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Thanks for your interest in scuba/snorkeling trips
through Dive Nicaragua in San Juan del Sur. For your information,
I have been scuba diving since the early 1980's. I received my NAUI
instructor certification in 1992, and have been a certified PADI
instructor since 1998. I am qualified to teach beginner, advanced
and divemaster scuba classes, as well as specialty classes such
as rescue diving, underwater navigation and wreck diving. Since
becoming an instructor, I have taught over 1,000 students to dive
in group and individual classes, and led dive tours to other countries
while I was affiliated with SportsChalet-one of the biggest chains
of sporting good stores in California.
I am also a certified scuba tank inspector, and am trained in dive
equipment service and repair. In addition, I have taken the NAUI
course in First Aid/CPR, the DAN course for Oxygen First Aid instruction,
and actually taught First Aid/CPR through the American Red Cross
for several years before relocating to Nicaragua. I also have been
trained by the U.S. Coast guard in navigation, and have both American
and Nicaraguan boat captain's licenses.
For dive/snorkeling trips, I use a 21 foot Bayliner Trophy cabin
cruiser with cover for sun protection which I brought down from
the United States. It has a 150 HP engine as well as a brand new
Yamaha auxiliary outboard for emergencies, fishing and drift dive
trips. The boat is equipped with the latest electronics, including
GPS and depth gauge/fish finder. There are always sufficient life
vests for all persons on board. There are never more than 4 passengers
on the boat, but there is a 2 person minimum. Most of my scuba/snorkel
rental equipment is only a year old. So you can see, I am eminently
qualified to take out passengers for dive or snorkel trips and am
very safety conscious.
We also offer full-day and half day fishing trips, as well as water
skiing, surf trips and coastal tours to those just wanting some
time out on the water. I recently moved to a house San Jorge (which
is on Lake Nicaragua and just a short distance from San Juan del
Sur) and am currently looking into taking passengers out on the
lake and over to Omotepe Island as well as running trips out of
San Juan.
Our prices have changed somewhat from those listed on the Dive
Nicaragua web-site (in large part due to the increasing cost of
gasoline), and I will e-mail you separately a current price sheet.
In the past, we have negotiated a sliding scale commission ranging
from 5 to 10 percent depending on the volume of referrals, and we
can discuss this further if you think that you will be able to refer
business to us from your offices in Costa Rica and Managua.
By the way, the coast off of San Juan del Sur is very similar to
that of the Guanacaste coast of Costa Rica, so conditions are similar
but there are a lot less boats on the water since the water sport
business-and tourism in general-are new to Nicaragua. There have
been a number of very favorable articles in the U.S. press about
fishing, surfing and diving in Nicaragua, so the number of tourists
to the San Juan area is increasing, but slowly, as the word gets
out.
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