PADI Certifications
Open Water
The PADI Open Water Diver and Junior Open Water Diver Certifications are recognized worldwide so your diving experiences will be truly limitless. Millions of people have learned to scuba dive and gone on to discover the wonders of the aquatic world through this course. Your underwater journey starts here.
Advanced Open Water
You can begin your PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course right after earning your Open Water diver certification. This course will take your diving to new depths by enhancing your dive skills and giving you the confidence to explore more of the underwater world.
Rescue
Scuba divers describe the PADI Rescue Diver course as the most challenging, yet most rewarding course they’ve ever taken. Learn to prevent and manage problems in the water and become more confident in your skills as a diver, knowing that you can help others if needed.
PADI Specialties
The World is Your Oyster. For every pearl of wisdom you gain in a Specialty Program, the Underwater world becomes more accessible. Getting the pearl requires the oyster to be opened. Be open, and Malibu Divers can take you there
Master Scuba Diver
Become a PADI Master Scuba Diver (MSD) and join the best of the best in recreational scuba diving. A MSD rating is proof that you've invested significant time in your diver training in order to maximize your ability for underwater adventure and it places you among an elite group of which fewer than two percent of divers ever reach.
Teach Diving
As a PADI Professional, you can live a life of which others only dream. Whether you work in a local dive shop, at a resort or on a liveaboard dive boat, you'll be one of the special few who work doing what they love.
Malibu Divers Programs
Scout BSA SCUBA
Boy Scouts of America
For over 20 years, Malibu Divers has been the exclusive provider for Scuba, snorkeling, CPR programs and diving experiences to Scouts during the BSA Summer Camp. From introductory SCUBA for non-divers to Pro programs and everything in between and new programs every year.
Kids
Have you ever considered having your child SCUBA certified?
When children become SCUBA divers, they have life long advantages. By the age of 10, children are eligible for SCUBA lessons and to be certified as Junior Open Water Divers. At the age of 15, teens upgrade their certification to that of PADI Open Water Diver.
Santa Catalina Island
Santa Catalina, one of California’s Channel Islands, lies southwest of Los Angeles. It's known for its wildlife, dive sites and Mt. Orizaba, its highest peak. The resort town of Two Harbors lies to the north. To the south, in the city of Avalon, palm trees and cabanas line Descanso Beach. Avalon’s circular, art deco Catalina Casino is a cultural center with a movie theater, ballroom and museum.
Certification
Freediving Training
Freediving or breath-hold diving is a type of advanced snorkeling, skin-diving and water adventure that allows you to experience the sights, sounds, and challenges of the most natural of underwater experiences.
PADI & DAN
Emergency Care
Most emergency responders know the basics but are reluctant to act. Our courses offer world-class CPR, First Aid, AED and Oxygen training on the latest techniques and information on emergency care. It will not only give you valuable skills, but because they're OSHA compliant they can help you meet the requirements of your job.
Channel Islands
Dive Boat Trip
Don't miss signing up for the most popular dive boat for some of the best diving of the season. Jacuzzi on board!
Special Promotion on Enriched Air (Nitrox) Specialty, don't miss it.
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about
Malibu Divers
It's a team of more than 20 people who are working around the clock in the water and out to make Malibu Divers the best freediving and scuba diving company in the world.
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