Bubble Tank

Tucked away in Seogwipo on South Korea's Jeju coast, Bubble Tank is a PADI 5 Star IDC Resort built around a simple promise: a safety-first education policy delivered by a team of five PADI instructors. The center pitches itself to divers who are ready to enjoy the sea — active, dynamic, and looking for an experience to remember.

Courses and dive sites

New divers can start with the Open Water Diver course, which runs from USD 406 over roughly two days. From its waterfront base, the school dives a cluster of local sites including Tiger Island, 섶섬 작은한개창, 숲섬 and 문섬, where the marine life on offer ranges from sharks, whales and turtles to ocean fish, molluscs and crustaceans, corals, anemones, eels and echinoderms.

The setup is well suited to learners and travelling divers alike: there's an onsite training pool and classroom, a house reef and a dive boat, plus air conditioning, free Wi-Fi and parking. Air fills, nitrox and trimix are available, along with full equipment rental, and the team works in both English and Korean.