Bocas Dive Center

Bocas Dive Center is the only 5-star PADI IDC center in Bocas Del Toro, Panama — a five-star dive academy where a team of 8 PADI Instructors runs the full range of PADI core courses and programs across two languages, English and Spanish.

Courses and dives for every level

With 27 courses and activities on offer, this is a place to start from scratch or build on what you know. Try Discover Scuba Diving, step up to PADI Advanced Open Water Diver, sharpen your skills with PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy or PADI Fish Identification, or venture out after dark on the PADI Night Diver course. Half-day trips and multi-day packs — including 10 dives across five two-tank trips — keep divers busy.

The waterfront base comes with an onsite classroom, air conditioning, free Wi-Fi, a dive boat, food and drinks, onsite accommodation and a house reef right on the doorstep. Local dive sites such as Hospital Point, Manuel's Wall, Casablanca and Barco Viejo bring the chance of sharks, rays, turtles, eels, molluscs, corals and more.