Madeira Ponta Sao Lourenco Scuba Diving for Beginners
Overview
Learn the basics of scuba diving during a lesson with an expert instructor
Get comfortable with the practice during trial dives in shallow water
Discover the ocean during an amazing dive surrounded by coloured fish
Receive a certificate of participation at the end of your diving adventure
What's Included
- Use of SCUBA equipment
- Personal Expenses
Meeting Location
9200-044 Caniçal
Portugal
Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
What To Expect
Your scuba diving adventure will begin with a short theory lesson about the practice of diving before doing your first trial in shallow water.
Once you feel comfortable and know how to handle the equipment, you’ll be ready for the real deal. Your diving instructor will take you for a dive out in the sea to explore the spectacular underwater world of our private reef in the Ponta de São Lourenço Protected Area at a maximum depth of 12 meters!!!
Our great location offers easy access to our private reef, just a few steps away from our dive shop. This is a great and lovely dive, interesting for beginners and experienced divers to start discovering Madeira's waters. Encounters with octopuses, parrot fish, young groupers, garden eels, trumpet fish, rays, cuttlefish, sea horses and moray eels are all common.
At the end of the tour, you’ll receive a certificate of participation to make your next underwater adventure an absolute breeze.
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- You need to know how to swim
- Do not fly in the 12 hours after the activity
- For your safety, all participants complete a short PADI medical questionnaire before diving. If you have any medical conditions or take medication, we recommend checking the form before booking: https://learning.padi.com/dsd?store_number=29788
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 4 travelers
Frequently Asked Questions (8)
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Frequently Asked Questions (8)
The answers provided below were previously given in response to questions from City Balloon Tours customers.
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- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (WET).
- Use of SCUBA equipment.
- Personal Expenses.
This tour requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
Apr 2025The minimum age to participate is 12..
Apr 2025If a date or time is not listed on the calendar, it’s sold out or unavailable for another reason. Support cannot assist further if a date or time is not on the calendar.
If you find a date and time that works for you, book it NOW because things always sell out at this time of year.
Apr 2025Accessibility information for the Madeira Ponta Sao Lourenco Scuba Diving for Beginners is as follows:
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- You need to know how to swim
- Do not fly in the 12 hours after the activity
- For your safety, all participants complete a short PADI medical questionnaire before diving. If you have any medical conditions or take medication, we recommend checking the form before booking: https://learning.padi.com/dsd?store_number=29788
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Detailed check-in instructions – including meeting point address, Google map, and parking information – for Madeira Ponta Sao Lourenco Scuba Diving for Beginners will be included in your confirmation email from City Balloon Tours. Please be sure to double and triple check your email address is correct at checkout so this important email makes its way to you!
Mar 2024Once your refund is processed, it usually shows on your card statement within 5–10 business days. The exact timing depends on your bank or card issuer.
Want it sooner? When you cancel, choose Receive a refund to my wallet instead. The credit is in your Wallet straight away and is applied automatically at checkout on your next booking when you’re signed in with the same email. You can see your balance any time in My Wallet.
If you paid part of your booking with Wallet credit, that part always goes back to your Wallet. Trip protection isn’t refundable.
Oct 2026What's Included
- Use of SCUBA equipment
- Personal Expenses
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- You need to know how to swim
- Do not fly in the 12 hours after the activity
- For your safety, all participants complete a short PADI medical questionnaire before diving. If you have any medical conditions or take medication, we recommend checking the form before booking: https://learning.padi.com/dsd?store_number=29788
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 4 travelers
