“SCUBA DIVING IN FARO LUNA, CIENFUEGOS” Tour

“SCUBA DIVING IN FARO LUNA, CIENFUEGOS” Tour

Description

Cienfuegos is a city and municipality of Cuba, capital of the province of the same name. Cienfuegos is a city in the bay of Cienfuegos, on the southern coast of Cuba. It is known for its buildings from the colonial era. In the central plaza José Martí Park, is the Tomás Terry Theater, with mosaics of gold leaf and frescoes in its sky. The Provincial Museum explores the colonial history of the city. The Arc de Triomphe commemorates Cuban independence. Ferries cross the bay to Castillo de Jagua, an 18th-century fortress.

When you travel to the city of Cienfuegos, in the south-central part of the island, you have to enjoy spectacular seabed. Near the beautiful city you can see sunken ships and coral reefs, including the largest coral in America. The elongated shape of the Cuban archipelago allows the location of many diving areas, recognized in the Caribbean for their richness and variety. Cienfuegos is distinguished for offering, in a small area, all types of immersion. The province has more than thirty points distributed in the coastal strip of the territory, and three international centers.

The Faro Luna International Diving Center, belonging to the company Marina Marlin Cienfuegos, has an area of approximately 3.5 nautical miles, where you can find 40 excellent dive sites, the most distant ones less than 10 minutes away from the diving center. The seabed has calm waters, with a horizontal visibility of 25 m and a pleasant temperature (average of 26ºC all year round). In this area you can find six sunken ships, with excellent conservation and inserted marine life, with accessibility to swim inside, highlighting in the area the presence of the majestic coral formation, called Notre Dame coral. In this area there are, at depths between six and forty meters, caves, more than ten sunken ships with excellent conservation conditions, submarine valleys and one of the most populated coral formations in the Caribbean Sea.

Recommended dive sites: La Corona, El Laberinto, Camaronero III, Notre Dame, La Patana, Cable Inglés and Rancho Luna.

The service includes:

• Diving equipment, air tank, belt with weights, the assistance of an internationally certified instructor guide, who will do a briefing of dive to be made, and the use of the boat that leads from the dive center to dive sites.
• Professional diving instructor service for every 6 diving clients.

Not included:

• Transfer service to and from the hotels to the Marina Marlin Cienfuegos.
• Tips.

Very important notes:

• All clients must be over 12 years old (between 12 and 18 accompanied by a guardian), present their diving certification and valid passport.

LIABILITY WAIVER AND EXPRESS ASSUMPTION OF RISKS FOR THE PRACTICE OF DIVING BY THE CLIENT:

• Clients must sign a liability waiver to be able to practice diving activities in Marinas Marlin dive centers where among other points:
• The CLIENT acknowledges that snorkeling, freediving and scuba diving are potentially hazardous activities that carry a risk of serious injury and/or death and/or property damage and agree to assume all risks associated therewith.
• The CLIENT acknowledges that compressed air diving carries some inherent risks: decompression sickness, embolism or other hyperbaric injuries requiring treatment in a hyperbaric chamber may occur and that the CLIENT expressly assumes all such risks.
• The CLIENT must comply with the ship's safety guidelines and diving safety guidelines, in addition to complying with local regulations and legislation.
• The CLIENT agrees and certifies that he/she is fully aware of and expressly assumes all such risks and all other risks involved in conducting such boat trip, shore excursions and dives, conducted as leisure dives or as part of a dive class.
• The CLIENT agrees that they are in good physical and mental health for diving, that they do not suffer from any medical condition contraindicated for diving, that they will not dive under the influence of alcohol, nor under the influence of any drug contraindicated for diving. In case of taking any medication, the CLIENT declares that he/she has consulted a doctor and has the authorization to dive in the conditions of this activity while under the influence of the medication/drug.
• The CLIENT must declare: That ___ yes/no ___ has a personal insurance policy (covering the diving activity). If yes, he/she must specify which company is contracted and the policy number.
• The CLIENT declares that he/she releases the dive center from responsibility for any incident that may occur to the client, without being attributable to the dive center or its auxiliary staff. The CLIENT declares that he has been duly informed by the dive center staff and is fully aware of the risks of accidents involved in diving activities, which he assumes full responsibility and declares that if he or anyone, including his heirs or representatives, should be affected, they will not establish any claim against the dive center, its officers, instructors or employees, nor against the AGENCY.

Difficulty degree: Medium. Distance to cover in the tour (Roundtrip): 20 km approximately. Approximate tour duration (total): 4 – 5 hours approximately. Very important note: The diving schedules must be confirmed the day before, since they may vary, depending on the changes in the weather conditions of the area.
Very important note: It is mandatory for clients to present their official diving certification. Very important note: The clients, for safety reasons, must always strictly comply with the instructions issued by the diving instructors.