Entries by Petricia Botbijl

Superior Producer

The Superior Producer, one of the best wreck dives of the caribean, situated at Curaçao. An adventurous dive to a depth of 30 meters / 90 feet just from shore in to the blue….  

Easter-bubbles while we dive!

These last couple of weeks have been super busy at our dive center! Luckily we have added a new instructor to our team, so welcome Leroy Leenstra. Together with Tanya Haynes, who helps us out Sundays and Mondays, and Kyra de Groot, our intern, our team is now complete. Meaning you can come to us […]

Spend your honeymoon diving in Curacao!

This past couple of weeks we have been diving with a lot of newly weds, wanting to spend their honeymoon diving in Curacao.  And boy, did we have fun. Some of these recently married couples decided to do the Open Water course during their honeymoon. Others were already certified and did a couple of days […]

Diving in Curacao

We are very privileged to be able to be diving in Curacao on a daily basis. A lot of divers who have been diving with us will agree, but you might be wondering what makes diving in Curacao so special. I will try to convince you! Diving in Curacao is interesting for divers of all […]

Being visible during your dive or snorkeltour

Since 2008 it’s mandatory by law on Curacao to be visible during your whole dive or snorkeltour. This means a letting a Surface Marker Buoy up at the end of your dive, just before you ascent is not enough. Every dive group should dive with a buoy and dive flag. Using the SMB during the […]

Every dive is fun!!!

Making  as many dives as we do it’s understandable we often get the question whether we still like to dive, or if we make any fun dives ourselves at all. The answer is simple: Every dive is fun!!! No, we do not do fun dives in our spare time, we love to have 1 day […]

Before your first dive….

Before we can do a Discover Scuba Dive with you, or start the first dive of a new course you will have to fill out a Medical Statement. Can you answer each question with ‘No’ then we can go on, but if one of the questions is answered with ‘Yes‘ you will have to go […]

New Years resolutions….(let’s blog and dive)

Hello to all our diving and non-diving friends! Let me start by wishing you all a belated Happy New Year from the Relaxed Guided Dives team!!! With the new year come the New Years resolutions. Now, I don’t smoke, so stop smoking was not an option. I don’t drink (much), so nothing there either. I […]