Ocean Encounters is located in Bapor Kibra, one of the best shoreside of Curaçao, close to Mambo Beach and nearby to nice restaurants and lounge bars. One can access the facility both from the Lions Dive Hotel and the Sea Acquarium. Personally I love their boat docks and the layout in general, it's really spacious and comfortable. They have the biggest dive boat fleet on the island and they don't miss a beat. The staff is highly skilled, the service always professional and friendly. Thank you Ocean Encounters for having powered the Fuikbay scuba cleanup. Plus the burgers were delicious! I highly recommend Ocean Encounters!

This was one of our favorite things we did on our trip! We decided last minute to visit the aquarium and saw this excursion. It was just my husband and I with a guide, and he let us just explore to start. We snorkeled with so many fish, and then were able to feed the different types of sharks as well as touch and feed the stingrays. Unforgettable experience!

Hi we came to complete our open water dive certification having done our pool and classroom training at home. We stayed at Lions Dive Beach Resort. This was perfect because it allowed us to roll out of bed and is very central to shopping and restaurants. We also were fortunate to have an excellent instructor who loved diving and had a world of experience from the military and living abroad. My 19 yr old son really liked working with him he made a big impression on him as once we graduated my son took on his role in leading me through the dives as he quickly mastered all the hand signals and safety guards he had learned. I found for me our instructor was very calming and patient in the water as I worked through the usual beginner's difficulties with equalizing and buoyancy issues. We participated in several dives a day during the week. We went to Mushroom Forest and the Blue Room both are spectacular. We had a photographer from Turtle & Ray productions who took video and pictures. The video was done on our last certification dive and with just myself and my son. The pictures are gorgeous and great teaching tools. I would definitely recommend this outfit and strongly advise others to ask about having a private video session in the water. We were referred by Scuba Travel Adventures. They got every piece of the trip that mattered right e.g. Lions Dive, Ocean Encounters Diving and very importantly linked us in to Turtle & Ray productions who use top notch underwater photography equipment to make even beginners like us look like pros. Definitely include Turtle & Ray team in your dive as they were a big part of our very positive experience.

The people at this dive center are very helpful and friendly. The dive masters are great and make sure you really enjoy your dives. The dolphin open water dive is a must for scuba divers! It is definitely a memory for a lifetime.

Dove with Ocean Encounters for the Scubaboard Surge. Jeremiah and his crew did an amazing job of juggling our sizeable group and rallied all the great fish out for our week of dive excursions! and Cally was a great DM for our group. Many thanks and look forward to diving with them again soon!

Stayed at Sunscape Resort Curacao and did 5 2-tank morning boat dive trips with Ocean Encounters, which has an operation at the resort. They have 4 boats, the Curacao x, with x being Princess, Star, Phoenix or Galaxy. The Princess was used by non-ScubaBoard Surge divers, and Surgers rotated through the other 3, which were not identical. The Galaxy had overhead netting for storage, a 2-level table with various items, and the tank racks accepted 100-cf tanks. The Phoenix and Star racks didn’t accommodate the optional 100-cf tanks (so they tucked partly beneath the seating), neither had overhead netting (but the front ‘dashboard’ had some space for dry stuff) and the Phoenix had the table but the Star didn’t. All were fine, but life diving 100-cf tanks was easier aboard the Galaxy. Ocean Encounters staff were friendly, helpful and fun. Most of our group put gear on their 1st tank of the day; staff switched out tanks after the 1st dive, and were available if more assistance was needed individually. I benefited because my new BP/W setup wasn’t all ‘dialed in,’ had a little cam band drama, and staff addressed it and told me what they were doing while they did. We were offering sliced oranges and water between dives, and they had a neat system for keeping up with your cup to minimize waste. If I understand correctly, O.E. offers a 2-tank morning dive, a 1-tank afternoon dive, and a night dive on Wednesday (or any day if you’ve got at least 8 people). Boat trips to 1st site tended to run under 30 minutes. Typical plan max. depth 60 feet/18 m, not rigidly enforced, guided dive, turn around at about 25 minutes, return trip portion somewhat shallow. Reef lusher than I expected, lots of small but not a lot of big stuff, water temp.s roughly 78 degrees, viz. about 60-80 feet I estimate. On the whole, a very good trip. Would've dove more, but had non-diving family along.

We stayed at Sunscape Resort and had a divebase directly at the hotel. The service was great, if you have a question or problem they are always there to help you. My girlfriend had some problems during the dives and it was then no problem to switch the pre-paid dives so that I could use them. The boat trips are well organized. Depending on the amount of divers on a boat there are more ore less Dive Masters in the boat. We had a good time and felt very comfortable at Ocean Encounters.

Simply a great experience. You have to experience this if you go to Curacao. Everything worked great.

Rented scuba equipment from Ocean encounters and found the staff to be helpful. It was great to have expert direction that allowed us to do a self dive along the wall, just outside the beach. Great reef and quite a good variety of fish.

So Awesome, feed the sharks and sting Rays. Total amazing!! Ruth was such a fun guide. I totally recommend.

George, Sophie and Kirsten at the Sunscape Resort shop are the greatest. Lots of help, good advise, along with excellent rental gear, make this dive shop the best.

This was my first trip to Curacao and this dive operation was connected to my resort. I was very happy with the entire setup; the shop is large with a good selection of items, the shop staff is very friendly and accomodating. I did 4 dives with the group and was very happy with their professionalism, sense of fun, good dive briefings, safety, etc. I did the Klein Curacao trip which involves a morning pair of dives and then some time at Klein Curacao. It was a nice day on the boat. When I return to Curacao I’ll definitely go diving with this outfit.

Our dive master Vivian was wonderful. The facility was excellent. We did two dives. A lovely beach for those who want to sit on the beach. Snorkeling available as well. Probably the most unique aspect of this dive operator is their involvement in growing of coral. They had a mini coral farm we were able to visit on our second dive. All equipment worked well. I had my own mask.

We really enjoyed this, we had a lot of free time just to snorkel with the fish. The staff were awesome, very knowledgeable and friendly.

If you love diving and are in Curacao you can't go wrong with Ocean Encounters. We dove with them for a week and Chris and Viviana were amazing dive masters and tons of fun. We brought a large group and the shore personel aka Jorge and our boat captain Remy all made our week great.

This dive shop was amazing and the reason we stayed at LionsDive Resort. We dove with them for four consecutive days, including two night dives. The divemasters and boat captains are enthusiastic and friendly, and those in the shop were helpful and courteous. Big shout outs to Jeremiah, Jahja, KM, Sophie, and Chris. We felt safe on our dives, but not suffocated. Our group dove every day, usually the two tank dive in the morning as well as the night dives when available. The absolute highlight of our diving was the dolphin dive in the open ocean. This is done in coordination with the Dolphin Academy and it was incredible! The six guests (all certified divers) and one dive master from Ocean Encounters meet the two dolphins and their (scuba diving) trainers out in the ocean not far from the resort. The dolphins were amazing and the trainers did a fantastic job of making sure each diver got to spend one-on-one time with the dolphins. We were able to touch them, swim with them, and go nose-to-nose. The dolphins were so friendly and seemed to really enjoy interacting with the divers. The encounter last over 25 minutes and then the dolphins headed back home while we finished our dive.

Located in our resort, Lion's Dive, we had the best experience with a dive shop in the Caribbean. They have four large boats, all well maintained and clean, and a staff of experienced and friendly captains and dive masters. We dove three days, both two tank dives, in wonderful reefs nearby Mombo Beach. Lots of turtles and eels in well preserved and vibrant reefs. We saw our first seahorse after 50 dives in different Caribbean islands. And I dove with dolphin from the nearby Seaquarium of Curacao in a special program they have twice a week. All sorts of dives are offered, including night dives. They have a fully operational school for scuba classes, with nice classrooms and caring instructors. The equipment to rent is nice and if you dive several days in a row you can keep the same equipment and just hang it up in one of their storage areas. Everyone, including the store counter operators, was pleasant and helpful. Many thanks to the dive boat captains and the wonderful dive masters!

I am thoroughly impressed with Ocean Encounters at Lions dive and Beach Resort in Curaçao. Jeremiah, Paul and the entire staff run an outstanding dive operation. Special thank you to our dive master Charli who went above and beyond. The crews were exceptional, and the rest of the staff made our trip truly memorable. I couldn't recommend this dive operation more. We will return.

Our 12 year old daughter just did a 2 days referral course at Ocean Encounters to get her PADI Open Water Diver certification (April 2019). She had a wonderful course with instructor Yahya. He is very good with kids, safety first, and he has a way of getting kids to understand all the in and outs they need to know. The Ocean Encounters staff was very helpful, friendly and good in the job they do. At the same time they are relaxed, not pushy at all and clear about the way they work. We also had the pleasure to meet Ocean Encounters director Jeremiah, who does an excellent job as well. I can recommend diving in Curaçao to everyone, and the best way to do that is with Ocean Encounters. On top of that, they have an excellent reef just in front of the shop. You can just walk 30 meters and have an magnificent shore dive! We’ll be back for sure. Hope to see you there!

We had a great time with The entire Ocean Encounter dive crew! Logged 10 Beautiful dives from the Mushroom Forrest & Blue room to the Kline Island. Tons of sea life ranging from large sea turtles and bottle nose dolphins to the small sea horses. The reefs were looking great and look forward to the next trip!!