Abyss Dive Center

PADI Certification Courses

PADI SCUBA Diver Course

This course is made to fit the needs of the holiday diver! It can be finished within two days and qualifies you to dive to 12m with a certified professional guide. This certification lasts for a lifetime and can be upgraded later to Open Water Diver. To save half a day from the course you can complete the PADI elearning session for the SCUBA Diver course at home - click here for more information about this course and click here to sign up for eLearning.

 PADI Open Water Diver Course
This course will give you all the training, in water skills and knowledge, needed to be a self-reliant diver. Once certified you can join your local club or just explore dive sites with your buddy. It takes us 3 and a half days to complete the training including four fun open water dives. The course is designed to progress slowly, starting from chest level depth down to 18m. To save one day from the course you can complete the PADI elearning session for the Open Water Diver course at home - click here for more information about this course and click here to sign up for elearning.

PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course
This fun course requires minimum theory sessions, it is based on advancing the knowledge and skills of the Open Water Diver through five dives with a different focus on each. You must complete one dive focusing on underwater navigation skills and one deep dive, for the other three dives of the course you can choose from a wide selection of specialty dives - boat diving, night diving, wreck diving, underwater naturalist, underwater propulsion vehicle, underwater photography and many more! Ice diving is not an option in Cyprus! Here you can complete the PADI elearning session for the Advanced Open Water Diver course at home - click here for more information about this course and click here to sign up for elearning.

Emergency First Response Courses

Learn how to help a friend in need or even how to save a life. There is a big list for EFR courses according to the needs of each person - a simple CPR course can be finished in half a day but in just two days you can be certified for CPR, First Aid, Care for Children, defibrillator use, First Aid at work and other lifesaving skills. You don't need to be a diver to follow one of these courses. Click here for more information.

Emergency First Response Instructor Course

After completing an EFR course you can continue to become an EFR instructor. At Abyss we offer the opportunity for the EFR instructor course - with a need for EFR courses in almost every job in Europe today the EFR instructor course is a real career opportunity. Click here for more information.

PADI Specialties

At Abyss we offer a wide range of specialties to help broaden your diving knowledge and skills! Specialties on offer include Digital Underwater Photography, Emergency Oxygen Provider, Boat Diving, Diver Propulsion Vehicle, Equipment Specialist, Wreck Diver, AWARE Coral Reef Conservation Diver, Underwater Videographer Diver, Enriched Air Diver, Deep Diver, Night Diver, Search & Recovery Diver, Project Aware Diver, Peak Performance Buoyancy.

PADI Rescue Diver Course

Sign up to the most rewarding diving course you will ever do! The Rescue Diver course is challenging but by the end you will be filled with confidence in your new found skills. In three days learn how to react to scenarios including panicked diver, unconcious diver and missing diver as well as how to administer rescue breaths to a non-breathing diver in the water. Here you can complete the PADI elearning session for the Rescue Diver course at home - click here for more information about this course and click here to sign up for elearning.

PADI Divemaster

Become a diving professional and make diving into a career with the PADI Divemaster course. Work alongside our instructors to learn the skills and knowledge needed to be a pro! At Abyss we offer Divemaster internships that give you a taste of life as a Divemaster as well as all the knowledge and skills required. To find out more visit our internships page or visit the PADI website.

PADI Assistant Instructor

Take the first step to becoming a PADI Instructor with the Assistant Instructor course. This course takes 3-4 days to complete, in that time you will learn PADI standards for teaching courses, risk management and how to use the PADI system effectively. Cut down on your time in the classroom by studying for your Assistant Instructor online via PADI elearning - click here to sign up for elearning. For more information about the Assistant Instructor course click here.