Scuba Diving Certification In Mexico

For example, the Akumal Dive Center, established in 1975, is the oldest in Akumal. Since 1975 they have overseen and guided over 1,000,000 dives!

So why spend time rushing around before your trip trying to get certified? Instead, hook up with a reputable organization and get your scuba diving certification in Mexico, in the Mayan Riviera. You get to experience the great diving here while doing your certification. Then you can go out and explore on your own or with a divemaster as a guide.

As an uncertified diver, there are three programs available to you. By partnering with the Akumal Dive Center you can become a certified diver. Or you can take an intro course to enjoy scuba diving during your visit and stay at Ocean Breeze Akumal.

You will be taught by the most established dive center in Akumal and the Riviera Maya. And you get picked up and dropped off right outside your apartment door each day.

New to diving and not sure you want to take the open water diving course? This offers you the option of taking an introductory diving course. It includes two dives escorted by a qualified diving instructor.

If you want to try scuba diving, but aren’t quite ready to take the plunge into a certification course, Discover Scuba Diving is for you. The Akumal Dive Center offers this PADI program off Akumal beach. It is a quick and easy introduction to what it takes to explore the underwater world. 

3) Take your first Dive

You and your guide go out on a boat a little way out of Akumal Bay. Here you are going to take your first scuba dive! In a shallow dive site, you get to explore the spectacular coral reef, the local reef fish and the sea turtles. Diving down to a maximum of 40 feet.

The PADI Scuba Diver certification course is a subset of the PADI Open Water Dive certification course. If you’re short on time but want to become a diver, the PADI Scuba Diver rating might be right for you. Particularly if you expect to go scuba diving primarily with a dive guide. This course is an intermediate step for earning an Open Water Diver certification if that’s your ultimate goal.

During this 2-day course, you will complete 2 confined water practices, and 2 shallow water dives with an instructor.

PADI Scuba Divers are qualified to:

• Dive under the direct supervision of a PADI Professional to a depth of 12 metres/40 feet.
• Get air fills, rent or purchase scuba equipment and take part in dive activities as long as properly supervised.
• Continue dive training, by completing the PADI Open Water Diver certification and taking certain specialty diver courses.
• To enroll in a PADI Scuba Diver course you must be at least 10 years old. Also, you need adequate swimming skills and need to be in good physical health. No prior experience with scuba diving is required.

Have you ever wanted to take scuba diving lessons, and experience an unparalleled adventure world beneath the waves? Then this is where it starts. Get your scuba diving certification in Mexico with the PADI Open Water Diver course. It's the world’s most popular and widely recognized scuba course. Millions of people have learned to scuba dive and gone on to discover the wonders of the aquatic world through this course. To enroll, you must be 10 years old or older. Also, you need adequate swimming skills and need to be in good physical health. No prior experience with scuba diving is required.

The course consists of three main phases:

• Knowledge Development to understand basic principles of scuba diving
• Confined Water Dives to learn basic scuba skills
• Open Water Dives to use your skills and explore!
• During this certification, which takes 4 days, you will complete 4 confined water practices, and 4 dives with an instructor.

Besides programs for novice divers, we also offer more advanced certifications. Enhance your skills by taking the Advanced Open Water Certification. Or take a specialty course and get your Cavern Diving Certification. In the best place in the world to dive in cenotes.

PADI (Junior) Open Water Divers who are at least 12 years old are ready to step up and enroll in an Advanced Open Water Diver course. Young divers may only take part in certain Adventures Dives.

You’ll plan your learning path with your instructor by choosing from a list of Adventure Dives. There are two required dives – Deep and Underwater Navigation. Then you choose the other three, for a total of five dives. This course usually takes 3-5 days to complete.  During the Deep Adventure Dive, you learn how to plan dives to deal with the physiological effects and challenges of deeper scuba diving. The Underwater Navigation Adventure Dive refines your compass navigation skills and helps you better navigate using kick-cycles, visual landmarks and time.

The other knowledge and skills you get vary with your interest and the adventures you have. They could be photography, buoyancy control, fish identification, exploring wrecks and many more.

You need to be PADI Advanced Open Water Diver who is at least 18 years old to enroll in the Cavern Diver course. If you’re ready for a challenge you’ll complete four scuba dives. The first focused on line handling, reel use and emergency procedures outside a cavern. And the next three dives put your new skills to use inside a cavern. You’ll also learn about:

• Other specialized equipment for cavern diving, such as lights and redundant breathing systems.
• Avoiding disorientation and anti-silting techniques.
• Dive planning, including depth and distance limits and air management for cavern diving.

Book your scuba dive course NOW with your stay at Ocean Breeze Akumal and receive free return transportation to the dive center from your vacation rental apartment.

For more information, contact us for a QUOTE. Please state your accommodation dates, and the scuba course you want to take.