Dive Academy Santa Pola

Set on the waterfront in the beautiful city of Santa Pola in Alicante, Spain, Dive Academy Santa Pola is a PADI 5 Star IDC center with a team of 10 PADI instructors. It's a place built for divers of every level, from first-timers trying a discover scuba experience to those chasing their next professional rating.

Courses and diving

Alongside daily fun dives and snorkelling tours, the center runs the full PADI training ladder — Open Water, Advanced Open Water, Rescue Diver, Divemaster and Instructor courses — plus specialties such as wreck and deep diving. The PADI Enriched Air Diver course starts from USD 149 over roughly one day, while the PADI Open Water Diver course runs from USD 527 across about three days.

Many of the dive sites sit around Tabarca Island and along the Costa Blanca coast, with further diving offered in spots like La Marina, Guardamar, Torrevieja and Rojales. Facilities include an onsite classroom, a dive boat, a retail shop, free Wi-Fi and parking, and the team works in English, Spanish and French.