“SCUBA DIVING WITH BULL SHARKS IN SANTA LUCIA” Tour

“SCUBA DIVING WITH BULL SHARKS IN SANTA LUCIA” Tour

Description:

Spectacular Show with Bull Sharks in the entrance channel of Nuevitas Bay, the instructors feed these animals with their hands, appreciating in the excursion also a boat, the MORTERA that shipwrecked in the place at the end of the XIX century.

Included:

• Nautical or terrestrial transfer from the Shark Friends Dive Center in Playa Santa Lucia.
• Basic diving equipment, including bottle and weights for diving.
• A dive in the sunken ship MORTERA and Show with Bull Sharks in the entrance channel of Nuevitas Bay.
• Diving instructors feeding the Bulls Sharks with his hand.
• Return to the hotel.

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 Santa Lucia.
• 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): 2 – 3 hours approximately. Very important note: The possibility of non-presence of bull sharks at the time of the dive, may occur, which does not imply any compensation on the value of the tour. Very important note: Dive times must be confirmed the day before, as they vary, according to the actual tidal stoppage schedule of the Nuevitas Bay channel.
Very important note: It is mandatory for clients to present their official diving certification. Very important note: Never, for security reasons, clients will be able to interact directly with bull sharks and must strictly comply with the instructions issued by diving instructors.