Escuela de Buceo Different Scuba School
C. Alhambra, 29, Local 2, 18697 La Herradura, Granada, Spain, La Herradura, Granada, ESP
About the Center
Different Scuba School, located in La Herradura, Spain, is a dedicated dive center passionately focused on diver training since 2010. Certified by SSI and TDI, it offers a comprehensive range of courses, from Discover Scuba Diving to advanced technical levels such as the Instructor Development Course and Technical Diving, including specialties like Boat Diving, Deep Diver, and Wreck Diver. The center boasts facilities including lockers, a restaurant, a bar, equipment rental, and air fills (nitrox, trimix).
With a team of qualified instructors and extensive experience, Different Scuba School tailors its approach to the individual needs of each client, ensuring every diver becomes a great diver. It combines this expertise with a privileged natural environment, the beach of La Herradura and La Marina del Este, which offer crystal-clear waters, rich marine biodiversity, and pleasant year-round temperatures, making it ideal for both beginners and professionals.
The diving activities in La Herradura are characterized by tranquility and the beauty of underwater landscapes, populated by a wide variety of marine life and vegetation. The proximity of the diving area to the shore allows for easy access, enabling skills to be practiced from the beach, making it a perfect location for initiation. The center also collaborates with projects like #DeepCore, providing support for technical diving and underwater photography.
Available Courses
9 cursosTRIMIX
TRIMIX course taught by certified SSI instructors.
Open Water Diver
Curso de iniciación al buceo recreativo. Obtén tu certificación para bucear de forma autónoma hasta 18 metros de profundidad.
Advanced Open Water
Curso avanzado de buceo que amplía las habilidades del buceador con inmersiones de especialidad incluyendo profundidad y navegación.
Deep Diver
Especialidad de buceo profundo para explorar con seguridad hasta 40 metros de profundidad.
EXPERIENCIA DE BUCEO
Discover diving with professionals who will make your experience one of the best in your memory backpack.
Buceador de Rescate
Formación en autoayuda y ayuda a compañeros en casos de emergencia, incluyendo primeros auxilios y administración de oxígeno.
Deep Diving (Technical perspective)
This Deep Diving course, offered by Different Scuba School, is designed for certified divers aiming to safely extend their exploration capabilities to 40 meters. Taught with advanced standards, it serves as the ultimate step in recreational diving, focusing on enhancing control and expanding limits within non-decompression parameters. The curriculum meticulously covers advanced planning for deep dives, efficient gas consumption management, and the crucial recognition and prevention of risks inherent to deeper environments. You will also refine essential skills such as buoyancy control, trim, and stress management, fostering greater autonomy and safety underwater. The practical approach is tailored for recreational divers, ensuring a progressive learning experience without delving into technical or decompression procedures. Instructors are active technical divers, experienced in both open circuit (OC) and rebreather (CCR) systems, offering a unique perspective that elevates your recreational deep diving skills. The course prioritizes quality, safety, and individual progression, adapting to your pace. The average sea temperature in this region hovers around 18.6°C, providing a comfortable environment for these advanced training dives throughout much of the year. Different Scuba School is certified by prominent agencies including IANTD, IDEA, PSS, and SSI, ensuring a globally recognized certification upon completion. The center operates with a strong commitment to diver education, evidenced by a perfect 5-star Google rating. While specific details on boat types or exact dive site locations for this course are not provided, the curriculum's focus on advanced standards suggests well-equipped facilities and experienced guidance. The course is conducted in Spanish, aligning with the center's primary language offerings. Beyond the certification itself, this course integrates you into an active community of technical divers. This connection provides ongoing opportunities to practice deep diving throughout the year, consolidating your knowledge and experience alongside like-minded individuals. It's an investment in becoming a more competent and confident deep diver, supported by a community that shares your passion for underwater exploration. The price for this comprehensive training is set at 700 EUR, reflecting the specialized knowledge and advanced skills imparted.
Accelerated Decompression
The Accelerated Decompression course offered by Different Scuba School is designed for technical divers aiming to significantly extend their bottom time at depth. This program focuses on the theoretical underpinnings and practical application of accelerated decompression techniques, enabling longer explorations of complex sites such as wrecks or walls teeming with pelagic life. Imagine extending your exploration time at 50 meters to 30 minutes; this course provides the framework to achieve such dives safely. Through the PSS Accelerated Decompression manual, you will grasp the essential concepts. Practical sessions are dedicated to mastering the specific equipment configurations and procedures required for these advanced dives. You will learn to manage the complexities of extended bottom times and sophisticated decompression profiles, ensuring a high level of safety throughout. This technical level course builds upon existing advanced diving knowledge, preparing you for more ambitious underwater expeditions. Different Scuba School, a center certified by IANTD, IDEA, PSS, and SSI, offers this course in a location where sea temperatures average 18.6°C, with monthly variations. For instance, July and August typically see air temperatures around 28°C and minimal rainfall (0.2mm and 10.1mm respectively), creating ideal conditions for diving. The underwater environment here supports extended exploration, making it suitable for the advanced techniques taught in this course. This course is a pivotal step for technical divers seeking to enhance their capabilities and gain more experience in advanced diving. Upon successful completion, you will be proficient in planning and executing dives that allow for considerably more time exploring the underwater world. It emphasizes rigorous safety protocols and proper procedural execution, equipping you to safely manage longer exposures at depth and push your personal diving boundaries.
Rebreather Diver Air / Deco
The Rebreather Diver Air / Deco course at Different Scuba School represents a significant step into the world of closed-circuit rebreather (CCR) diving. This technical level program is meticulously designed for divers seeking structured, operationally focused training. Utilizing the iQsub XCCR electronic rebreather (eCCR), the curriculum emphasizes understanding the system's principles, anticipating potential failures, and managing dives with a calm, methodical approach. The course covers essential aspects such as eCCR setup, pre-dive checks, oxygen and diluent management, setpoint control, and both normal and emergency procedures. It specifically addresses diving with air as a diluent and the use of decompression gases, all while refining buoyancy, trim, and workload management in a CCR environment. Planning air/deco dives in a closed circuit is also a core component. Different Scuba School, a specialized technical diving center, leverages its active CCR instructors' extensive experience in both open-circuit (OC) and CCR diving. Their teaching philosophy prioritizes practical application, demonstrating how CCR diving is truly performed rather than merely meeting certification standards. The training progresses in a demanding yet respectful manner, allowing ample time for students to assimilate complex concepts and automate critical procedures. This rigorous foundation is crucial for safe and continued CCR practice, setting the stage for a formative and operational journey. Upon successful completion of this course, graduates are encouraged to join an active CCR diving community. This provides opportunities for year-round diving, consolidating experience and preparing for more advanced technical diving levels. The center's commitment to rigorous training ensures divers are well-equipped for the challenges and rewards of CCR exploration. The practical application of skills learned here is paramount, ensuring divers are not just certified but truly competent in operating rebreather systems. The diving environment around the center offers consistent conditions suitable for technical training. While specific dive site details are not provided, the climate data indicates a broad range of water temperatures throughout the year, with sea temperatures averaging 18.6°C. For instance, May offers air temperatures around 20.9°C with minimal rainfall (1 mm), suggesting favorable conditions for practical training. Conversely, months like March show higher rainfall (247.9 mm), which might influence scheduling but not the core curriculum's effectiveness. The center's affiliation with multiple certifying agencies, including IANTD, IDEA, PSS, and SSI, highlights its broad acceptance and adherence to high training standards in the technical diving community.
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The Scuba Experience includes a guided dive in the sea with a professional instructor, a safe and personalized diving experience, access to a digital theory program via their app, use of diving equipment during the activity, and a 50% refund if you continue with the Open Water Diver course.
The Scuba Experience Plus includes everything from the Scuba Experience, plus a second dive in the sea. This allows for more time to gain confidence, improve underwater control, and enjoy diving more calmly and deeply, for an additional 29€.
The Deep Diving course requires prior certification in Deep Diving and Nitrox. For technical diving courses like Accelerated Decompression and Trimix 60 Normóxico, prerequisites include Deep Diving, Nitrox, and specific decompression techniques.
The Open Water Diver course costs 410€ and typically takes 3 days to complete. It includes theory, 2 pool dives, 2 beach dives, and 2 boat dives, allowing students to dive up to 18 meters.
Different Scuba School emphasizes that they are a specialized technical diving center, not just a recreational one that also offers deep diving. Their instructors are active technical divers with extensive experience in both open circuit (OC) and rebreather (CCR) systems, applying real-world operational know-how to their training.
How to get there
C. Alhambra, 29, Local 2, 18697 La Herradura, Granada, Spain, La Herradura, Granada, ESP