Curso PADI Open Water

The PADI Open Water at Dive Academy is structured in three blocks: online theory, a confined-water session, and four open-water dives in the Mediterranean. Theory is done online at your own pace through PADI's official eLearning platform, available in the language of your choice.

The confined-water session takes place in shallow, controlled conditions where you practise assembling the gear, underwater communication signals and basic problem-solving before heading to sea. Once that's done, the four open-water dives take place in the actual Mediterranean — the sites around Santa Pola and Tabarca, depending on conditions and group level.

Dive Academy is one of the few PADI 5-Star centres in Alicante province that also runs instructor training, which means the instruction standards here are audited at a higher level than a standard PADI centre. Courses are delivered in Spanish and English.

Upon completion you receive your PADI Open Water Diver certification, valid worldwide with no expiry date, allowing you to dive to 18 m with a buddy. If you completed a baptism dive at the centre within the same month, that fee is deducted from the course total.