Open Water Diver Certification: Start Your Adventure

Obtaining your Open Water Diver certification marks the start of an exciting journey. As a certified diver, you will discover amazing dive locations, meet fascinating individuals, and embark on unique adventures. As you progress in your diving journey and gain experience through advanced courses, even more possibilities will become available.

Duration: 3 days
Cancellation: 24 hours
What's Included
  • Diving insurance
  • Use of SCUBA equipment
  • Online certification
  • Online theory
What's Not Included
  • Snacks
Additional Information
  • A diving medical certificate is required.
Location
Big Blue Diving Puerto Portals
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Explore45142157649
Oct 4, 2024
Open water diver - Last week, we had an amazing time diving in Mallorca with Big Blue Diving. Our instructor, Torsten, learned us the knowhow and skills required to become an open water diver in a very patient and safety-oriented fashion. We can only recommend Big Blue Diving to other people looking for their first diving experiences!! Big shoutout to the rest of the crew who helped us a lot as well!
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Nostuhy
Aug 1, 2024
Best Scuba Certification in Mallorca - My best friend, his father, and I all got certified effortlessly and smoothly thanks to our amazing instructor Antonia (Toni). 10/10 experience/views 100% recommend this dive shop!
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960nikor
Jul 25, 2024
Best diving school! - Only recommended! It was the best decision to do our Open Water Diver course with Big Blue Diving. The owners and instructors are super friendly, helpful and excited to pass on their love of diving.
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Timso6911cb
Apr 13, 2024
Diving course in Palma Nova - My son and I took the PADI Open Water diver course at the beginning of April with Big Blue Diving. We had a fantastic time. Being Spring the water was cool but we were given all the kit we needed, so it was not a problem. The course was challenging at times and largely based on safety procedures, rather than fun, fun, fun but that was fine as the whole point was to make us safe divers. Ursula, Udo and the rest of the team were extremely helpful and made the dives very enjoyable as well - we saw two octopus on the first day alone. More importantly to me, as a novice diver, they were extremely well organised and above all safe. Thanks for a great few days diving.
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Tschubidu
Oct 14, 2023
Top-notch all-rounder support - Dear Big Blue Diving Team, Many thanks for the great diving experience with you! From the first contact everything went great, quick response, always professional, prompt and reliable. This great impression continued on site - we had booked various courses (including OWD) and always felt very well looked after - especially the OWD with Ursi, who with the patience of an angel was able to teach even complete beginners everything important in a wonderfully relaxed manner and convey the material in a way that was easy to understand. We will definitely be back and are already looking forward to our next diving adventure with you! 😃🤿
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Dikshitashukla
Jul 29, 2023
Excellent! - Excellent. Safety was great, staff is amazing and friendly - Udo and Adrienne were super helpful while organising everything and my instructors were excellent. Highly recommend.
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Stevenmv5
Jul 22, 2023
An incredible experience - A great experience with great professionals. highly recommended. One of the best centers in Mallorca to learn to dive!
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K2068quvictort
Jun 10, 2023
Awesome - Did my PADI Open Water over 3 days. Everyone was extremely friendly. My Instructor was great and patient. She explained everything in detail and was great fun. 10/10
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Joelund
Aug 11, 2023
Comme ci comme ca - Our instructor Juan was very helpful, professional and responsible. The organisation in general was rather ineffective, we had quite a lot of waiting time.
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Nomad02469940057
Aug 2, 2025
Avoid this diving school – worst experience of our trip - We joined Big Blue Diving for an SSI scuba course and it completely ruined our holiday. Our instructor, Nicholas, was unprofessional, unsupportive, and lacked basic communication skills. • Poor communication: His English was weak, making it hard to understand essential safety instructions. We often felt unsafe and confused. • Zero support for beginners: No encouragement at all; he even told me I “shouldn’t take the course” because I was afraid of diving in the sea — extremely discouraging for first-time divers. • Neglect underwater: No guidance on posture or technique, didn’t point out any marine life, and even left my boyfriend unattended when he snorkeled after his dive. • Safety & equipment issues: We weren’t given long-sleeve wetsuits (ended up with scratches) and were poorly briefed on preparations and post-dive rules (like flying restrictions). • Overall impact: The experience was so negative I now never want to dive again. Other instructors we saw (Ruben, Nici, Anastasia) were professional and kind — but sadly, we were not assigned to them. Based on my experience, I cannot recommend Big Blue Diving and urge others to look elsewhere for their safety and enjoyment.
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