Scuba Diving Chile - Las Tacas – New Diving Location

Coquimbo is a coast city placed 7.4 miles south from La Serena and 287 miles north from Santiago de Chile in Choapa Province, Chile. The Coquimbo region coastline possess many beaches with warm waters ideal for various adventures: kiteboarding, rowing, waterskiing, diving, windsurfing and yachting. Adrex.com as one of the first scuba-diving websites worldwide, introduces you a beach resort at Las Tacas, a part of the Pacific coastline that has white and fine sand and descends softly to the sea. It offers favorable conditions for practicing lots of water sports including scuba-diving.

19. 6. 2013

The Tacas Dive Resort is a company with eight years of experience dedicated to recreational diving courses and conducting underwater excursions and water sports. They also develop adventure tourism expeditions and special interests at the regional level. They currently have certification "Nautical Sports Entity" issued by the Chilean Navy to teach courses and practise underwater recreational activities. In addition they are certified by PADI (Professional Assosation of Diving Instructors) and PADI Dive Resort.

Dive Resort is operating every day of the year. All you need is just book your quota and ask for the climatic conditions of the moment. The Humboldt Current is a large Marine Ecosystem, and one of the major upwelling systems in the world, it supports an extraordinary abundance of marine life in the area. Tacas divers have more than 8 local dive sites including nearby islands:

Marina Las Tacas

Sector of water bordered with bottom of sand and transparent waters. Necessary for initiations and reviews. The present marine life includes juvenile fish, large mullets, and several species of sea snails. Depth: 3 m Min / Max 6 m.

The cathedrals

Underwater mountains covered with sponges and presence with tunnels and steep walls. The varied marine life includes schools of castañetas, groupers, giant jellyfish (December to February), crustaceans, nudibranchs and sea lions.

More outside.

Rock formations with impressive walls and abundant marine life including sponges, schools of castañetas, Blacktail combers, peje dogs, colors anemones, giant jellyfish (December to February), thousands of crustaceans, nudibranchs and sea lions.Depth: 6 m Min / Max 35 m. Boat transfer: 4 minutes from Las Tacas Dive Resort.

Hill

Rocky set surrounded by sponges with tunnels and steep walls. This on-site marine life includes large fish like old, Peje dogs and Apanados. Depth: 25 m Min / Max 40 m. Boat transfer: 10 minutes from Las Tacas Dive Resort.

The cavern

Underwater cavern 15 meters of extension with bozh ways independent. Only advanced divers depth: 15 m Min / Max 32 m. Boat transfer: 10 minutes from Las Tacas Dive Resort.

Mountain

Rock formation of large size with varied marine life which include bilagays and plump, peje cabrillas Spanish, in addition to large amount of colours sponges and dogs. Depth: 9 m Min / Max 38 m. Boat transfer: 10 minutes from Las Tacas Dive Resort.

The rock of the French.

Submarine Canyon-bottomed rock and white sand surrounded by sponges and algae. Present marine life including fish and small, sharks look red and many crustaceans. Depth: Min 12 m / 26 ft Max. Transfer: 3 minutes from Las Tacas Dive Resort.

The Frenchman Bay.

Background of white sand, rock and seaweed. Ideal for the first dives. There is a varied marine life that includes bilagays, roundwood, vernal and pint red sharks. Depth: 10 m Min / Max 15 m. Transfer: 3 minutes from Las Tacas Dive Resort.