Playa Santa Lucia - Scuba

Where is it? On Cuba's northeastern shore, 20 kilometres of beach in Santa Lucia are protected by one of the largest and best preserved coral barriers in the tropics with flocks of pink flamingo making their home in nearby lagoons.

Getting there: Flights to Holguin or Ciego de Avila followed by land transfer to Santa Lucia. Fly & Drive programs are also available.

Accommodations: Brisas Santa Lucia, Club Amigo Caracol, Club Amigo Mayanabo, Gran Club Santa Lucia

The Scuba Diving: A dive zone with almost 40 sites offers shipwrecks, the remains of a Spanish fort, fish, and hand-fed sharks. The dive center is called Sharks Friends. A show where the instructors hand-feed bull sharks operates from August to February. They migrate to other areas outside of those months. Reservations for the show are not available in advance as its departure strongly depends on weather condition, the moon, etc. Offers for the shark show (including a digital recording of your experience) must be purchased directly at the dive center. In this dive center, we offer regular immersions only for advance purchase.

Dive Pass: Dive Pass available for Sharks Friends dive center.

Santa Lucia
Dives 1 2 3 4 5 6
WoWCuba Price $24 $48 $72 $96 $114 $136
Public Price $30 $59 $87 $114 $140 $165
You Save $6 $11 $15 $18 $26 $29
Save $$ on your dives by booking in advance!
Dives 7 8 9 10 15 20
WoWCuba Price $159 $182 $205 $215 $313 $379
Public Price $189 $212 $234 $255 $345 $420
You Save $30 $30 $29 $40 $32 $41

Scuba - Playa Santa Lucia
Dive Reservations/Minimum Booking Requirements:
No Fee: For WoWCuba clients booking hotel, car rental reservations or tour packages. No minimum dive requirement.
Agency Service Fee applies: For dive only reservations, minimum 10 dives.
WoWCuba price includes: Tanks, weights, boat and dive guide. In Santa Lucia, our dive packages also include daytime diving equipment (wetsuit, mask, fins, regulator, BTU) and transfers from/to Santa Lucia hotels
Not Included: Night diving equipment (available for rental locally)
Note: Divers must bring their accreditation or Dive License and
   passport presentation is required for boarding boats
    Valid to: 31 Oct 2008

Holguin & Santa LuciaPricing Valid to: Oct 31, 2008Back to Top
Includes: Private transfer Holguin airport-Guardalavaca hotel (RT), 3 nts all inclusive accommodations in Club Amigo Guardalavaca or Occidental Playa Turquesa hotels in Guardlavaca, 6 dives per person in Guardalavaca, private transfer Guardalavaca-Santa Lucia (RT), 3 nts all inclusive accommodations in Brisas Santa Lucia, Club Amigo Caracol or Club Amigo Mayanabo hotels in Santa Lucia, 6 dives per person in Santa Lucia, ground handling & agency service fees.
Note: Diving includes weights, tanks, boat & dive guide. Presentation of dive certification & passport required.
Hotel Combination 1: (Playa Turquesa/B. Santa Lucia)
$661 CUC/person (low season, dbl occ), $678.50 sgl occ
Hotel Combination 2: (Club Amigo Guardalavaca/Club Amigo Caracol or Club Amigo Mayanabo)
$531 CUC/person (low season, dbl occ), $548.50 sgl occ
Hotel & diving extensions avail. Additional double-tank dive (2 dives in 1 departure) just $_______
*This package not recommended from Dec-Mar (when cold fronts on Cuba's north shore can affect navigation).
Pricing available for non-diving companions. Request quotation for your travel dates.

Description of Dive Zone:
The Sharks Friends dive center is located in the Santa Lucia beach, a beach open to the sea and absent of rocks and shelving, where you'll discover one of the most important and picturesque coral reefs of the world. In the 35 dive sites from 7 to 35 meters you can see various species of coral, enormous fans, crustaceans and mollusks, caves and tunnels where many multicolored species of fish maraud, as well as sunken ships from the start of the 20th century, such as El Nuevo Mortera and Nuestra Seņora Virgen de Altagracia.

Recommended dive sites:

Poseidon I-VI - 18-32 meters, The bottoms of these 6 dive sites are made up of ridges forming marine terraces and tidal niches abounding in gorgonians, sponges, corals and minute coral fish. Nuestra Senora Virgen de Altagracia - 27 meters, Steel tug boat dating back to the early 20th century, in perfect condition. It's located next to a wall dropping straight into the abyss. Inside and around it rove numerous fish.

Mortera - 27 meters, This site is identified by the ramins of a 19th century Spanish merchant shipwreck at the entrance of the Nuevitas Bay channel. Colorful coral fish , big snappers, groups and shoals of jacks can be discovered here.

Las Anforas - 27 meters, This site is located close to what once was a Spanish fort that guarded the entrance to the bay. Submerged pitchers, bottles and clay vessels bear witness to the presence of the fort.

Sharks Point - 30 meters, Bull sharks up to 2 or 3 meters long are the stars of a show during which they feed out of the hands of diving instructors.

Honda Cave - 32 meters, There is an impressive cave in this site which shelters tarpon and big groupers.

Technical Information:
Name: Sharks Friends International Diving Center
Operator: Marlin Santa Lucia
Address: Playa Santa Lucia de Cuba
Accommodation: Santa Lucia hotels (closest is Brisas Santa Lucia)
Distance to Dive Sites: 15 minutes from Brisas Santa Lucia Hotel
Instructors: 5
Course Certification Schools: ACUC, SNSI
Daily Capacity: 50 divers
Boats: One 41-ft yacht and two 13-ft launches
Dive Sites: 35
Nearest hyperbaric chamber: Santiago de Cuba hospital

Services:
  Reef Diving - Yes
Wall Diving - Yes
Sunken Ships - Yes
Cave Diving - Yes
Canal Diving - No
Night Diving - Yes
Equipment Rental - Yes
Resort Course - Yes
Open Water Course - Yes
Advanced Courses - Yes
Specialty Courses - No

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