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You'll step up from Open Water with five PADI adventure dives in Cabo de Palos, including mandatory deep and navigation dives plus electives chosen with your instructor to match local walls, wrecks, and reef terrain.
Deep and navigation adventures anchor the course, alongside three elective dives such as peak performance buoyancy, wreck exploration, boat diving, or fish identification depending on conditions, boat schedule, and your goals.
Adventure dives emphasise practical experience over long classroom time, with briefings focused on objectives, depth limits, gas planning, and skills for each site around the headland. You'll assemble kit at our base, travel to shore or boat entries, and debrief after each dive with logbook coaching from your instructor.
Reef slopes and deeper walls off Cabo de Palos give realistic depth for the deep adventure, while shallow reef serves buoyancy and naturalist dives when visibility favours compass and landmark navigation.
East Murcia conditions often support navigation exercises using natural references and compass work on the same dive. Meeting at Paseo Dimas Ortega 18 keeps briefings, cylinder fills, and kit storage consistent across your two training days.
Hold a PADI Open Water Diver certification or equivalent before starting. Junior divers carry youth depth limits into advanced training, and we respect every limit printed on your card during adventure dives.
Share your recent dive history when you sign up so we match adventure depth, elective choice, and pace to your comfort. Bring your logbook if you have one so deep and navigation experience is documented for PADI standards.
Each adventure dive connects to skills you will use on everyday fun dives after certification, not only tick-box exercises in a pool far from the sea.
Elective variety showcases Cabo de Palos terrain so you finish qualified and familiar with local sites, boat days, and the marine life you are likely to guide buddies toward on holiday dives.
Your navigation adventure dive practises compass headings, kick cycles and natural reference points on a guided route. Briefings link underwater orientation to safer buddy diving on holiday.
Skills repeat until you can navigate a simple pattern with reasonable confidence.
The deep adventure dive introduces planning for deeper recreational profiles, colour loss, narcosis awareness and gas management. You execute the dive within training limits under direct instructor supervision.
Debriefs connect depth concepts to future dive planning.
Three further adventure dives explore elective themes such as peak performance buoyancy, wreck exploration or other options matched to season and site access around Cabo de Palos.
Each dive includes objectives, briefing and debrief tailored to the theme.
Deep and navigation adventures sit at the core of Advanced Open Water, plus three electives chosen with your instructor.
Electives may include buoyancy, wreck, boat, or fish identification when conditions and the boat schedule allow. We map those five dives to local walls and reef so the lessons match fun diving you will do after the card is issued.
The deep adventure typically reaches about 30 metres within PADI standards, depending on your certification and conditions.
Your instructor sets a conservative maximum for the group and stays inside every limit on your card, including junior depths. Gas awareness and a calm descent matter more than chasing a number on a holiday wall. Adventure dives stay mapped to Cabo de Palos walls and reef you can reuse later.
Most divers finish the five adventure dives across about two days from the harbour base.
Spreading across three shorter days is possible on request if you want a gentler pace. Briefings, fills, and kit storage stay at Paseo Dimas Ortega 18 so the two days stay organised. Adventure dives stay mapped to Cabo de Palos walls and reef you can reuse later.
You may dive your own kit or hire what you need. Tanks and weights are provided for training dives.
Bring a computer if you own one, or ask about hire so deep and navigation are logged cleanly. We inspect assembly at the harbour before each adventure dive. Adventure dives stay mapped to Cabo de Palos walls and reef you can reuse later.
Adventure dives emphasise practical briefings over long classroom blocks, with objectives, depth, and gas covered before each splash.
Complete any assigned reading before each day so water time stays on skills. Your instructor still debriefs and coaches the logbook after every dive. Adventure dives stay mapped to Cabo de Palos walls and reef you can reuse later.
Deeper walls off Cabo de Palos support the deep adventure, while shallower reef serves buoyancy and navigation.
Site choice follows weather and training goals, not a fixed postcard list. Meeting at the harbour keeps briefings consistent across the two days. Adventure dives stay mapped to Cabo de Palos walls and reef you can reuse later.
Some adventure dives can count toward matching specialty certifications when performance requirements align.
Ask your instructor which electives line up with Deep, wreck, boat, or navigation paths you want next. We would rather sequence those credits now than repeat similar dives on a later trip. Adventure dives stay mapped to Cabo de Palos walls and reef you can reuse later.
We try to match electives to your goals and the day's conditions, within what the boat and sites allow.
Discuss preferences when you enrol so buoyancy, wreck, or fish identification can sit in the plan. Mandatory deep and navigation still run for every student on the course. Adventure dives stay mapped to Cabo de Palos walls and reef you can reuse later.
Many local fun dives are open to Open Water divers within depth limits. Advanced training unlocks deeper sites and builds confidence.
Your guide will always respect the limits on your certification card, whether you hold Open Water or Advanced. This course is for divers who want those extra skills on Cabo de Palos walls and wrecks. Adventure dives stay mapped to Cabo de Palos walls and reef you can reuse later.
Meet at Paseo Dimas Ortega 18 for briefings, fills, and kit storage across your two training days.
Bring your certification card and logbook so deep and navigation are documented. From the harbour we travel to shore or boat entries chosen for that adventure dive. Adventure dives stay mapped to Cabo de Palos walls and reef you can reuse later.
Sobre el centro
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.
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