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You'll complete the PADI Open Water Diver qualification over three focused days in Cabo de Palos, blending digital or classroom theory, confined-water skills, and open-water dives on local Mediterranean sites with rental kit and instructor supervision throughout.
Your first sessions cover equipment, pressure, and safety through PADI knowledge development before you enter confined water to practise mask skills, buoyancy, regulator recovery, and emergency procedures with feedback after each repetition.
Confined-water time builds confidence before open-water dives from shore or boat around Cabo de Palos, where you repeat skills and enjoy exploratory dives with your instructor. Days typically flow from theory review at Paseo Dimas Ortega 18 to water sessions, kit rinse, and logging what you mastered.
Shallow training areas and open-water sites near the headland give calm conditions for skill circuits and the four certification dives required by PADI standards, often over posidonia and rocky reef with seasonal fish life.
Murcia's clear summer water and varied reef terrain make skill mastery and fish spotting part of the same learning path. We choose entries daily for student comfort while staying within training depth limits for your age and day of the course.
Comfortable open-water swimming is important, and you can start from age 10 with youth depth limits applied automatically on every dive. No prior scuba experience is required, though basic fitness helps on shore entries with kit.
Allow three consecutive or closely spaced days so skills stay fresh between confined and open-water sessions. Under-18 students need parental consent, and we ask about medical history on standard PADI forms before your first in-water day.
Patient instructors guide you through structured PADI progression so your first certification feels enjoyable rather than rushed, using local Cabo de Palos sites you can return to for fun diving after you graduate.
Each day blends theory, skills, and fun dives so you leave qualified to buddy dive worldwide within your certification limits, with familiarity at our harbour base for kit questions long after the course ends.
Complete PADI eLearning at your own pace covering dive theory, equipment, pressure effects and safety planning. Interactive lessons can be revisited whenever you need a refresher before practical training.
Finishing theory in advance means your three days on site focus on skills and open water dives.
Day one introduces essential scuba skills in controlled open water after a detailed briefing. You practise regulator use, mask clearing, buoyancy exercises and emergency procedures with your instructor close at hand.
Two dives build familiarity with equipment and the underwater environment in moderate depths.
The second day expands on day one skills with two more training dives. You refine buoyancy, practise navigation basics and work through controlled ascent and out-of-air drills in a calm setting.
Depth increases gradually as your confidence grows, with feedback after each dive.
Final training dives demonstrate the skills needed for certification, feeling more like recreational diving while your instructor evaluates readiness to dive with a buddy to 18 metres.
Successful completion earns your PADI Open Water Diver certification recognised worldwide.
Most students complete in about three full days mixing theory, confined water, and open-water dives.
Intensive schedules may shift slightly with weather and group size, so we keep days consecutive or closely spaced. Allow time each afternoon for rinse and a short review so skills stay fresh for the next water session. Cabo de Palos harbour briefings keep the plan clear before you start.
Successful completion earns the PADI Open Water Diver certification, recognised internationally for buddy diving within training limits.
You receive digital or card certification through PADI once skills and dives meet standards. After that you can join guided fun dives here or dive with a buddy worldwide within the depth on your card. Cabo de Palos harbour briefings keep the plan clear before you start.
Training includes core scuba kit for lessons. Many students buy a personal mask and snorkel for comfort.
Your confirmation lists any personal items we recommend packing, such as swimwear and a towel. Tanks and weights stay at the harbour, so you are not assembling a full kit bag from scratch for the three days. Cabo de Palos harbour briefings keep the plan clear before you start.
Students from age 10 can enrol with PADI youth depth rules. Young divers need parental consent.
Instructors adapt pacing for junior students through confined skills and the four certification dives. A parent or guardian must be present for paperwork, and youth limits apply automatically on every descent. Cabo de Palos harbour briefings keep the plan clear before you start.
You should swim comfortably and float without assistance. A basic swim assessment may be part of the first day.
Confidence in water matters more than speed, and we use that check to pace the first confined session. If floating in open water feels new, tell us so we can add extra shallow time before the certification dives. Cabo de Palos harbour briefings keep the plan clear before you start.
Theory and confined sessions use our Cabo de Palos base and nearby shallow areas. Open-water dives use local sites chosen for conditions.
Meet at Paseo Dimas Ortega 18 unless told otherwise, then we move between classroom review, confined skills, and sea entries. Site choice follows student comfort while staying inside training depth for your age and day of the course.
The course includes confined water training plus four open-water dives as required by the PADI Open Water curriculum.
Each sea dive builds on skills from the previous session, from mask work to a more exploratory profile at the end. We do not rush sign-off; extra confined time is added if a skill still needs another repetition. Cabo de Palos harbour briefings keep the plan clear before you start.
Skills are sequential. If weather or illness interrupts, we schedule continuation days to complete missing skills and dives.
Talk to us as soon as you know about a conflict so the next water day still sits close enough for skills to stay fresh. Certification waits until the remaining dives and performances are done to standard. Cabo de Palos harbour briefings keep the plan clear before you start.
PADI eLearning or classroom sessions are available depending on how you enrol. Either way we review key skills before water work.
Complete knowledge development before your first confined session when possible, so harbour days focus on kit and the sea. Your instructor still walks through pressure, signals, and emergency basics in person before anyone descends.
Many graduates continue to Advanced Open Water or specialty courses to deepen skills and explore deeper sites around Murcia.
Your instructor can suggest a sensible next step based on how the three days felt, from a guided fun dive to buoyancy or navigation. The same Cabo de Palos sites you trained on are the ones we use for those next days. Cabo de Palos harbour briefings keep the plan clear before you start.
About the centre
Cabo de Palos
You'll dive on one of the most celebrated stretches of the Spanish Mediterranean, where the Cabo de Palos headland meets clear open water and protected seagrass meadows. Our team runs relaxed guided days, PADI training, and refresher sessions from a harbour-side base, with small groups and patient coaching whether you're blowing bubbles for the first time or logging another fun dive.
From shore entries and daily boat dives to specialty courses and seasonal dive trips, we keep the day well organised so you spend more time underwater. Equipment hire, briefings, and local site knowledge are part of how we work, and we're happy to help you plan the right experience for your certification level and the conditions on the day.
Operated by Mangamar Dive Center, a partner of adventuro.
