Try Scuba Diving

The Try Scuba session at Blue Bottom Diving is run under the SSI system and designed to get someone in the water with zero prior experience. The centre's instructors handle everything from the briefing in the 200-metre facility to the in-water supervision, and divers don't carry equipment — the crew manages that.

El Puertito is the natural setting for this first dive. The bay is anchored at 6 metres over sand and seagrass, with green turtles that regularly cruise through beginner groups. Over 50 species live in the area: seahorses, cuttlefish, nudibranches, and octopus make for a genuinely varied first look at what's down there.

The centre uses current SSI materials including digital manuals and e-learning resources where applicable. Blue Bottom Diving holds SSI's recognition as their most innovative and quality centre, and the Try Scuba format reflects that — small group supervision, disinfected regulators after every use, and oxygen on the boat throughout the dive.

For anyone deciding whether to go further with an Open Water course, this is the logical entry point. The site and the format are set up to give a real impression of diving, not just a controlled splash in a pool.