Diving Courses in Santa Catalina and Coiba Island

Learn to dive with universally recognized scuba diving PADI courses in Santa Catalina Panama from 1/2 day introductory experiences up to divemaster in English, Spanish and German. Course materials are available in English and Spanish.

Courses:

PADI Open Water Diver (3 to 4 full days):

The world’s most popular entry-level certification enables you to rent and fill scuba tanks and dive with a buddy in
environments and conditions suitable to your experience. This comprehensive program is split up into three parts:

1) a self-study based theory section (manuals and videos are available in English and Spanish)

2) a confined water section, which familiarize you with the equipment you are using, as well as practicing skills in a calm
and shallow environment

3) 4 open water dives where you will apply what you have learn in real dive environments

Offer: (**)

Combine your certification course with some world class diving and get more out of your course, start your course in
Santa Catalina, finish it in Coiba Island

Included:

• 2 days (if necessary 3 days) of theory, confined water dives and two of 4 Open Water training dives in Santa Catalina
• 1 day of the last two Open Water dives in the Coiba National Park
• PADI Open Water certification (if course completed successfully)
• All rental gear

Excluded:

• Park entry and permit fee for the national park USD 20.00 (subject to change)
• Book (we can provide a copy in English and Spanish during the course, but you have buy your own copy at home in
• your language)

(**) Offer based on 2 people joining the course, or one student and one licensed diver are going the day to Coiba

Other Courses:

PADI Scuba Diver (2 days):

If you don’t have time to complete the whole Open Water Diver course, or are only planing to dive accompanied by a
divemaster or instructor to a maximum depth of 12m/40ft, this program might be your choice. And if you decide later to
upgrade to Open Water Diver, you can do this at any PADI facility around the world by simply completing the remaining
sections of the Open Water Diver course.

PADI Discover Scuba Diver (1/2 day):

This is an introductory program and is no certification course. It is designed for people, who are not sure what’s scuba
diving about, but want to give it a try. You are getting a brief basic instruction, a short shallow water practice session and
already you are doing your first open water dive closely watched by an instructor. And if you like it, you can do even
more supervised dives with us, or continue on to Open Water Diver or Scuba Diver.

PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (2 or more days):

This program introduces you to the basics of specialty under water activities and leads to a certification higher than the
entry level Open Water Diver course. This proof of broader experience might be a pre-requisit to dive at certain locations or to take part in specialised activities like e.g. night- or wreck dives. You achieve this certification by mastering two mandatory dives (navigation and deep diving) plus three more dives depending on your preferences, as well as environmental and logistical conditions. Possible options available are night diving, peak performance buoyancy, under water naturalist, fish identification, under water photography and drift diving.

It is a great opportunity to combine the course with one of our dive trips to Coiba.  And no worries, it is mainly diving and
only very little theory.

PADI Rescue Diver, Divemaster and specialty diving courses available on request

Referrals: make your knowledge- and confined water parts at your local PADI dive center and complete only your open
water dives with us enjoying great diving in warm waters.

Refreshers: your last scuba dive was some time ago, testing first time new or unfamiliar equipment, or just a little bit
nervous? Our comprehensive tune-up program makes you feel confident.

ASK FOR COMBINATION OF COURSES WITH TRIPS TO THE COIBA NATIONAL PARK!!

For more information on trips view:

“Diving in Isla Coiba National Park and Santa Catalina with Scuba Coiba”

Reserve a Scuba Diving Class: info@panamatravelgroup.com

+507-202-1111 (Panama)   |    1-786-539-4731 (USA)

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