Open Water scuba diving Course in Tarifa, Cadiz

The course has 4 phases which will last approximately 4 days. It will include theory (at the SSI centre in Puerto de Santa Maria), Olympic pool exercises (at the hotel PuertoBahia), sea exercises and the 4 dives (in Tarifa, Natural Park).

- Pre-course home study of 5 dive theory modules on the SSI platform, after submission of the SSI online kit.

- Meeting with the instructor and theory review with the SSI instructor.

- Diving exercises in confined water (Olympic size pool 30 meters long and depth 2.30 meters) in which you will learn how to handle the equipment and skills that will be applied in the sea.

- Carrying out different exercises in the sea in real diving situations, to teach safety protocols and individual and collective skills.
In this phase as well as during the dives you will learn emergency protocols, towing divers, removing cramps, removing and placing equipment on the surface, buoy filling....

- 4 dives in two days in the open sea in Tarifa. The first two dives to a depth of no more than 12 metres and the other two to a depth of no more than 18 metres. The last two dives will be done at dive sites in the Natural Park of Tarifa where you will go with the dive boat.

- Return to the dive centre.

Know how to swim.

For this activity, a responsible declaration of SSI health (document implicit in the SSI study kit) will have to be made.

It is possible to hire transport from Cadiz to Tarifa by prior arrangement and booking with the dive centre.