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PADI Diving Courses, PADI Open Water Online and Referrals (start your course at home, finish it on holiday)

Scuba diving courses and referrals are available at our La Manga, Murcia, base for all levels from Open Water through to Divemaster. For information on try dives (PADI Discover Scuba Diving), PADI Open Water (including Scuba Diver) or PADI Advanced Open Water (including Adventure Diver) please scroll down the page or click the relevant link. For referrals or other courses (eg EFR, Rescue Diver, Divemaster) please contact us to discuss your requirements. All our course prices are listed at the bottom of the page. Please also read through the regulations for diving in Murcia, Spain and how they effect you - minimum age, medical certification and insurance requirements.

PADI Discover Scuba Diving 1

Option 1: Confined water try dive. Try Dive in the Mar Menor, near Puerto Tomás Maestre, La Manga or from one of Mediterranean beaches in the area. Learn and practise some basic techniques of scuba diving in a confined, shallow and calm environment. Please note, PADI Discover Scuba Diving is not a certification course. Prices Mar Menor 60€, Med 75€.

PADI Discover Scuba Diving 2

Option 2: Confined & Open Water Dives. Learn and practise some basic techniques of scuba diving in shallow water. Then go for a dive in the Mediterranean - where you can enjoy the beautiful underwater scenery and local marine life first hand. Discover Scuba Diving Option 2 is conducted from one of the mediterranean beaches in the La Manga area. Please note, PADI Discover Scuba Diving is not a certification course. Price 110€.

PADI Open Water Diver & PADI Scuba Diver

PADI Open Water Diver is an internationally recognised entry level scuba diving qualification. It enables you to hire equipment, get air fills, book dives and dive independently with a buddy anywhere in the world. PADI Scuba Diver is specially designed for those with time constraints and covers just over half the Open Water course. PADI Scuba Diver certification entitles you to dive under professional supervision and finish off the full Open Water course at a later date.

As of this year you can complete the theory for the PADI Open Water course on-line. You can then come to us for the practical skills training. Naturally - if you prefer - you can still enrol on the more traditional text-book based course. If you're not sure which option to take - contact us and we'll do everything we can to help.

PADI Open Water Online - Learning to dive has never been more convenient

Why not try the new PADI Open Water Diver Course Online. This enables you to learn all the theory for the course at your own convenience - starting right now if you like. After you've finished the theory, we'll help you master the practical diving skills at our dive centre. Naturally, if you need any help with the theory we'll be happy to lend our support by telephone, e-mail, or in person if you're close enough to come to the centre during opening hours.

Days 1 & 2 : Pool & Open Water Dives

The course starts with a brief introductory session at La Manga Dive School, Puerto Tomás Maestre - where we can answer any outstanding questions regarding the theory of diving. Time is then shared between pool and open water (sea) dives. We combine five dives in the private pool at Tenis Club Dos Mares, with two sea dives on the La Manga coast. The pool dives help you master the skills required for safe and competent scuba diving. The open water dives consolidate these skills and the diving knowledge you've gained on the course.

Day 3 : Open Water Dives

Open Water dives 3 & 4 in the Mediterranean. The course finishes with two more challenging dives and - all being well - your certification as a PADI Open Water Diver.

Click on the image below to start the PADI Open Water Course Online now.

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PADI Open Water Diver - the more traditional approach

The traditional PADI Open Water Diver course takes 4 days. If you have time constraints we offer the PADI Scuba Diver (SD) course, which comprises days 1 and 3 of the Open Water course. SD certification allows you to dive worldwide under professional supervision. The remainder of the Open Water course can then be completed at a later date (there is no time limit).

Days 1 & 2 : Theory and Skills

Five classroom sessions at La Manga Dive School, Puerto Tomás Maestre, covering the basics of scuba diving. Five dives in the private pool at Tenis Club Dos Mares, mastering the skills required for safe and competent scuba diving.

Days 3 & 4 : Open Water Dives

4 Open Water dives in the Mediterranean. Further develop your skills and learn how to apply your diving knowledge in the seas around La Manga.

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PADI Adventure Diver & PADI Advanced Open Water Diver

PADI Adventure Diver and PADI Advanced Open Water Diver are a natural progression from certified Open Water Diver (OWD). These courses give the opportunity to learn new skills and gain additional supervised scuba diving experience. Includes manuals and instruction plus 5 open water dives (3 for Adventure Diver). Duration 2 to 3 days (1 to 2 for Adventure Diver).

Theory and training dives

Classroom sessions at La Manga Dive School, Puerto Tomás Maestre. These are followed by open water training dives to suit your chosen specialities. For certification as an Adventure Diver, choose (in consultation with us) and complete the initial training for 3 specialities – eg. underwater photography, boat diving … Advanced Open Water certification requires completion of Underwater Navigation and Deep Diving modules in addition to your 3 electives.

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Digital underwater photograph taken in the Carribean off Cozumel

Referrals

Most PADI Diving courses can be completed in stages and at different centres. This gives the flexibility to complete classroom and pool training sessions in one location (eg close to home) and finish your course with the open water dives in another (eg on holiday). The dive centre which starts your training, gives you a referral sheet (a formal record of the training you have completed) to take with you to the next centre you attend. Referral is an attractive option if you are planning a diving course on holiday and would prefer to complete the classroom and pool work before you go. If you would like help finding a PADI Dive Centre near you to start your training before you come to Murcia, contact us and we'll try to help.

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Diving in Murcia, Spain

Briefly there are 3 legal requirements for scuba diving in Murcia:

You must be over 16 - more info.
You must be medically fit to dive - more info.
You must have valid diving accident insurance - more info.

Minimum age

Spanish Law states you must be over 16 years of age to engage in scuba diving activities in Spain. Some autonomous regional governments have passed their own laws to relax this limit - but you must still be over 16 to dive in Murcia.

Medical

If you want to enrol on a certification course (Open Water Diver, Advanced / Adventure Diver etc), local law in Murcia states that you must have a diving medical. There are two options for this:

1. In your home country. Complete and sign the PADI medical statement (we can provide a copy of this on request). Then get a doctor to check your fitness and complete the physician's section of the statement.

2. In Spain. Get a Spanish diving medical certificate, we can give you details of where to go for a while-u-wait medical in the La Manga area and when. The doctors fee is around 30€, the certificate costs 4€ - total cost about 34€..

Insurance

The law in Murcia requires that you carry personal diving insurance which covers you for accidents while scuba diving. We include this in the price of our courses.

Course Prices 2008

(including teaching materials, tuition, equipment and insurance)

Discover Scuba Diving Option 1, Mar Menor	60€
Discover Scuba Diving Option 1, Mediterranean	75€
Discover Scuba Diving Option 2	110€
PADI Scuba Diver	275€
PADI Open Water Online (+120US$ direct to PADI)	320€
PADI Open Water Traditional	440€
PADI Adventure Diver	230€
PADI Advanced Open Water	350€
PADI Rescue Diver, Divemaster, Speciality Courses, EFR	Contact us
Referrals	Contact us