS.
Jun 2024If you have any doubts about becoming seasick on the water, we recommend taking a Dramamine® Motion Sickness Relief tablet the night before your trip. Some people recommend taking it the night before your cruise and then again that morning so you will not feel so drowsy.
Feb 2023- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (AST).
- Everything you need, including all the training and dive equipment.
- And most importantly a fun, beautiful and safe open water dive on the beautiful Dive Bus house reef.
The minimum age to participate is 10..
Apr 2025If a date or time is not listed on the calendar, it’s sold out or unavailable for another reason. Support cannot assist further if a date or time is not on the calendar.
If you find a date and time that works for you, book it NOW because things always sell out at this time of year.
Apr 2025Accessibility information for the Refresher Dive is as follows:
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Detailed check-in instructions – including meeting point address, Google map, and parking information – for Refresher Dive will be included in your confirmation email from Cool Shore Excursions. Please be sure to double and triple check your email address is correct at checkout so this important email makes its way to you!
Mar 2024Once your refund is processed, it usually shows on your card statement within 5–10 business days. The exact timing depends on your bank or card issuer.
Want it sooner? When you cancel, choose Receive a refund to my wallet instead. The credit is in your Wallet straight away and is applied automatically at checkout on your next booking when you’re signed in with the same email. You can see your balance any time in My Wallet.
If you paid part of your booking with Wallet credit, that part always goes back to your Wallet. Trip protection isn’t refundable.
Oct 2026What's Included
- Everything you need, including all the training and dive equipment
- And most importantly a fun, beautiful and safe open water dive on the beautiful Dive Bus house reef.
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 4 travelers
