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Beginner PADI Open Water Diver

Available on 23 Dec

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Pricing

Key info

  • 3 days (approx.)
  • Incl. 4 dives
  • Dive site(s) determined on the dive day
  • English, Spanish, French, Portuguese
  • Max. 4 students / instructor
  • Meet at the dive center
  • Free Cancellation - 48hrs notice
  • Show mobile or printed voucher

Highlights

If you’ve always wanted to take scuba diving lessons, experience unparalleled adventure and see the world beneath the waves, this is where it starts!

  • Become a licensed scuba diver in just a few days, no prior experience required.
  • Breathing underwater for the first time is something you'll never forget.
  • Meet like-minded people who care about the ocean and see our ocean planet with new eyes.

Dive center

Haliotis - Peniche Diving Center

PADI 5 Star Dive Center

Haliotis - Peniche Dive Center facility is located next to the Supertubos beach in Peniche.

We have vans to make the transfers to the harbor where the boats are located so we can go diving in Belenga’s Natutal Reserve.

The small archipelago of Berlengas consists of the main island Berlenga Grande and the adjoining riffs off Estelas and Farilhões. They were declared a Natural Reserve in the 3rd of September of 1981 (the oldest marine Portuguese reserve).

This dive center was the first of Haliotis, and all of is infrastructure where made from the ground up thought by divers for divers having in mind comfort and safety.

In this facilities you will encounter male and female changing rooms with a capacity for 60 people, hot water showers with towel, two classrooms, technical zone with all equipment to rent, shop with the best brands and a place where you can relax before and after dives near the 13x7 pool (3m deep) built exclusively for teaching divers. We are an Aqualung Dive Center with about fifty equipment’s available for rent by our customers.

Our filling station has a BAUER compressor capable of filling all the breathable mixtures (Air, Nitrox, Trimix and O2), having more than 100 tanks (12L, 15L, 18L, Double 12L, Double 15L), we are also a rebreather friendly center.

Our boats are semi-rigid inflatable boats made by Searibs: Lascaris with 12 meters and 2 Yamaha 350 horsepower outboard engines and Necora with 9,6 meters and 2 Yamaha 200 horsepower outboard engines. Both have depth sounder, VHF, GPS, customized structures for placing the tanks while providing seating places, access ladders, oxygen kit and first aid kit; everything for the fun, safety and welfare of divers.

PADI 5 Star CDC 4 PADI Instructors Max. 6.0 divers / guide

Address: 7371 Km from your location
Casal da Ponte S/N, Atouguia Da Baleia, Peniche, No State, 2525-376, Portugal

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Package description

Inclusive of

  • 4 open water dives
  • PADI eLearning (includes certification fees)
  • Scuba equipment rental (full set)
  • Confined water dives
  • Open water dives
  • Surface interval refreshments

Requirements

  • Minimum age: 10+
  • Min. certification: None
  • Min logged dives: None
  • No prior experience with scuba diving is required. You must be in good physical health and be able to float for 10 minutes and swim 200 m unaided and without stopping.

What to expect

The PADI Open Water Diver course consist of three main phases:


Knowledge development (5 theoretical modules carried out through eLearning).
Confined water dives to learn basic scuba skills (5 modules in our pool, which will be grouped into a single or double session according to the logistics).
 Open water dives to practice the skills and explore different dive sites (4 dives in the sea in Berlengas Natural Reserve, Peniche, carried out over two days).


Our mission is to make you an excellent scuba diver!
As soon as your open water training dives are approved by your instructor you will be certified as a PADI Open Water Diver! This means you will be allowed to rent diving equipment and dive anywhere in the world down to 18 meters, lifelong!








Other Information

Confirmation

  • We’ll send you a final Booking Confirmation Email on average within 24 hours. We advise you to not make any other travel arrangements before that
  • In the event that you do not receive an email from us, please check your Spam folder or notify us via email

Meet at the dive center

Address: Casal da Ponte S/N, Atouguia Da Baleia, Peniche, No State, 2525-376, Portugal

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Cancellation policy

  • Full refunds will be issued for cancellations made at least 48 hours prior to the activity
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