PADI Diving Courses

Scuba diving is a unique experience that can change your life. It’s a chance to get up close and personal with marine life in its natural habitat — but it’s also an opportunity to explore the depths of your adventure.

Scuba divers exploring a coral reef underwater

PADI Discover Scuba Diving

Explore the underwater world with your instructor to a maximum depth of 12m/40ft. Have fun enjoying the amazing sea life we have in Cabo!

The DSD program is not a certification course, but you will complete a quick 20-minute online (eLearning) session before you start the adventure.

On the day of your adventure, your instructor will give you a briefing and answer any questions you might have before getting into your dive gear. We start by practicing a few skills in shallow water. Once you feel comfortable, your instructor will guide you on two real dives!

    • 10 years of age

    • Medically fit to dive

    • To dive, we need you to review and fill out a medical questionnaire. If needed, you can print and take to your physician to be cleared to participate in the activity.

      Review medical questionnaire here.

    • Dive Equipment Rental

    • PADI Discover Scuba Diving eLearning

    • 2 dives at different dive sites

    • Water, gatorade, a snack & towel

    • Marina entrance fee

    • Monday - Sunday

      Meeting time:

      7:15 AM

      Back at the marina:

      Approx. 12:30PM

    • SHARED BOAT:

      Instruction + 2 dives - $3,700 MXN

Scuba diver underwater exploring a coral reef with colorful marine life in clear blue water.

PADI Open Water Diver

Thinking about becoming a certified diver?…This is the course to start your diving journey!

In only 4 days you will learn all diving and safety skills you need to know to be able to dive independently with your dive buddy to a depth of 18m/60ft.

To start you will have to complete the theory portion of the course, which is done online through the PADI eLearning platform, you can do this on your own time before you come on your vacation and save yourself some classroom time!

Once with us, the first two days of your course you will do two shallow water training sessions, where you will complete the five confined water modules of the course and master all of the skills in a controlled environment with your instructor. Then go do four open water dives with your instructor and put all your learned skills into practice.

If you have completed your theory and confined water sessions with your local dive shop and you are looking to complete your 4 open water dives, come join Dive Baja to complete your Open Water Referral! (see pricing below)

    • 10 years of age

    • Medically fit to dive

    • To dive, we need you to review and fill out a medical questionnaire. If needed, you can print and take to your physician to be cleared to participate in the activity.

      Review medical questionnaire here.

    • PADI Open Water Diver eLearning

    • Digital logbook

    • Divers Alert Network Student Medical Expense Coverage.

    • Diving equipment rental

    • Water, gatorade, a snack & towel

    • Marina Entrance Fees

    • Day 1 - 8 AM to 3 PM

      DAN enrollment, course overview, equipment set up and confined water session modules 1-3

    • Day 2 - 8 AM to 3 PM

      Confined water session modules 4-5 and theory session

    • Day 3 - 8 AM to 2 PM

      Open Water dives 1 & 2

    • Day 4 - 8 AM to 2 PM

      Open water dives 3 & 4

    • Open Water Diver Course - $17,100 MXN

    • Open Water Referral - $14,250 MXN

Two scuba divers underwater holding hands

PADI Advanced Open Water Diver

Continue with your diving adventure!…Now that you’re hooked take it to the next level to advance your skills and broaden your diving.

This course is designed to make you a more confident diver and expand your scuba skills through five Adventure Dives.

You will try out five different dive specialties under the close supervision of your PADI instructor. The two required dives are Deep dive (up to 30m/100ft) and Underwater navigation, that leaves 3 more dives for you to choose, talk to your instructor and together decide new ways for you to have fun scuba diving.

With the PADI eLearning you can complete all your theory before arriving so you can save classroom time and spend more time in the water expanding your diving skills!

    • 12 years of age

    • Open Water Diver certification

    • Medically fit to dive

    • PADI Advanced Open Water Diver eLearning

    • Diving equipment rental

    • Water, gatorade, a snack & towel

    • Marina Entrance Fees

    • Day 1 - 8 AM - 2 PM

      Course introduction, Briefing & Land Practice Session, Adventure dives 1, 2 & 3

    • Day 2 - 8 AM - 2 PM

      Briefing & Land Practice Session, Adventure dives 4 & 5

    • Advanced Open Water Diver Course - $16,500

Scuba diver in the ocean holding a regulator near the surface.

PADI Rescue Diver

Probably the most challenging scuba diving course there is, but also the most fun!

After completing your PADI Rescue Diver eLearning, you can join us for 3 days where you will first review and refresh your self-rescue techniques and then move onto learning different ways of providing assistance from shore, from a boat and in-water rescue techniques.

Your instructor will guide you and challenge you to master this skills and learn all the tools so you can prevent and deal with any diving emergencies.

Once you complete this course you will feel confident, not only about your own diving skills but also with the ability to help others!

    • Be at least 12 years of age

    • Physically fit to dive

    • PADI Adventure Diver certification – must have completed the Underwater Navigation Adventure Dive

    • Emergency First Responder (1st aid & CPR training) within 24 months*

    *Dive Baja also offers the EFR course! Allow an extra day before your Rescue course to complete this course.

    • PADI Rescue Diver eLearning

    • Diving equipment rental

    • Water, gatorade, snack & towel

    • Marina Entrance Fee

    • Day 1 - 8:30 AM - 4 PM

      Course introduction, Rescue confined water training

    • Day 2 - 8:30 AM - 2 PM

      Rescue confined water training

    • Day 3 - 8:30 AM - 2 PM

      Rescue open water scenarios 1 & 2

    • PADI Rescue Diver Course - $16,800 MXN

    • Emergency First Response (1st aid & CPR) - $6,500 MXN

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