There is no better way to discover scuba than with the professional team of Cabo Adventures' PADI 5-Star Dive Center. Don't miss out and enjoy your vacation to the fullest!
Are you a beginner scuba diver looking to experience the best diving locations near Cabo San Lucas? Join us on our PADI Discover Scuba Diving excursion where you’ll learn the basics of scuba diving and then get to put those skills to the test while visiting Cabo’s best beginner diving locations: Pelican Rock and the North Wall.
Your day begins at our Cabo Adventures' PADI 5-Star Dive Center where you’ll receive a safety brief from our certified dive instructors and then get to practice in a shallow dive pool. Once you feel ready to take on the ocean, we’ll hop aboard a scuba boat and head towards the dive site that will take you 20-40 feet below the surface.
Underwater you’ll get to swim next to huge boulders and witness an abundance of sea life including octopus, pufferfish, stingrays, and more. Don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity to learn how to scuba dive and experience the best diving locations in Cabo.
Note: June to December offer the greatest visibility, warmest water and longest periods of calm weather. Visibility can exceed 100 feet, and the temperature averages between 78°F and 85°F.
What to expect of a PADI Discover Scuba Diving experience in Sea of Cortez
- Join certified dive instructors for a short orientation
- Test your skills and gain some confidence in shallow water
- Once you're ready, be taken up to 20-40 feet below the surface
- Encounter schooling fish and brilliant coral formations indigenous to the Sea of Cortez
Enjoy your First Scuba Diving excursion
In this dive, we'll swim next to huge boulders covered with sea fans, sponges, tropical fish, eels, guitarfish, seahorses, scorpion stonefish, octopus, pufferfish, sometimes stingrays and mobule rays as well as turtles passing by.
There is no better way to discover scuba than with the professional team of Cabo Adventures' PADI Five Star Dive Center. Don't miss out and enjoy your vacation to the fullest!
Trip details:
- Dives: 1
- Boat: 46" Newton Special
- Water Temp: 25-30°C / 77-86°F
- Average Visibility: 12 m / 39 ft
- Depth: 9-15 mts / 30-50 ft
- Scuba diving equipment fee: $40 USD
- Minimum age: 10 years old
- Maximum age: 60 years old
- Maximum weight: 265 lbs (120 kg)
- The entrance dock fee is $2 USD per person. Please note that this fee is not included and should be paid at check-in.
- Expecting mothers are restricted
- Based on PADI’s flying after diving recommendations, beginner divers shouldn’t fly within 12 hours after a dive
- Guests with respiratory, cardiovascular or ear problems are restricted
- Avoid being under the influence of alcohol or drugs while diving
- Good mental and physical conditions are required
- An acknowledgment of risk will need to be signed before participation
- All divers will be asked to complete a medical clearance questionnaire
- Add round trip transportation in an air-conditioned van from most hotels in Cabo San Lucas and San José del Cabo. Call us at +1-800-916 8734 or email us to book this service
- If you are traveling on a cruise ship, please contact us before booking to reconfirm your tour and to ensure that due to the times in port, that we can accommodate your reservation.
Sign up for your class here!
Taking a scuba diving tour in the Sea of Cortes is an unforgettable experience that’s beginner-friendly and relaxing for more advanced divers.
A PADI-certified Dive Instructor will give you a brief introduction to scuba and shallow-water training before taking you up to 40 feet below the surface to swim among schooling fish and brilliant coral formations.
You’ll see seafans and sponges, fish and eels, seahorses, rays and more. If you’re lucky, you might even see one of the five species of sea turtles that call the Sea of Cortes home!
Available for purchase
- Photos
- Souvenirs
- Round-trip transportation
- Towels
- Private tour available