JUSTDIVE - Blue Academy
Rua Dr. Ernesto Moreira Lote 11, Fração F (Prageira, 2520-428 Peniche, Portugal, Peniche, Peniche, PRT
About the Center
JUSTDIVE - Blue Academy, located in Peniche, Portugal, is a dive center specializing in Freediving, Snorkeling, and Boat Diving courses. Certified by SSI and TDI, it provides a comprehensive experience for divers of all levels. Its facilities include a bar, equipment rental, and Nitrox air fills, alongside its own boat for excursions.
The center is renowned for its diving trips to the Berlengas Islands, a nature reserve of exceptional beauty. They also offer discover scuba diving experiences for beginners and special trips such as the 'Sunset Berlengas Sunset & Gin', combining the thrill of diving with moments of relaxation at sunset.
JUSTDIVE - Blue Academy also engages in recreational boating and offers courses for initial and intermediate professional diving, as well as training for lifeguards and underwater rescue courses. Its proximity to the Berlengas makes Peniche an ideal starting point for exploring the underwater riches of this protected area. Communication is primarily in Portuguese.
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4 cursosBatismos de Mergulho
The pool baptism at JUSTDIVE is the lowest-friction entry point into scuba diving they offer — two hours in a controlled environment, with no open water and no prior experience required. The session opens with a short…
Open Water Diver
The Open Water Diver is the standard SSI entry-level certification and the course most people take when they decide to go beyond a single baptism dive. At JUSTDIVE, it's offered under SSI school number #735157, and the…
Advanced Open Water Diver
The SSI Advanced Open Water Diver course at JUSTDIVE builds on the Open Water certification and broadens the range of conditions and techniques a diver can handle independently. It sits directly above the Open Water…
Divemaster
The SSI Divemaster course at JUSTDIVE is the first professional-level qualification in the SSI system and the entry point into working in the dive industry. The centre is DGAM-certified for professional diver training…
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All guided dive packages include the return boat transfer from Peniche to the Berlengas, wetsuit and boots, personal accident insurance, and a dive guide. Additional equipment such as regulators, BCDs, dive computers, and torches can be rented separately at listed prices.
A double-tank dive at the Berlengas costs €80. The Farilhões e Estelas route, which takes you further out in the archipelago, costs €100. Single-dive options are €55 (Berlengas) and €65 (Farilhões e Estelas). Night dives are €80.
During summer, trips go out daily, subject to sea conditions and minimum participant numbers. In winter, departures operate on weekends and public holidays only. All trips depend on acceptable maritime and atmospheric conditions.
The pool baptism accepts participants from age 8 upward and runs for two hours. The sea baptism — which includes a boat trip to the Berlengas — requires a minimum age of 10 and takes half a day.
Yes. The filling station offers Nitrox from 32% up to 40%. Air fills are €10 for a 12-litre cylinder and €12 for 15-litre, both at 200 bar.
JUSTDIVE is an SSI-certified centre (school number #735157). Their recreational catalogue covers Open Water Diver, Advanced Open Water Diver, Master Diver, Junior tracks, and a wide range of SSI speciality courses.
The centre's workshop services Mares and Cressi regulators and BCDs, as well as tanks and valves. Prices are on request — contact the centre directly for a quote.
Yes. Their professional division covers ROV inspections, refloating, film production support, archaeological dive work, naval maintenance, search and recovery, and 3D bathymetric surveying. The centre is DGAM-certified for professional diver training (cert nº 6/2020).
Rua Dr. Ernesto Moreira Lote 11, Fração F (Prageira, 2520-428 Peniche, Portugal, Peniche, Peniche, PRT