Our PADI courses are designed to cater to all levels, from first-time divers to those looking to advance their skills. With personalized instruction in private or small groups, you'll learn to dive safely and confidently in Anguilla's pristine waters. Our experienced instructors are passionate about helping you discover the beauty beneath the surface, ensuring a fun and educational journey into the underwater world.
Whether you're taking your first breath underwater or pursuing advanced certifications, our PADI programs offer an immersive, hands-on experience. Explore Anguilla's vibrant coral reefs and marine life while gaining internationally recognized qualifications. Dive with confidence knowing you're supported by expert guides who are dedicated to your success and enjoyment.
Your PADI certification never expires; however, if you haven't been diving in a while, it's better to be over-prepared than risk a problem because you forget something important. For just a knowledge review, complete eLearning. To get comfortable in the water again, also schedule time with a dive professional.
Minimum Age: 10
Number of Dives: 1
Prerequisites: Certified Open Water Diver
The PADI ReActivate program is perfect if you have not been diving in a while and want a fun way to refresh your skills and check your buoyancy. You’ll need to have a credit card ready to pay PADI a fee (this includes the new ReActivated certification card you’ll receive after your training with Dive Friends).
The academic portion takes about 45 minutes to an hour and can be completed online with a tablet, mobile, or laptop. If you don’t have time to do this before your vacation, just relax on your beach chair and complete it on your tablet. After the academic portion is complete, contact us to arrange your in-water skill review. The cost includes a shallow guided dive.
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This is conducted in a calm body of water at our shop in Sandy Ground and also offered privately at our hotel or Villa pool. Designed for children as young as 8 yrs of age and up, to try scuba for the first time. They get to try the equipment on and swim around learning new skills while having tons of fun!
This course provides young divers with a certification to dive up to 40 feet under the supervision of an instructor. It includes the full PADI Open Water crew pack, covering academics (modules 1, 2, and 3), confined water training in our pool, and two open water dives. It can be upgraded later to the full PADI Open Water certification. No prior scuba experience is needed—just a child who’s 10 or older and comfortable in the water. The course can be completed in as little as two half days, with the PADI Discover Scuba dive counting as the first dive.!
Complete your PADI Junior Open Water certification in less than a week! Designed for ages 10-14, this course offers similar training to the standard Open Water Diver course, with depth limits: 40 ft for ages 10-12 and 60 ft for ages 12-14. Certified young divers can explore under the supervision of a certified adult. At age 15, the certification automatically upgrades to the full Open Water Diver without extra training. You'll do the online theory via eLearning, confined water training in one afternoon, and 4 ocean dives over two half days.
The PADI Adventure Diver course is perfect for certified divers looking to expand their skills and explore new dive experiences. This course allows you to choose three Adventure Dives, such as deep diving, underwater navigation, night diving, or wreck diving. Under the guidance of a PADI instructor, you'll enhance your diving abilities and gain more confidence in different environments. It's a great way to try out speciality dives and take your diving to the next level. Plus, it’s a step toward earning your Advanced Open Water certification!
Ever been out on a dive and thought, “What if…?”
This course develops a diver’s ability to look beyond themselves to the safety and well being of other divers. Providing the divers with skills to prevent and if necessary, manage dive emergencies. To begin this course, you must be a certified advance open water diver and have completed a recognized standard first aid with CPR course within the last 12 months.
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Have a fun experience learning how depth and pressure affect you and the environment with fun tools like an underwater light, demonstration items like puzzles on a slate, and pressure-affected items. To complete this certification, the diver must complete 3 deep dives.
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Learn how to find your way underwater with various techniques and tools available to modern divers. To complete this certification, the diver must complete 3 Navigation dives.
Learn using one of our dive computers how to conduct a safe multilevel dive. To complete this certification, the diver must complete a minimum of 2 dives.
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Learn how to identify and examine your underwater environment. To complete this certification, the diver must complete a minimum of 2 dives.
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Learn how to identify various fish and sea life. To complete this certification, the diver must complete a minimum of 2 dives.
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Underwater pictures are 50% skill and 50% practice. We can teach you the techniques, and you provide the practice.
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A great dive choice for those who prefer shore dives! Learn to use surface signals and lines, knives, reels, and floats. To complete this certification, the diver must complete a minimum of 2 dives.
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Learn how to get the most out of boat diving! This course will provide more in-depth knowledge about boats and particulars of boat diving, including the available safety equipment. To complete this certification, the diver must complete 2 boat dives.
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We have real fun using an underwater obstacle course to fine-tune your buoyancy over 2 dives.
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The PADI Search & Recovery course teaches you effective techniques to locate and retrieve lost items underwater. Whether you're searching for a small object or something larger, this course gives you the skills to plan and conduct search patterns using ropes, compasses, and lift bags, the diver must complete a minimum of 4 open water dives
Are You Prepared to Respond? An accident can happen anytime, anywhere. Whether it’s a burn, scrape, broken bone, or something even more serious, it’s important to know what steps to take. With first aid and CPR training from Emergency First Response® (EFR®), you’ll gain the knowledge and skills to help someone in need and become an essential link in the chain of survival. This course is split into three sections that deal with primary and secondary care, care for children, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
Knowing how and when to administer emergency oxygen is a valuable skill to have in a dive emergency. PADI® Emergency Oxygen Provider prepares you to offer aid and teaches you to recognize scuba diving injuries and illnesses requiring emergency oxygen. This is an excellent course for scuba divers, boat crew, lifeguards, freedivers, mermaids, or anyone who spends time in and around water. No age restrictions or water sessions are required.
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Don't miss a dive due to minor issues with your scuba diving equipment. Whether it's a missing o-ring, wetsuit tear, or a broken fin strap, the PADI Equipment Specialist course teaches you to manage basic repairs and adjustments. You'll also learn more about how your gear works, making you more comfortable with it and better prepared to take care of your investment.
The PADI Divemaster course is the first professional level in the PADI system, designed for divers looking to advance their skills and lead dive activities. You’ll learn to supervise dives, assist instructors, and manage dive sites through both theoretical and practical training. Gain valuable experience by working alongside instructors and conducting dive briefings. Upon completion, you'll be certified as a PADI Divemaster, ready to pursue a career in the dive industry.
The PADI Assistant Instructor course is for divers aspiring to become professional instructors. It enhances teaching skills, allowing you to assist PADI instructors and conduct training sessions independently.
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This course is ideal for dive professionals seeking to enhance their leadership and responsibility in the diving community.
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If you would prefer to explore on your own, we have a range of snorkelling equpiment for rental and purchase.
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