Pura Aventura, Deportes de Aventura en Santa Pola
Marina Miramar, Puerto deportivo 2, Local 3, 03130 Santa Pola, Alicante, Spain, Santa Pola, Alicante, ESP
About the Center
Pura Aventura, Adventure Sports in Santa Pola, is a center dedicated to offering thrilling experiences both on the coast and inland in Alicante. Specializing in scuba diving, the center offers courses certified by PADI and SSI, including Discover Scuba Diving, Open Water Diver, and Advanced Open Water Diver. They also provide Snorkeling activities and boat diving, as well as night dives, catering to a wide range of underwater interests.
Pura Aventura's facilities are designed for divers' comfort, featuring lockers, a bar for post-dive relaxation, and accommodation options for those looking to extend their stay. The center also boasts comprehensive equipment rental, a dive shop, and air fills with NITROX for more advanced dives. The provision of boat diving services allows for easy exploration of various dive sites.
Beyond its aquatic offerings, Pura Aventura positions itself as a multi-adventure sports hub. Their offerings extend to a variety of outdoor pursuits, including paragliding, skydiving, jet skiing, rafting, quad biking, horseback riding, and paintball, among others. The company also assists in managing customized multi-adventure packages, including accommodation and food, ensuring clients can maximize their Costa Blanca vacation with a focus on safe enjoyment.
Available Courses
5 cursosAdvanced Open Water
Entry-level scuba certification course. Learn fundamental open water diving skills. Includes theory, confined water practice and open water dives.
Open Water Diver
Curso de iniciación al buceo recreativo. Obtén tu certificación para bucear de forma autónoma hasta 18 metros de profundidad.
Curso PADI Divemaster
Curso PADI Rescue Diver
The PADI Rescue Diver course at Pura Aventura is aimed at certified divers who want to become more useful in the water — not just for themselves but for whoever they are diving with. The course teaches you to anticipate problems before they escalate and to manage real emergencies if they occur: recognising diver stress, assisting panicking or exhausted divers at the surface, handling an unresponsive diver, coordinating emergency procedures. It is widely considered the most demanding course in the PADI recreational system, not because of the conditions or depth, but because of the scenario-based training. Most divers who go through it come out thinking differently underwater — more aware of what is happening in the group, more automatic in dealing with small problems before they become big ones. For divers heading toward a Divemaster qualification, Rescue Diver is a prerequisite. For recreational divers with no intention of going professional, it is still the course that tends to produce the most noticeable change in how someone dives. Pricing is not listed on the website. Contact Pura Aventura directly for availability and rates.
Bautismo de Buceo
Bautismo de Buceo course taught by certified PADI instructors.
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The Discover Scuba Diving (Bautismo de Buceo) costs 130€ and covers two dives: one in shallow water and one in open water to a maximum of 12 metres. Full equipment, dive-specific insurance and transport to and from the site are included. A PADI instructor is with you throughout. Photos and video can be added for an extra 15€.
No. The session starts with a land briefing covering equipment, safety procedures and hand signals. The first dive is in shallow water to get comfortable before anything goes deeper.
Pura Aventura dives at Tabarca island, Cabo de Palos, Cartagena and Alicante, using shore or boat entries depending on the site. Conditions at the entry points are chosen to suit beginners.
They run the full PADI recreational ladder: Open Water Diver, Advanced Open Water, Rescue Diver and Divemaster. Prices are not listed online — contact them directly for current rates.
Spanish, English and French. The team handles enquiries and reservations in all three.
Yes. The same operator runs snorkel safaris at Tabarca (9:00–14:00), paddle surf hire on the island at 35€ per hour, cetacean watching on the Osprey II (departs 8:55, returns ~14:00), jetski excursions and parasailing. Mixed groups are well covered.
Marina Miramar, Puerto Deportivo 2, Local 3, 03130 Santa Pola, Alicante — in the marina.
Marina Miramar, Puerto deportivo 2, Local 3, 03130 Santa Pola, Alicante, Spain, Santa Pola, Alicante, ESP