SSI Open Water Scuba Diving Course

During my 1st, introductory dive, I became nauseous. We stopped. The nausea came from a sunburn the day before and from my tension. The diving school showed genuine understanding, listened carefully to me and really saw me. I didn't have to pay for the follow-up dives that were already booked if I didn't continue. The day after, when I felt good, I chose to continue anyway, partly because of the people-oriented approach of this diving school. The diving school was very flexible in rebooking the follow-up dives. Step by step I did a dive more with the experienced dive instructor for many years. Thanks in part to this diving school, I got my Open Water license in today! And that at the age of 57. What a great, small family business!

I just don’t know where to start EN, my sister and I had such a great experience at your dive center. In 2018, we made an introductory dive with you which was so well liked that we came back this year, July 2025. Now we have our SSI Open Water Diving license. In total confused EN that four dives and theory what we had to learn. DE first three chapters were a lot of theory, but believe me after that it gets a lot less ???? Our buddy EN dive instructor was Gerard. We have made a total of 5 dives with him this holiday. DE fifth dive, so when we already got our license we had taken their camera. Super cool this was EN DE pictures EN videos turned out pretty well! We even saw a seahorse ???? Gerard explained everything super well EN also conveyed it in peace. If you had EN you could ask them and everything was especially very relaxed. We had DE and the four dives you had to do spread over two days. You actually arrive at the dive center in DE morning EN and DAN you had first explanation, then you went your set build EN and finally DE corpse to the place where you went diving. After this dive went EN we went back to eat some food and in DE afternoon DAN DE other dive was at another location. Also EN very important is that this dive center only dives in small groups or privately and that you do not have to be afraid that you will be in a group with six other people. To get your diving license you also had to do certain exercises, both above water and under water. You don't have to be afraid of this because everything is explained well. Gerard paid very close attention to us if everything went well EN this he DEED the entire dive. The dive EN was super cool, but also the contact with Monique, Angelique EN Gerard (Johan is also very nice, but we only saw him once) was very nice and well arranged. My sister EN I recommend this dive center to everyone, because they are really the best in Curacao. We also recommend everyone Gerard as a dive instructor, because we both had a very nice experience with him.

Despite having dived a lot in the past, never got a license. On our holiday to Curaçao it had to happen. After some searching we arrived at van de Ven (where we also drove past about 4 times a day given our whereabouts). We were welcomed and spoken to in a relaxed and casual way by Monique (owner) and her husband. All our questions were answered and explanations were given about the course of the open water course. My partner never liked diving (wanting to keep something in control) but went through the conversation and reassurance of Monique, tacked on and decided to do a test dive. During the first dive, my partner was tense as expected, however, in the hands of diving professional Monique she soon became calm and could enjoy what the underwater world has to offer. After this first experience/session, my partner decided to get her open water certification... the follow-up dives went in the same way where knowledge/experience, tranquility but especially personal attention from Monique prevailed. Despite my partner tensely going into the water with every dive she has overcome this tension with the help of the above professional approach and she succeeded!!! As far as we are concerned, diving school of the Ven is due to the good but casual and safe guidance and highly recommended if you want to do your SSI diving courses.