About the Center
MAR DE HIELO, located in Tarragona, Spain, is a PADI 5-Star Dive Center and a recognized SSI facility. It offers a comprehensive range of diving courses, from Discover Scuba Diving to the Instructor Development Course, including specializations in Technical Diving and Boat Diving. Its facilities feature lockers, WiFi, a bar, a classroom, equipment rental, a dive shop, and nitrox fills.
The center is characterized by its passion for the sea and diving, dedicated to providing clients with an unforgettable experience. Their highly qualified instructors deliver personalized teaching, covering everything needed to dive safely and with confidence. They offer courses for all levels, from beginners to advanced divers, including specialized training and programs for children.
MAR DE HIELO organizes daily excursions to the best dive sites in Tarragona and surrounding areas, such as Salou and Torredembarra, allowing divers to discover a vibrant underwater world teeming with marine life. They also arrange national dive trips to locations like Columbretes or the Medes Islands, and international expeditions to destinations such as Malta or the Red Sea through their dive travel agency.
The center's multilingual capabilities are a key feature, with staff fluent in Spanish, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Ukrainian, and Catalan, ensuring a welcoming environment for international divers. Their facilities include a dedicated classroom for training, professional equipment rental services, and on-site nitrox filling capabilities, ensuring divers are fully equipped for their underwater adventures.
Available Courses
14 cursosDiscover Scuba Diving
Bautismo de buceo para quienes desean tener su primera experiencia bajo el agua con la supervisión de un instructor profesional.
Instructor Development Course
Curso de instructor para formar nuevos profesionales del buceo capaces de certificar alumnos.
underwater navigation
The PADI Underwater Navigation course improves your observation techniques and teaches you to use the compass more accurately underwater.
Technical Diving
Curso de buceo técnico para inmersiones avanzadas con mezclas de gases, descompresión y equipamiento especializado.
ice diving
Sign up for the PADI Ice Diving course if you are attracted to extreme, unusual and challenging diving situations, try ice diving. Diving under the ice is one of the most adventurous specialties because you face…
Wreck Diving
Whether it's a purposely sunk ship to serve as an artificial reef for divers, or a ship sunk as a result of an accident, wrecks are fascinating windows into the past. Boats, airplanes and even cars are fascinating to…
Diving with Nitrox
In the PADI Nitrox Diving course, you'll discover that diving with enriched air gives you more no-decompression time, especially on repetitive dives. If spending more time underwater and being able to return sooner…
Self Reliant Diver
Although most dives are done with a buddy, an experienced diver may want or need to dive without a buddy. During the PADI Self Reliant Diver course, you will learn the potential risks of diving alone and the importance…
Open Water Diver
We will start by giving you a book, a DVD or access to an online platform, with which you will have to study the theoretical part. There you will find the basic fundamentals of autonomous diving. We will resolve any…
advanced diver
The PADI Advanced Open Water course helps you build confidence and expand your diving skills through different Adventure Dives. You log dives and develop skills, while trying out different specialties and gaining…
Rescue Diver
With the PADI Rescue Diver course you learn to prevent and manage problems in the water and you will become a more confident diver with your skills, knowing that you will be able to help others if they need it. During…
divemaster
The PADI Divemaster course is the first level of professional training in recreational diving. PADI Divemasters are leaders who mentor and motivate others. They help instructors teach scuba courses and have leadership…
buoyancy mastery
The PADI Buoyancy Mastery course improves buoyancy control techniques. You will learn to move effortlessly, consume less air and keep floating motionless almost instinctively. You will be able to more easily observe…
Advanced Open Water
Curso avanzado de buceo que amplía las habilidades del buceador con inmersiones de especialidad incluyendo profundidad y navegación.