Bayahibe is a dive town, and it is cheap for the simple reason that nothing is far: the reefs sit in and beside the bay, the wrecks are a short crossing, and only the cave is inland. Prices run from $79 to $180 and were read on the operators' own pages on 2 October 2026.
- Two tanks on the local reefs
- Diving without a certificate
- The St George: depth and price
- The El Chicho cave
- A table, and what is not in the price
Two tanks on the local reefs
Coral Point Diving's two-tank outing is $80 per diver, plus $10 a day if you rent gear; guests in Dominicus and Bayahibe are picked up free. The centre has been on the bay for fourteen years, keeps four to five divers per divemaster and is back on shore around 13:00, with the dives talked through afterwards. Packages stack by the day: 4 dives $160, 6 $240, 8 $310 and 10 $365, and reef snorkelling is US$40.
Go Dive Bayahibe charges $100 per diver and puts the full gear set in the price, where Coral Point charges for it separately. A dive computer is $10 a day on top. Its packages are 4 dives $190, 6 $270, 8 $350 and 10 $420.
Can I dive without a certificate?
Yes, and here you do it from the sand. Blue Dreams Diving's first dive costs $79 per person and starts from Bayahibe beach, with a gradual entry rather than a stride off a boat. The minimum age is 8 and there are at most two students per instructor. SSI materials, all fees, a Try Scuba card and a certificate are included.
The St George
Dive Dominicana runs the 260-foot freighter and the Reef Park at $180 per diver, with full equipment and hotel transfers. The wreck lies at 35–40 m, and the centre asks for Advanced Open Water; the Reef Park, with colonial-era cannons and stingrays, is the second dive.
On the centre's list of trips the St George shows $180 next to $195 under a “$15 off” label; the wreck's own page gives $180 per diver.
If you want a wreck without the depth, Blue Dreams' dive day at $179 per person starts on the Atlantic Princess, a small cruise boat lying at about 12 m — shallow enough that the snorkellers on board can look down on it. Saona runs Mondays and Fridays, Catalina Tuesdays and Saturdays, and privately on any day by request.
The cave
El Chicho is a freshwater cave in Cotubanamá national park, and Go Dive charges $120 a dive for it. Gear is included apart from the computer, and park entrance fees and carrying tanks to the water are separate. It is a different kind of dive from everything else here — still, dark, inland and with no fish worth the name.
The dive days side by side
| Operator | What | Who for | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Dreams Diving | first dive from the beach | no certificate, from age 8 | $79 per person |
| Coral Point Diving | two tanks, local reefs | certified | $80 per diver |
| Go Dive Bayahibe | two fun dives, gear included | certified | $100 per diver |
| Go Dive Bayahibe | El Chicho cave | certified | $120 per dive |
| Blue Dreams Diving | island day, Atlantic Princess | certified | $179 per person |
| Dive Dominicana | St George and the Reef Park | Advanced Open Water | $180 per diver |
Questions people ask
What is not in the price?
At Go Dive, the dive computer at $10 a day, plus park entrance fees and tank carrying on the cave dive. At Coral Point, rental gear at $10 a day. Blue Dreams charges $15 for the transfer from Dominicus or Bayahibe and $100 from Bávaro or Punta Cana for up to six people.
Coral Point lists $80 and $90 — which is it?
Both, depending on the gear: two dives are $80 without equipment and $90 with it, because rental gear costs $10 a day. The dive computer is not part of the rental.
Can a non-diver come on the island day?
On Blue Dreams' day a snorkelling companion pays $79, and the Atlantic Princess is shallow enough to see from the surface.
