Dive Courses

Snorkeling is fun, easy and inexpensive and can be experienced nearly anywhere. Learn the basics of snorkeling in a supervised tour with one of our instructors.

This program is suited for those that want to interact with the underwater world but are not interested in scuba diving, for those that want to improve their snorkeling abilities, or for children whose age or aquatic skills are insufficient to try scuba.

This instruction is also recommended for those that want to enrol in our snorkeling with dolphins experience but have little snorkeling practice.

Draw your first breath under water and experience the freedom of weightlessness!

This program allows those who have never tried diving before to safely experience the thrill of scuba diving. Your instructor will give you an introductory briefing, followed by your first underwater experience at sea in a confined water environment (max. depth 6 m).
After the first dive, feeling comfortable and thrilled, you have the option of doing a second dive to a maximum depth of 12 m. In the end of this experience you will receive a recognition card; you are then ready to enrol in a PADI Scuba Diver or Open Water Diver course and become a certified scuba diver!

The Scuba Diver course is a subcourse within the Open Water Diver Course that teaches student divers the knowledge and skills necessary to dive to a maximum depth of 12 m always under the direct supervision of a diving professional. This course is ideal for those that want to start diving, but don’t have enough time to complete the Open Water Course or for children younger than 15 years old.

The PADI Open Water course teaches you the fundamentals of scuba diving – this is the course you need before moving on to further training. Students will learn how to dive safely to a maximum depth of 18 m with a dive buddy.

Students earn the Open Water Diver certification and can scuba dive worldwide, within the limits of their training and experience. This course can be combined with a Nitrox course!

Students that have completed the theory and confined water portions of the Open Water Diver course at another PADI facility may complete their open water dives at Dive Azores.

It’s been some time since your last dive?
Scuba Review is a short refresher program for certified divers that have not been diving for a while. It will help you regain confidence and comfort underwater without having to repeat an entire scuba course!