Scuba Diving Courses in Roatan
Start your scuba training or take your skills further with personalized scuba diving courses in Roatan. Small groups, flexible scheduling, equipment, digital learning materials and certification are included. PADI training is also available on request.
Choose Your Scuba Diving Course in Roatan
Start with your first certification or continue your training with an advanced course or specialty. All courses are taught in small groups with personalized instructor support.
Main Certifications
Open Water Diver
$410
Become a certified diver with the complete beginner course that combines online theory, confined-water training and open water dives.
Advanced Open Water Diver
$400
Build confidence and expand your diving experience through five adventure dives. Deep diving, navigation and specialty skills.
Specialties
Enriched Air Nitrox
$130
Learn how to use enriched air safely, extend your no-deco limits and become more confident planning dives with Nitrox.
Deep Diving Specialty
$300
Learn to plan and manage deeper dives safely while improving gas awareness, computer use and confidence at greater depths.
Perfect Buoyancy Specialty
$200
Improve buoyancy control, trim and movement underwater while becoming more relaxed, efficient and precise throughout your dives.
Open Water Diver
Your Open Water Diver course is the first step toward becoming a certified scuba diver. First, you'll complete the online theory at your own pace. Then, you'll practice essential skills in confined water before exploring Roatan's reefs during four open-water training dives.
With personalized instruction and small groups, you'll build confidence underwater. Before starting your practical training, you'll also need to complete a medical questionnaire. Depending on your answers, medical clearance may be required.
What You’ll Learn
Learn to use scuba equipment, plan dives and communicate underwater. Through confined-water practice and four open-water training dives, you'll develop buoyancy control, essential safety skills and basic underwater navigation.
What You’ll Achieve
Earn your internationally recognized SSI Open Water Diver certification and gain the confidence to explore the underwater world with a certified buddy. As a result, you'll be qualified to dive within your certification limits, 18 m (60 ft) for adults.
Duration
Typically 3 water-training days after online theory
Minimum age
10 years old
Prerequisites
Basic swimming skills; no previous certification
Advanced Open Water Diver
Take your diving skills further with five instructor-led adventure dives designed to build confidence and experience in different underwater environments.
During the course, you'll explore deep diving and underwater navigation. Then, you'll choose three additional adventure dives based on your interests, such as wreck diving, buoyancy, drift diving or coral identification. Throughout the training, your instructor will help you refine your skills and adapt to new diving conditions.
What You’ll Learn
Develop your dive planning, navigation and buoyancy skills while gaining experience in different underwater conditions. Through five guided adventure dives, you'll also learn techniques related to your chosen specialties and improve your underwater confidence.
What You’ll Achieve
Complete five adventure dives and earn your advanced-level certification. As a result, you'll gain experience in new diving environments and build a stronger foundation for future specialty training. Your permitted diving depth will depend on your age, training and certification limits.
Duration
Typically 2 training days
Minimum age
12 years old
Prerequisites
Open Water Diver certification
Enriched Air Nitrox
Learn how to dive with enriched air Nitrox and better understand its advantages and limitations. By using a gas mixture with more oxygen than regular air, you may extend your no-decompression limits on certain dives.
During this specialty course, you'll discover how oxygen exposure affects dive planning. You'll also learn to analyze your gas mixture and use Nitrox safely within your training limits.
What You’ll Learn
Understand the benefits and risks of enriched air Nitrox, including oxygen exposure and maximum operating depth. In addition, you'll practice analyzing your cylinder's oxygen content, setting your dive computer and planning dives with the appropriate gas mixture.
What You'll Achieve
Earn your SSI Enriched Air Nitrox certification and gain the knowledge to use enriched air within the oxygen limits covered by your training. As a result, you'll have more flexibility when planning certain repetitive or multiday diving activities.
Duration
1 Day
Minimum age
10 years old
Prerequisites
Open Water Diver certification; no training dives required
Deep Diving Specialty
Explore deeper underwater environments while developing the skills needed to plan and conduct recreational deep dives safely. The SSI Deep Diving Specialty introduces you to the challenges of greater depths, from increased gas consumption to nitrogen narcosis and shorter no-decompression limits.
During three training dives, you'll practice deep-diving procedures under instructor supervision. As a result, you'll gain greater confidence in managing the conditions and responsibilities associated with deeper diving.
What You’ll Learn
Learn to plan deeper dives while managing gas consumption, nitrogen narcosis and no-decompression limits. In addition, you'll practice depth monitoring, emergency procedures and controlled ascents, with particular attention to safe recreational deep-diving techniques.
What You'll Achieve
Earn your SSI Deep Diving Specialty certification and develop the skills to plan recreational dives at greater depths. After completing the required training, you'll be qualified to dive within your certification limits, up to 40 m (130 ft) for eligible adult divers.
Duration
Typically 2 days
Minimum age
15 years old
Prerequisites
Open Water Diver certification; 3 training dives
Perfect Buoyancy Specialty
Improve your buoyancy control and enjoy a more relaxed, efficient diving experience. The SSI Perfect Buoyancy Specialty helps you refine your positioning, reduce unnecessary movement and manage your breathing underwater.
During two practical training sessions, you'll work on achieving neutral buoyancy and maintaining better trim. As a result, you'll move more comfortably through the water while reducing accidental contact with the reef.
What You’ll Learn
Practice proper weighting, breathing techniques and fine adjustments to your buoyancy. In addition, you'll develop better body positioning, trim and finning techniques to improve control, conserve energy and move more efficiently underwater.
What You'll Achieve
Earn your SSI Perfect Buoyancy Specialty certification and develop greater confidence and control underwater. With improved buoyancy and trim, you'll be better prepared to explore delicate reef environments while minimizing your impact on marine life.
Duration
2 training sessions, typically over 2 days
Minimum age
10 years old
Prerequisites
Open Water Diver certification
What’s Included
Everything you need for your training is included, so you can focus on learning and enjoying the course.
Training
Digital learning materials, professional instruction and certification fees
Equipment
All required scuba equipment, including a dive computer
Comfort & Logistics
Water, snacks and pickup from West Bay, West End and Sandy Bay
Medical & Booking Information
Medical
- A medical questionnaire is required for all courses
- If your answers require medical clearance, approval from a doctor is needed before training
Booking
- A 50% deposit is required to reserve your course
- The remaining balance is paid after the activity
Cancellation & Conditions
- Deposit refundable at least 1 month before the activity
- Late cancellations/no-shows: deposit non-refundable
- Unsafe conditions: we reschedule or cancel; if we cancel, the deposit is refunded
Frequently Asked Questions
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