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Have to be honest that we have dived quite a bit all over the world and so may be a bit spoiled, look at it is this perspective.
Safari Diving is a small base right across the beach from Playa Chica, ideal.
A big advantage over other bases, which have lots of buses in sparse packing spots, with lots of lugging and rummaging, in the sun, through the dock or beach into the water.
It's always crowded there, which makes changing clothes a bit of a hassle, then it's a bit of slogging past bathers to get into the water.
Fortunately, the bottles are not too heavy (12 liters bombs) and there are also 10 and 15 liters.
The dive guides are very helpful and I also found the atmosphere at the base to be friendly.
Gear can be stored in the base in crates or hung up.
Rental gear looked solid, sinks were cleaned in a timely manner.
Did find the tray for glasses or cameras a bit small.
Next to the base is a stall where you can buy soft drinks and ice cream.
Boat dives can also be done on a RIB.
Fortunately there is a solid ladder to climb back into the RIB.
Boarding takes place at the quay, where you walk with your equipment on (not very far).
There is only one set of stairs where bathers and many other divers and pleasure craft use, so busy, but sometimes it is best to start here because of the current outside the bay.
After the dive with the RIB you go back into the water just in front of the bay and head for the beach (diving if you still have air).
The best places to dive at Chica are near the rocks , shallow, or deeper an orange coral and the Cathedral.
But there are also many sandy areas.
Safari Diving also has a base in Playa Blanca, which expands the spectrum of dive sites.
Here you can dive at the Museum Atlantico, again with a RIB.
Highly recommended, we had a great time.
(Automatically translated from Dutch)