You have always had doubts about how to start diving, because in this post we are going to explain the steps to follow. Diving is an activity that every year has more divers around the world. Scuba diving is a very safe activity and suitable for everyone, so keep reading our post on how to start diving and discover the best path.

First we are going to talk a little about the history of diving. Since ancient times humanity has wanted to dive into the depths of the oceans, rivers and lakes to explore, fish, recover treasures... but it was not until the s. XX when the technology available to divers evolved and began its progressive implementation as a leisure activity. A name that will surely ring a bell is that of Jacques-Yves Cousteau and the engineer Emile Gagnan who worked for the evolution of technology and safety in diving and its dissemination.

But, how to start diving without any previous experience?

Discover Scuba Dive. In Spain it is known as the baptism of diving. It is an initiation activity in diving. It is suitable for all people who want to start diving and can be done from 10 years old. Tossa de Mar, the town where we have our diving center, is ideal for baptism diving. We will enter from the beach and we will immerse ourselves at your own pace, in this way you can get used to the new medium in a progressive way. In addition Tossa de Mar is full of marine fauna, during our diving baptisms we can see: octopus, cuttlefish, bream, many moray eels, anglerfish, etc. If you want to know more you can contact us or visit our informative page about diving baptisms.

PADI Scuba Diver. Course that allows us to dive with a guide up to 12m deep anywhere in the world. It is a course that lasts approximately a couple of days and where we will practice and learn aquatic skills exercises, theory and lots of fun. To find out more, contact us or visit the PADI Scuba Diver page on our website.

Open Water PADI Diver. This is surely the most famous diving course in the world. It is an initiation course that allows you to dive anywhere in the world to a depth of 18 meters anywhere in the world and independently. It is a complete course where diving theory, aquatic skills in confined waters and aquatic skills in the open sea are covered. Tossa de Mar offers us several dives with different levels to be able to progress within the course and that all those who want to start diving do so in a fun and safe way with quality training. In our course we will talk about buoyancy, trim, propulsion techniques and how to be a responsible diver. Do not hesitate and start your initiation diving course today.

All our courses are certified under PADI standards. PADI is the largest diving certifier in the world and recognized in all countries. This means that your card will be valid in any diving center in the world. In addition, its constant internal quality evaluations of the courses ensure a safe and professional training. At our center we like to go a little further and, as we know the importance of initiation courses for those who want to learn to dive, we put a lot of effort into working on the buoyancy and trim of new divers. These efforts will be rewarded with greater safety and control on your subsequent dives.

If you have come this far, there is only one more step left and book your initiation diving course to start diving today. The theoretical part can be done online, which gives you a lot of flexibility and adaptation to your schedule. As a bonus we give you a theoretical class in the center where we will talk about decompression procedures, decompression illnesses and good diving practices. Although all this may seem strange and complicated to you now, you will see that after learning to dive with one of our diving courses it will be easy for you to understand and learn.

Do not hesitate and book your PADI diving course right now.