PADI diving courses and specialties

Choose Your Training Level

• 🟢 You are a beginner: Have zero experience? Earn your international, lifelong Open Water Diver license in just 2 days. If short of time, you can start with Scuba Diver course that is a reduced version of Open Water Diver course.

• 🔵 You are continuing education: Already certified? Expand your depth limits to 30 meters with the Advanced Open Water course, or master the crucial safety skills of a Rescue Diver.

• ⚡ PADI Specialties: Focus on what fascinates you most. Become a specialist in Deep Diving (40m), Enriched Air Nitrox, or Wreck Exploration.

• 👑 Go Professional: Turn your passion into a global career with our intensive PADI Divemaster courses and professional internships.

💻 Save Holiday Time with PADI eLearning: Don't waste your precious vacation hours sitting in a classroom. For all our certification courses, you can complete your theory online at home, at your own pace, before you even pack your bags. When you arrive in Tenerife, we skip the books and jump straight into the ocean!

The most popular scuba course in the world! This course transforms you into a fully certified, independent diver capable of diving anywhere on the planet.

⏱️ Duration: 2 days (4 ocean training dives)

🌊 Max Depth: 18 meters (12m for kids aged 10-11)

🎂 Minimum Age: 10 years old

To view complete details about Open Water Diver course with Diving Atlantis, follow this link to PADI Open Water Diver course.

Want to get certified but don't want to spend three full days of your vacation studying? The Scuba Diver course is a shortcut to certification.

⏱️ Duration: 1 day (2 ocean training dives)

🌊 Max Depth: 12 meters

🎂 Minimum Age: 10 years old

To view complete details about Scuba Diver course with Diving Atlantis, follow this link to PADI Scuba Diver course.

Ready to take your diving to the next level? You don't need to be an "advanced" diver to take this course—it is designed to advance your diving skills right after completing your Open Water certification. Through 5 specialized adventure dives, you will build confidence, fine-tune your buoyancy, and unlock new depths under the direct guidance of our instructors.

⏱️ Duration: 2-3 days (5 ocean training dives)

🌊 Max Depth: 30 meters

🎂 Minimum Age: 12 years old

📋 Prerequisite: PADI Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another agency)

💡 Special Offer: Get exclusive discounts when you combine your AOWD course with Nitrox, Night or Deep Diver specialties.

To view complete details about AOWD course with Diving Atlantis, follow this link to PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course.

The EFR course is a comprehensive, hands-on first aid and CPR program that gives you the confidence to respond effectively when someone needs help.

⏱️ Duration: 1 day (dry classroom setting—no diving required)

🎂 Minimum Age: None (open to divers and non-divers alike!)

📋 Prerequisite: None (anyone can join)

To view complete details about EFR course with Diving Atlantis, follow this link to PADI Emergency First Response course.

Ask any passionate scuba diver, and they will tell you the Rescue Diver course is the most challenging, rewarding, and fun course they have ever taken.

⏱️ Duration: 2 to 3 days

🎂 Minimum Age: 12 years old

📋 Prerequisite: PADI Advanced Open Water Diver and a valid First Aid/CPR certification (like EFR) within the past 24 months.

To view complete details about Rescue course with Diving Atlantis, follow this link to PADI Rescue Diver course.

Ready to make the ocean your office? The PADI Divemaster course is your very first step into the professional world of scuba diving. This program transforms you from a recreational diver into a respected marine leader and mentor.

⏱️ Duration: 2 to 3 weeks (Intensive) or 1 to 2 months (Internship)

🎂 Minimum Age: 18 years old

📋 Prerequisite: PADI Rescue Diver certification (or equivalent), a valid EFR certificate within 24 months, and a minimum of 40 logged dives to start.

Read detailed information about our program here: PADI DIVEMASTER COURSE IN TENERIFE WITH DIVING ATLANTIS

Once you have the basics down, specialty courses allow you to customize your diving journey based on your personal interests. Choose your path and become a master of your favorite underwater activities!

Welcome to the most popular PADI specialty on the planet! Scuba diving with Enriched Air Nitrox means you are breathing a gas blend with a higher percentage of oxygen and a lower percentage of nitrogen.

⏱️ Duration: 1 day (dry classroom/beach application—combined with 2 ocean dives)

🎂 Minimum Age: 12 years old

📋 Prerequisite: PADI Open Water Diver (or equivalent)

To view complete details about Enriched Air Diver course with Diving Atlantis, follow this link to PADI Nitrox Diver.

There is something incredibly mysterious and alluring about the deep ocean. Deep volcanic walls, hidden caverns, and unique marine life that never ventures into the shallows all wait below the 30-meter mark. The PADI Deep Diver course expands your boundaries by legally and safely extending your maximum recreational depth limit to the absolute limit: 40 meters.

⏱️ Duration: 2 days (4 deep ocean training dives)

🌊 Max Depth: 40 meters

🎂 Minimum Age: 15 years old

📋 Prerequisite: PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or equivalent)

To view complete details about Deep Diver course with Diving Atlantis, follow this link to PADI Deep Diver.

Whether sunk intentionally to create an artificial reef or lost to history through a tragic accident, shipwrecks are irresistible windows into the past. They also serve as massive artificial reefs, attracting giant schools of fish, rays, and unique marine predators. The PADI Wreck Diver course teaches you the specialized skills and safety protocols needed to confidently explore these underwater time capsules.

⏱️ Duration: 2 days (4 ocean training dives)

🎂 Minimum Age: 15 years old

📋 Prerequisite: PADI Adventure Diver or Advanced Open Water Diver (or equivalent)

To view complete details about Wreck Diver course with Diving Atlantis, follow this link to PADI Wreck Diver

When the sun goes down, a completely different world wakes up beneath the surface. Creatures that hide during the day—like octopuses, cuttlefish, moray eels, and large rays—come out to hunt, while the vibrant colors of the reef are beautifully illuminated by the beam of your dive light. The PADI Night Diver course teaches you how to comfortably step into the dark and experience the thrill of the ocean at night.

⏱️ Duration: 3 night dives

🎂 Minimum Age: 12 years old

📋 Prerequisite: PADI Open Water Diver (or equivalent)

To view complete details about Night Diver course with Diving Atlantis, follow this link to PADI Night Diver.

If you want to experience the absolute thrill of underwater flight, the DPV (Underwater Scooter) course is exactly what you are looking for. Moving with a scooter completely changes the game—it allows you to cover three times the distance of a normal dive, use significantly less energy, and maximize your air consumption.

⏱️ Duration: 1 day (2 open-water training dives)

🎂 Minimum Age: 12 years old

📋 Prerequisite: PADI Open Water Diver (or equivalent)

To view complete details about DPV Diver course with Diving Atlantis, follow this link to PADI DPV Diver.

The PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy course teaches you the specialized skills and weight-tuning protocols needed to confidently achieve neutral buoyancy and hover like a pro. It also serves as your best tool for marine conservation, protecting fragile underwater environments from accidental contact while keeping you perfectly stable for underwater photography.

Duration: 1 day (2 ocean training dives)

Minimum Age: 10 years old

Prerequisite: PADI Open Water Diver (or equivalent)

To view complete details about Peak Performance Buoyancy course with Diving Atlantis, follow this link to PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy.