PADI Certification Courses in Cancun with Manta Divers

Want to try scuba diving but not ready to get certified? The PADI Discover Scuba Diving program is the perfect introduction to the underwater world.

Designed for those with little or no experience, it is a safe, supervised way to feel the real thrill of diving for the first time.

You start poolside with a short orientation on the basic principles, the equipment, and underwater communication, then move into a confined-water session in shallow, calm water to practice the essential skills with a certified Manta team member.

Once you are comfortable, you head out for real open-water dives, beginning at the beautiful MUSA underwater museum, exploring under close supervision and experiencing the weightlessness of diving among the marine life.

No certification and no prior experience needed, just the ability to swim and a sense of adventure. It is by far the best way to discover whether diving is for you.

The best way to find out if diving is for you, with no certification and no experience needed. The PADI Discover Scuba Diving program in Cancun starts you gently poolside, then has you breathing underwater on a real ocean dive at the MUSA underwater museum, one-on-one with a PADI professional.

It is the perfect first taste of scuba diving in Cancun for beginners, and if you love it, the day can count toward your full Open Water certification. Minimum age 10, all gear and park fees included. Ready to commit? Look at our PADI Open Water course instead.

Course Details: Discover Scuba Diving

Duration: Half to full day

What you get: A guided first scuba experience with a PADI professional (an experience, not a certification)

How it runs:

• Poolside orientation on the basics, gear, and hand signals
• Confined-water pool session to practice skills
• Supervised open-water dives, starting at MUSA

What's included:

• All scuba equipment
• Instructor and close supervision
• Boat trip and refreshments
• Marine park and dock fees

Prerequisites:

• Minimum age 10, able to swim
• Completion of the PADI Diver Medical Form

Add-ons available:

• Private Guide for you or your group, one day: $100
• GoPro 12 rental (deposit paid onsite): $69
• Photo and Video Package, one session: $99

The PADI Open Water course with Manta Divers is a comprehensive and efficient way to become a certified diver while maximizing your time underwater.

You complete the full PADI eLearning at your own pace from home, so when you arrive in Cancun you are ready to dive right in rather than sit in a classroom.

Day one begins at 8:30 am with pool training in the morning.

After a short lunch you board the boat by 1 pm for your first two training dives, putting your new skills to work underwater and at the surface, finishing around 4:30 pm.

Day two starts at 8 am, straight onto the boat for dives three and four, where you master the remaining skills, and a little paperwork back on land completes your certification.

By the end of day two you have joined the millions of certified PADI Open Water Divers worldwide, qualified to dive to 18 meters anywhere on the planet.

Become a diver for life with the PADI Open Water certification, the most popular scuba course in the world and the card that lets you dive anywhere.

Learn to dive in Cancun the efficient way: complete the eLearning at home so your two days here are spent in the water, not a classroom, training at calm sites like MUSA and finishing certified to 18 meters worldwide.

It is the ideal place to get your scuba certification, warm clear water and small classes. Want more water time? Look at Open Water Plus. All gear, eLearning, and fees included.

Course Details: PADI Open Water

Duration: eLearning at home plus 2 training days in Cancun

What you earn: PADI Open Water Diver certification (dive to 18 m worldwide)

Schedule:

• Day 1: 8:30 am pool training, boat at 1 pm for dives 1 and 2, finish around 4:30 pm
• Day 2: 8 am boat for dives 3 and 4

What's included:

• PADI eLearning
• Pool session and 4 ocean training dives
• All scuba equipment and wetsuit
• Certification, boat, and refreshments
• Marine park and dock fees

Prerequisites:

• Minimum age 10, able to swim
• Completion of the PADI Diver Medical Form

Add-ons available:

• Private Instructor: $200
• GoPro 12 rental: $69
• Add a Snorkeler or Rider: $75
• Photo and Video Package: $99

The PADI Open Water Plus course gives you the full Open Water certification plus a bonus third day of diving to put it into practice.

You still complete the eLearning at home, then spend three days in the water rather than two.

Day one starts at 8:30 am with orientation and a morning in the pool, then your first two open-water training dives from the boat at 1 pm, finishing around 4:30 pm.

Day two gears up at 8 am for dives three and four, and after a little paperwork you officially become a PADI Open Water Diver.

Day three is what makes it Plus: you join a two-tank dive trip as a newly certified diver, with a PADI 5-Star instructor alongside you to fine-tune your buoyancy, navigation, and air consumption.

You choose the 8:00 am reef trip or the 12:30 pm trip to MUSA for your bonus day, and you leave not just certified but genuinely comfortable, with real dives under your belt before you head home.

Leave not just certified but genuinely confident. The Open Water Plus course gives you the full PADI Open Water certification plus a bonus third day of guided fun dives, with a PADI 5-Star instructor fine-tuning your buoyancy, navigation, and air.

It is the best way to learn to dive in Cancun if you want real dives under your belt before you fly home, not just a card. Choose a reef trip or a MUSA trip for your bonus day. eLearning, all gear, and fees included, minimum age 10.

Course Details: PADI Open Water Plus

Duration: eLearning at home plus 3 days in Cancun

What you earn: PADI Open Water Diver certification plus a guided bonus dive day

Schedule:

• Day 1: 8:30 am orientation and pool, boat at 1 pm for dives 1 and 2, finish ~4:30 pm
• Day 2: 8 am for certification dives 3 and 4
• Day 3: bonus two-tank trip with an instructor (8:00 am reef or 12:30 pm MUSA)

What's included:

• PADI eLearning
• Pool, 4 training dives, plus a guided bonus dive day
• All scuba equipment and wetsuit
• Certification, boat, and refreshments
• Marine park and dock fees

Prerequisites:

• Minimum age 10, able to swim
• Completion of the PADI Diver Medical Form

Add-ons available:

• Private Instructor and Program: $300
• GoPro 12 rental: $69
• Photo and Video Package: $99

Go beyond certification with our ultimate learning-and-adventure package. The Open Water Plus Cozumel course combines the complete PADI Open Water Diver course, the bonus training dives of our Open Water Plus program, and a third day of diving in Cozumel, one of the world's top scuba destinations.

Days one and two are your Cancun training and certification, just like the standard course: eLearning done at home, then Day 1 starts at 8:30 am with pool training and two afternoon ocean dives finishing around 4:30 pm.

and Day 2 begins at 8 am with two more ocean dives to complete your four training dives and earn your certification.

Day three begins at 7 am and takes the adventure further, to Cozumel, famous for its drift dives, colorful coral walls, and crystal-clear water.

You put your brand-new certification straight to work on world-class reefs, guided by our PADI 5-Star team. It is the most memorable way there is to become a diver.

The most memorable way there is to become a diver: earn your full PADI Open Water certification in Cancun, then put it straight to work on the world-class drift reefs of Cozumel.

This Open Water course pairs your scuba certification with a bonus two-tank Cozumel dive day, one of the best diving destinations on earth, so you leave certified and with a genuine bucket-list dive already logged. eLearning at home, three days in the water, everything included, minimum age 10.

Course Details: Open Water Plus Cozumel

Duration: eLearning at home plus 3 days (2 training days plus a Cozumel day)

What you earn: PADI Open Water Diver certification plus a guided Cozumel dive day

Schedule:

• Day 1: 8:30 am pool, two afternoon ocean dives, finish ~4:30 pm
• Day 2: 8 am, two ocean dives to complete certification
• Day 3: 7 am departure to Cozumel for a guided drift-dive day

What's included:

• PADI eLearning
• Pool, 4 training dives, plus a 2-tank Cozumel trip
• All scuba equipment and wetsuit
• Certification, transport, boat, and refreshments
• Marine park and dock fees

Prerequisites:

• Minimum age 10, able to swim
• Completion of the PADI Diver Medical Form

Add-ons available:

• Private Instructor and Program: $300
• GoPro 12 rental: $69
• Photo and Video Package: $99

The PADI Junior Open Water Plus Guardian course certifies your child while you dive alongside them. It is built for parents who already dive and want to share the experience rather than watch from the boat.

You will be in the water for the training and the dives, not watching from the surface.

Your child, aged 10 to 14, completes the PADI eLearning at home before you travel, so the time here is spent in the water.

We keep junior classes small and usually private, so it is just you and your child with the instructor.

Day 1 checks in at 8:30 am and meets your instructor for a morning of pool training, then boards the boat at 1 pm for the first two training dives, finishing around 4:30 pm.

Day 2 depends on age: 10 and 11 year olds start at 12:30 pm, while 12 to 14 year olds start at 8:00 am, which allows for slightly deeper dives.

The accompanying parent or guardian must already be a certified PADI Open Water Diver or higher. If you are not certified yet, you can book your own Open Water course alongside this one, run and priced separately.

Certify your child while you dive right beside them, not watching from the boat. This PADI Junior Open Water course in Cancun is built for diving parents, with small or private classes and start times matched to your child's age, so kids from 10 to 14 earn a real, worldwide scuba certification alongside a certified guardian.

It is a shared family milestone you will both remember. Not certified yourself? Add your own PADI Open Water course. eLearning at home, all gear and fees included.

Course Details: Junior Open Water Plus Guardian

Duration: eLearning at home plus 2 training days in Cancun

What you earn: PADI Junior Open Water certification for your child, with a guardian diving alongside

Schedule:

• Day 1: check-in 8:30 am, morning pool, boat at 1 pm for dives 1 and 2, finish ~4:30 pm
• Day 2: ages 10 to 11 start 12:30 pm, ages 12 to 14 start 8:00 am

What's included:

• PADI eLearning
• Pool and ocean training dives, small or private class
• Guardian diving alongside included
• All scuba equipment, boat, refreshments, park and dock fees

Prerequisites:

• Child aged 10 to 14, able to swim
• Parent or guardian must be a certified PADI Open Water Diver or higher, and in the water throughout
• Completion of the PADI Diver Medical Form

Add-ons available:

• Private Instructor: $200
• GoPro 12 rental: $69
• Add a Snorkeler or Rider: $75
• Photo and Video Package: $99

Started your PADI Open Water course at home? Finish your Open Water certification in the warm, clear water of the Mexican Caribbean.

This referral course is for divers who have already completed the PADI theory and the confined-water pool training with another dive shop and only need their open-water dives to certify.

Your day begins around 8:00 am at our dive shop with a short review of what you covered at home and in the pool, then an in-water skills assessment so your instructor can see exactly where you are.

From there you head out on the boat and complete your four open-water certification dives on Cancun's reefs, run across the morning and early afternoon, where turtles, rays, and tropical fish are common and you demonstrate each required skill for real.

After the paperwork you hold the full, worldwide PADI Open Water Diver certification. Please bring your referral paperwork from your original dive shop, signed and dated by your instructor, as we cannot certify you without it.

Scuba and snorkel gear, wetsuit, water, fruit, snacks, and all taxes and fees are included.

Already started your PADI Open Water course somewhere else? This PADI referral course lets you finish your Open Water certification in Cancun's warm Caribbean instead of a cold pool at home.

If you have done the theory and pool and only need your four open-water dives, this is it: a skills check, then your certification dives on Cancun's reefs among turtles and rays. Still need the pool session too? Book our Referral Open Water plus Pool instead. Bring your signed referral paperwork. Gear, taxes, and fees included.

Course Details: Referral Open Water Dives

Duration: Your remaining open-water certification dives (allow a day)

What you earn: Full PADI Open Water Diver certification, valid worldwide

How it runs:

• Review of your home theory and pool work
• In-water skills assessment
• Four open-water certification dives on Cancun's reefs

What's included:

• Full scuba and snorkel equipment and wetsuit
• Certification, boat, water, fruit, and snacks
• All taxes and marine park fees

Prerequisites:

• Completed PADI theory and confined-water pool training with another dive shop
• Signed, dated referral paperwork from your original instructor (required, we cannot certify you without it)
• Add $50 for the PADI PIC if your theory was classroom coursework (already included if you did PADI eLearning)
• Completion of the PADI Diver Medical Form

Add-ons available:

• Private Instructor: $200
• GoPro 12 rental (deposit paid onsite): $69
• Add a Snorkeler or Rider: $75
• Photo and Video Package, one session: $99

Started your PADI Open Water course somewhere else and still need the pool session?

This two-day referral course finishes it in Cancun's warm Caribbean rather than a pool back home, for divers who completed the theory, through PADI eLearning or classroom work with another shop, but have not done their confined-water training or open-water dives.

Day 1 starts around 8:30 am at our dive shop with a pool session, working through the confined-water skills with your instructor: buoyancy control, mask clearing, regulator recovery, and the rest.

After a short lunch you board our boat in the early afternoon for your first two open-water training dives, finishing around 4:30 pm.

Day 2 begins at 8:00 am, straight out on the boat for your remaining open-water certification dives, where you demonstrate those skills for real in Cancun's clear water, and after a little paperwork you are a certified PADI Open Water Diver.

Please bring your signed, dated referral paperwork from your original dive shop. Scuba gear, wetsuit, water, fruit, snacks, and all taxes and fees are included.

Started your PADI Open Water course elsewhere but still need the pool and your dives? This two-day PADI referral course finishes both in Cancun's warm Caribbean instead of a pool at home.

Day one is your confined-water pool skills plus your first open-water dives, day two completes your certification dives on the reef, and you leave a full PADI Open Water Diver. Already done your pool session? Save with our Referral Open Water Dives instead. Bring your signed referral paperwork from your first shop. Gear, taxes, and fees included.

Course Details: Referral Open Water + Pool

Duration: 2 days

What you earn: Full PADI Open Water Diver certification, valid worldwide

Schedule:

• Day 1: confined-water pool skills, then your first open-water training dives
• Day 2: your remaining open-water certification dives

What's included:

• Full scuba equipment and wetsuit
• Certification, boat, water, fruit, and snacks
• All taxes and marine park fees

Prerequisites:

• Completed PADI theory (eLearning or classroom) with another dive shop; pool and dives still to do
• Signed, dated referral paperwork from your original instructor (required)
• Add $50 for the PADI PIC if your theory was classroom coursework (already included if you did PADI eLearning)
• Completion of the PADI Diver Medical Form

Add-ons available:

• Private Instructor: $200
• GoPro 12 rental (deposit paid onsite): $69
• Add a Snorkeler or Rider: $75
• Photo and Video Package, one session: $99

Looking to become a certified diver but short on time? The PADI Scuba Diver course gets you there efficiently.

You complete the PADI eLearning theory from home, then join us for a single day: a pool session followed by two ocean dives.

Once certified, you can dive anywhere in the world to a maximum of 40 feet under the supervision of a PADI professional.

It is also a genuine stepping stone, upgrading easily to the full PADI Open Water certification at any PADI dive center whenever you are ready to continue.

Everything is included, from scuba and snorkel gear and wetsuits to bottled water, seasonal fruit, and granola bars, so a busy schedule is no reason to miss the underwater world.

A recognized PADI scuba certification in a single day in Cancun, ideal when you are short on time. You finish the eLearning theory at home, then spend one day with us on pool and ocean dives, and leave qualified to dive anywhere in the world to 40 feet with a professional.

It is a genuine stepping stone that upgrades straight into the full PADI Open Water certification whenever you are ready to go deeper. Everything is included, from gear and wetsuit to water, fruit, and snacks. Minimum age 10.

Course Details: PADI Scuba Diver

Duration: PADI eLearning at home plus 1 training day in Cancun

What you earn: PADI Scuba Diver certification (dive worldwide to 40 ft with a PADI professional, upgrades to Open Water)

How it runs:

• eLearning completed at home
• Pool session
• Two ocean training dives

What's included:

• PADI eLearning
• All scuba and snorkel gear, wetsuit
• Certification, boat, water, fruit, and snacks
• Marine park and dock fees

Prerequisites:

• Minimum age 10, able to swim
• Completion of the PADI Diver Medical Form

Add-ons available:

• Private Guide, one day: $100
• GoPro 12 rental: $69
• Add a Snorkeler or Rider: $75
• Photo and Video Package: $99

Already a certified PADI Scuba Diver? Upgrade to the full PADI Open Water Diver certification with us in Cancun in a single day, lifting your depth limit from 12 to 18 meters (60 feet) and letting you dive with just a buddy, without a professional in the water, anywhere in the world.

Your day starts around 8:30 am at our dive shop, where you finish the remaining PADI eLearning theory modules and then move into a confined-water pool session with your PADI 5-Star instructor, completing the skills you did not cover as a Scuba Diver: buoyancy, mask clearing, regulator recovery, and the rest.

After a short lunch break you board our boat in the early afternoon for two open-water dives on Cancun's reefs or at the MUSA underwater museum, where it all comes together, and you are back around 4:30 pm.

The upgrade runs about six and a half hours, and by the end you hold the full, worldwide-recognized PADI Open Water Diver certification. Scuba gear, wetsuit, water, fruit, snacks, and all taxes and fees are included.

Already a PADI Scuba Diver? This is the fast track to your full PADI Open Water certification, done in one day in Cancun.

It lifts your depth limit to 18 meters and, best of all, lets you dive with just a buddy instead of always needing a professional in the water. You finish the remaining eLearning and confined-water skills, then log two open-water dives on the reef or at MUSA.

It is the quickest, cheapest way to complete your Open Water certification if you already started as a Scuba Diver. Not a Scuba Diver yet? Start with the full PADI Open Water course instead. Gear, taxes, and fees included.

Course Details: Scuba Diver Upgrade to Open Water

Duration: One day, about 6.5 hours

What you earn: Full PADI Open Water Diver certification (dive to 18 m / 60 ft with just a buddy, worldwide)

How it runs:

• Remaining PADI eLearning theory modules
• Confined-water skill sessions with a PADI 5-Star instructor
• Two open-water dives on Cancun's reefs or at MUSA

What's included:

• Remaining eLearning
• Full scuba equipment and wetsuit
• Certification, boat, water, fruit, and snacks
• All taxes and marine park fees

Prerequisites:

• Current PADI Scuba Diver certification (or equivalent)
• PADI Open Water eLearning (add $100 if not already purchased, email us to check)
• Completion of the PADI Diver Medical Form

Add-ons available:

• Private Guide, one day: $100
• GoPro 12 rental (deposit paid onsite): $69
• Add a Snorkeler or Rider: $75
• Photo and Video Package, one session: $99

Take your diving further with the PADI Advanced Open Water course.

Over three days and six dives you build real skills, dive some of the best sites in the region, and certify to 30 meters, opening up the deeper reefs and wrecks.

We include a sixth dive where PADI only requires five.

Day one covers Peak Performance Buoyancy and Underwater Navigation at MUSA and a reef near Isla Mujeres. Day two is your Deep Dive to 30 meters (100 feet) and a Drift Dive in Cancun's currents.

Day three is Boat Diver training on one of our boats. For your optional sixth dive you choose the adventure with your instructor: Enriched Air Nitrox, Boat Diver, or Fish Identification.

We build the schedule around you rather than fixing set times, fitting your three days to what is running and planning them with you when you arrive, so you get the sites and conditions that suit you.

Your PADI eLearning and all gear are included.

Unlock the deeper reefs, walls, and wrecks with your PADI Advanced Open Water certification, and get six dives where PADI only requires five. Over three days you cover Deep, Drift, Navigation, and more across the region's best sites including MUSA, certified to 30 meters by the end.

It is one of the easiest advanced open water certifications to earn on a vacation, with the schedule built around you when you arrive. Already Advanced? Step up to Rescue Diver. eLearning and all gear included, minimum age 12.

Course Details: PADI Advanced Open Water

Duration: 3 days, 6 dives

What you earn: PADI Advanced Open Water certification (dive to 30 m)

Adventure dives:

• Day 1: Peak Performance Buoyancy and Underwater Navigation (MUSA and an Isla Mujeres reef)
• Day 2: Deep Dive to 30 m / 100 ft, and a Drift Dive
• Day 3: Boat Diver, plus your choice of optional sixth dive (Nitrox, Underwater Naturalist, or Fish ID)

What's included:

• PADI eLearning
• 6 dives with a PADI instructor
• All scuba equipment and wetsuit
• Certification, boat, and refreshments
• Marine park and dock fees

Prerequisites:

• PADI Open Water certification (or equivalent), minimum age 12
• Completion of the PADI Diver Medical Form

Add-ons available:

• Private Instructor and Program: $300
• GoPro 12 rental: $69
• 2 Nitrox Tanks: $40
• Add a Snorkeler or Rider: $75

The Gold course is our premium Advanced Open Water. You earn the same certification, but instead of staying in Cancun you spend three days across three of the best diving environments in the region, and you finish Nitrox certified as well.

The theory is completed at home through PADI eLearning before you travel, so your time here is spent entirely in the water.

Day 1 is MUSA, with Underwater Navigation and Peak Performance Buoyancy at the underwater museum. Navigation gives you the confidence to explore a site rather than follow a guide, and buoyancy is the skill that makes every dive afterward easier.

Day 2 is Cozumel, with Drift Diver training on the island's world-famous wall, plus your choice of Wreck Diver or Boat Diver.

Day 3 heads into the Mayan jungle for Cavern and Deep Adventure dives in the cenotes, the freshwater caverns found nowhere else on earth.

Six dives, six specialties, and full Enriched Air Nitrox certification, all included.

Compared with our standard Cancun-only Advanced course, the Gold adds a Cozumel wall day, two cenote dives, and your Nitrox certification, making it the most complete way to level up.

Our premium PADI Advanced Open Water certification, earned across three of the best diving environments on earth: MUSA and the Cancun reefs, the world-famous walls of Cozumel, and the freshwater cenotes, and you finish Nitrox certified as well.

Six dives, six specialties, and your advanced open water certification plus Enriched Air, all with everything handled. It is the most complete way to level up your diving in one trip. eLearning included, minimum age 15, transport, boats, and all fees included.

Course Details: Advanced Open Water Gold

Duration: 3 days across Cancun, Cozumel, and the cenotes, 6 dives

What you earn: PADI Advanced Open Water plus Enriched Air Nitrox certification

The three days:

• Day 1, MUSA: Underwater Navigation and Peak Performance Buoyancy
• Day 2, Cozumel: Drift Diver, plus Wreck Diver or Boat Diver
• Day 3, cenotes: Cavern Adventure and Deep Adventure dives

What's included:

• PADI eLearning and full Nitrox certification
• 6 dives with a PADI instructor
• All scuba equipment and wetsuit
• Transport, boats, and refreshments
• All marine park, cenote, and dock fees

Prerequisites:

• PADI Open Water certification (or equivalent), minimum age 15
• Completion of the PADI Diver Medical Form

Add-ons available:

• Private Instructor and Program: $300
• GoPro 12 rental: $69
• Add a Snorkeler or Rider: $75
• Cozumel Add Snorkeler or Rider: $199

The PADI Rescue Diver course teaches you to prevent problems underwater and to manage them when they happen.

Most divers say it is the course that changed how they dive, because you stop thinking only about yourself and start watching the whole group.

Two things you might expect to arrange or pay for separately are included here at no extra charge: the PADI Emergency First Response course, which certifies you in CPR and first aid, and the Underwater Navigation dive if you have not already completed it.

You do the eLearning theory at home, then spend two to three days with us in Cancun for your Emergency First Response training, the navigation dive if you need it, confined-water sessions to practice the rescue skills, and open-water scenarios where you handle simulated emergencies for real.

You learn to recognize and manage stress in yourself and others before it becomes an emergency, to assist tired or panicked divers at the surface and underwater, and to respond to an unresponsive diver, including rescue breaths and getting them safely out of the water.

The course divers say changed how they dive: you stop watching only yourself and start watching everyone. The PADI Rescue Diver course in Cancun teaches you to prevent problems and manage real emergencies, and we include the EFR first-aid course and the navigation dive free, when most shops charge extra for both.

It is the essential next step after your Advanced certification and the gateway toward going pro as a Divemaster. eLearning at home, two to three days with us, all gear and fees included, minimum age 12.

Course Details: PADI Rescue Diver

Duration: eLearning at home plus 2 to 3 training days in Cancun

What you earn: PADI Rescue Diver certification, with EFR (CPR and first aid) and the Navigation dive included free

What's included:

• PADI eLearning
• Emergency First Response (CPR and first aid) course
• Underwater Navigation dive if needed
• Confined-water skills and open-water rescue scenarios
• All scuba equipment, boat, refreshments, park and dock fees

Prerequisites:

• PADI Open Water Diver (or equivalent), minimum age 12
• Completion of the PADI Diver Medical Form

Add-ons available:

• Private Instructor: $200
• GoPro 12 rental: $69
• 2 Nitrox Tanks: $40
• Photo and Video Package: $99

Enriched Air Nitrox, usually just called nitrox, is a breathing gas with more oxygen than air. Air is 21% oxygen, nitrox is typically 32% or 36%.

Less nitrogen going in means less nitrogen to offload, and that changes what you can do with a dive.

The payoff is real: longer bottom times, because you reach your no-decompression limit later; shorter surface intervals, because you off-gas less and are ready for the next dive sooner; and a bigger advantage the more you dive, which is why most divers notice it most on a two or three-dive day.

Many divers also report less fatigue after a day on nitrox.

It is worth being clear about what nitrox is not.

It is not a deep gas: the more oxygen in the mix, the shallower your maximum operating depth, around 110 feet on 32% and around 95 feet on 36%, and going past that risks oxygen toxicity.

Calculating that limit safely is the main thing this course teaches, and it is a knowledge-only certification you can complete without any dives.

More time underwater and less fatigue on multi-dive days, from a certification you can earn without a single training dive.

The PADI Enriched Air Nitrox course, or nitrox certification, extends your no-decompression limits and shortens surface intervals, the single best upgrade for anyone diving our two and three-tank days, the Cozumel trips, or a multi-day package. Knowledge-only, done fast, and it pairs with any of our certified dives. Nitrox fills available at $20 per tank.

Course Details: Enriched Air Nitrox

Duration: Classroom and eLearning, no dives required

What you earn: PADI Enriched Air Nitrox certification

What you gain:

• Longer no-decompression bottom times
• Shorter surface intervals and better repetitive diving
• Often less fatigue after multi-dive days

What's included:

• eLearning and an instructor session
• Certification

Prerequisites:

• PADI Open Water certification (or equivalent)

Add-ons available:

• Add Nitrox fills to your dives: $20 per tank

Turn your diving into a career. The PADI Divemaster course is the first professional step, giving you the leadership skills to supervise dive activities, assist instructors, and guide certified divers.

At a busy PADI 5-Star center you build that experience for real, guiding on Cancun reefs, Cozumel drifts, and cenote caverns, rather than sitting in a classroom. Typical duration is 12 to 20 days, depending on your pace.

You develop advanced dive theory, water skills and stamina to professional level, and leadership and problem-solving through real scenarios, while assisting on student courses alongside PADI instructors.

There are two ways to do it: the course itself, worked around your schedule, or an internship where you pay nothing for the training and instead work with us for the duration.

The internship takes longer but costs you nothing, so contact us to talk about whether it suits you.

It is the genuine first rung of a diving career, and the start of the PADI professional ladder.

Turn your diving into a career at a busy PADI 5-Star center, guiding real dives on the Cancun reefs, Cozumel drifts, and cenotes rather than sitting in a classroom.

The PADI Divemaster course is your first professional rating and the start of the pro ladder, and we offer a no-cost internship route where you train for free by working with us. Real experience, real mentoring, over 12 to 20 days at your pace. You will need your Rescue Diver certification and EFR first. Ask us about the internship.

Course Details: PADI Divemaster

Duration: About 12 to 20 days, depending on your pace

What you earn: PADI Divemaster, your first professional rating

What you will learn:

• Advanced dive theory and knowledge development
• Water skills and stamina to professional level
• Leadership and problem-solving scenarios
• Guiding real dives on Cancun reefs, Cozumel drifts, and cenotes
• Assisting on student courses alongside PADI instructors

Two ways to do it:

• The course, worked around your schedule
• The internship: pay nothing for training and work with us instead (takes longer, costs nothing). Ask us if it suits you

Prerequisites:

• PADI Rescue Diver (or equivalent) and current CPR and first aid (EFR)
• 40 logged dives to start training, 60 to certify

Note: The PADI Divemaster crew pack and application fees are not included.