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Pro Prep Week Program - Costa Rica
Rich Coast Diving
Duration: 7 days
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Rich Coast Diving
$1,565
Deposit: $783

About your trip

Our Pro Prep Week is a 7-day intensive program designed to prepare you fully for the Divemaster journey.

With 12 training dives and 6 certifications — Diver Stress & Rescue, React Right, Perfect Buoyancy, Deep Diving, Navigation, and Night & Limited Visibility — this week builds the confidence, control, and problem-solving skills required at a professional level.

It’s the perfect fast-track option for divers who want to meet all prerequisites while significantly elevating their in-water performance before starting the Divemaster program.

Prerequisites

To enroll in our Pro Prep program, candidates must:

  • Have an Advanced Open Water certification (or equivalent)

  • Have logged minimum 20 dives

  • Last dive within the past 12 months

  • Be medically evaluated and cleared for diving by a physician within 12 months.

What's included

Diver Stress & Rescue

SSI training and certification

React Right

SSI training and certification

Perfect Buoyancy

SSI training and certification

Deep Diving

SSI training and certification

Navigation

SSI training and certification

Night & Lim. Visibility

SSI training and certification

12 Open Water

training dives

Equipment rental

BCD, regulator, wetsuit

Digital Materials

Available in the MySSI app / platform

What's not included

Accommodation

Travel, Food

and personal expenses

Additional training

and certifications

Personal equipment

Mandatory: mask, fins, dive computer, DSMB with reel, compass, dive slate and dive light.

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Arrival & Check-In

Arrival in Playas del Coco and afternoon shop check-in:

  • Monday–Saturday from 8:00–16:30

  • Sunday from 8:00–13:00.

Day 1

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Perfect Buoyancy Specialty

7:00–12:30 | 2 ocean dives

Day 2

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Diver Stress & Rescue (Confined Water)

7:45–12:30 | Pool session

Day 3

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Diver Stress & Rescue (Open Water Practice)

7:00–12:30 | Ocean session

Day 4

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Stress & Rescue Scenarios & React Right

7:00–12:00 | Open water rescue scenarios

13:30–16:30 | React Right (classroom)

Day 5

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Deep Diving Specialty

7:00–12:30 | Deep dives 1 & 2

Day 6

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Deep, Limited Visibility & Night Diving

7:00–12:30 | Deep dive 3 & Limited Visibility dive

17:00 | Night dive

Day 7

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Navigation Specialty

7:00–12:30 | 2 navigation dives

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1. Rich Coast Diving

Rich Coast Diving

About your organizer

We are a Dive Center in Playas del Coco, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica.  We offer Costa Rica's best Scuba divingSnorkeling toursDiving courses, Tours & Accommodation packages.

 

Looking for a career in Scuba Diving? 

We are Costa Rica's first and oldest Career Center and we teach the full range of (Professional) Training CoursesDivemaster Internships and Instructor Courses.


Are you looking for Dive or Snorkel Gear? We are authorized distributor and dealer for CressiMares and ScubaPro.

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