Custom Travel
Discerning travelers can customize their very own adventure anywhere in the world. Take advantage of our extensive expertise near and far to arrange your dream vacation.
What to Expect
Our knowledgeable and experienced staff designs and organizes unique expeditions all over the world, guaranteeing a well-planned, memorable experience for families, groups, and solo-travelers.
Ocean First Travel invites you to discover the natural beauty of our world. Whether trekking solo or being guided by one of our experienced instructors, you can relax and enjoy the spirit of adventure at the heart of snorkeling, scuba diving, and eco-travel. We understand what it takes to put together a dream vacation and our years of experience, superb planning, and great value ensure you’ll have an adventure of a lifetime!
- Experienced and professional tour leaders
- Eco-friendly operators whenever possible
- Unique dive adventures all over the globe
- Custom and group travel options available
Everything this company does is handled with a high level of professionalism. There is a logistics meeting before the trip, they have done their research so you can be sure you will be staying at the best place and be diving with the best local operators at that destination. The remarkable trip leaders really make your holiday. They lead great dives, and enhance the experience with so much knowledge, it’s like having your own marine biologist in tow! Then there’s the apres-dive. They are a friendly bunch and will organize dinner for the whole group or leave you do your own thing, it’s up to you. This level of detail and caring makes you feel part of something. Having dived around the world I can say that Ocean First is one of the best companies I have had the privilege to deal with.
Kathy was superb as the trip leader. In addition to her normal duties, she led two newbies through their open water certifications and two of us through our search and rescue open water dives. She fixed numerous pieces of diver equipment and also scouted out the best restaurants for our evening meals. She did the job of two trip leaders -- and always in good humor.
I need to say how great Cathy was leading our Panama trip. She went so far above and beyond to be sure that everyone had a great time, I can't even find words to describe it. I know that there was a ton of work ahead of the trip to be sure that things went smoothly when we were there. Cathy was incredible in making sure details were taken care of. The list is endless: getting airport vouchers and accommodations when our flight was delayed in Houston, getting everyone's bags through in Panama City, making sure there was a dinner reservation every night for anyone who wanted to join, being sure that the scorpion above my bed in Soropta was dead and not telling me about it until we left, and being sure that everyone one was able to interact with turtles at the Turtle Conservancy. I know she worried about all the details but no one really saw that effort because the whole trip went seamlessly. Mostly, I just want to let you know how much I appreciated how much she did to be sure we all enjoyed ourselves. It made a fun trip exponentially better.
Amy, I wanted to thank you so much for your Costa Rica dive suggestion! My brother went about two weeks ago and we had a great time! We really enjoyed our time in Costa Rica in general, and the diving there was awesome. We would love to go back again when we have more time to spend there. Thank you for helping to point me in that direction, I really appreciate it. You and the rest of your team at Ocean First are the best, and we are so grateful we’ve used Ocean First for all of our dive needs!
The trip was amazing!!! We loved the boat, the crew and COCOS! Andrew had the time of his life, said it was his favorite trip ever. I finally got to swim with a whale shark too! And we absolutely adored the hotel! Just wanted to say thank you so so much for all your help! Looking forward to booking our next dive trip with you:)
We have taken many, many trips with Ocean First and have had incredible experiences every time. OF has taken us to Belize, the Sea of Cortez, Fiji, Indonesia and Thailand, to name a few. The destinations have always been top notch and exceeded our expectations. On one particular trip, our fish ID wish list was met on the first dive. Thanks Amy for arranging that! In addition to top notch destinations, we've always had great trip escorts who clearly lay out what to expect while ensuring our travel to and from is well planned out. We can't wait for our next trip with OF!
"Our trip to Little Cayman was one of the best trips we have had. Everything exceeded our expectations!! The accommodations were great, the food and the staff superb, and the diving was fabulous! The dive guides were consummate professionals and I can't believe how much our diving improved from the first day to the end. Thanks so much for setting everything up for us!"
Voluntourism: What is it?
Ocean First is passionate about giving back to the ocean however we can. We have created unique dive adventures that incorporate the opportunity to participate in activities like coral restoration and sea turtle conservation. Our divers are eager to get involved but may not know how to do so. By including these activities into many of our group trips we take the guesswork out of the equation!
Coral Restoration
Our divers have helped care for and plant baby corals back into the ecosystem after careful instruction and guidance from trained professionals. We often return to the same destination to see how our work has proliferated. This work is tremendously rewarding and has an immediate impact on the coral reef!
Sea Turtle Conservation
We have partnered with the Sea Turtle Conservancy to monitor and help protect fragile nesting grounds for leatherback turtles. Although the work can be a bit strenuous, our divers actively helped turtles with successful nesting and subsequent return to the sea. We also helped the local staff with monitoring and taking measurements of nesting turtles. Active participation is the name of the game on these impactful expeditions!
