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The PADI Deep Diving speciality at ZOEA covers the range between 18 and 40 metres — the zone that opens up Barcos Hundidos in Palma Bay, Pecio Congrios off Dragonera, and the deeper sections of the walls around Punta Malgrats. The course runs over two to four days and includes four open water dives from the boat, all conducted in the actual dive sites ZOEA uses for its regular programme. These are not training dives in a separate location; they happen in the same water the guided groups work.

The theory portion covers equipment considerations for deeper diving, gas management at depth, narcosis awareness, and the planning required before dropping below 18 metres. A video component supplements the knowledge review with the instructor. The four practical dives are the core of the course — each one planned, briefed, and debriefed with progressively more autonomy as the certification skills are confirmed.

At €430, the course includes the PADI Deep course manual, four boat dives, full equipment rental, and certification fees. No additional costs are added at checkout. The boats used are ZOEA's standard fleet: the 12-metre Belone Belone and Conger Conger vessels or the nine-metre Puntazzo, all carrying DAN oxygen units and radio VHF.

Entry requires Adventure Diver certification or higher and a minimum age of 15. The Deep speciality is one of the prerequisites for the PADI Tec 40 course — specifically, 10 logged dives at 30 metres or the formal deep certification. For divers building toward the technical track, completing this course at ZOEA provides both the certification and the logged dives in a single block.