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Scuba Diving near Portorož
The best locations for scuba diving near Portorož are Vrsar, Rovinj and Pula city. In the area of Portorož you can find even more scuba diving locations. Vrsar is the closest scuba diving location and is 66 km away from Portorož. You can reach it in about 54 min by car.
Vrsar66 km from Portorož (54 min by car)10Customer recommendations12Scuba diving offersVrsar: Popular Scuba Dives
Guided Dive from Vrsar for Certified Divers"Cleanliness perfect Equipment impeccable nice team "Mohamed Amine , July 23, 2022From 38€ / day (3hrs)
Guided Dives to Koversada for Certified DiversIf you like adventures, this is the place for you! This dive site offers two steep walls, which show a particularly species-rich flora and fauna. At 16 m a small wreck awaits you where sometimes the bizarre John Dory can be found. Dive Area The Koversada dive site is only 3 minutes drive with our bus from our centre. Underwater you can see sea needles, lobsters, congers, fork beards as well as numerous shoals of fish and antlers sponges. Colourful nudibranchs and a small wreck, as well as giant oarfish, are some of the highlights. The diving depth is 5 to 25 m. Programme - Meeting & Preparation: We await you at our dive centre in Vrsar. If you arrive by car, free parking is available at the centre or at the camping site car park. After you have filled in the customer card, liability release and health statement, we will give you a briefing about the course of the dive and show you the premises. You then meet your dive guide and prepare the equipment before we drive you to the dive site. - Diving: The dive will be adapted to your experience level. Your dive guide will guide you to the most beautiful spots and stay with you during the dive. - Return: After the dive, we drive you back to the base, where you can take a hot shower and relax on our terrace. Facts - Total duration: 2 hrs (max. 60 min underwater) - air per dive: 200 Bar - Group size per guide: max. 6 divers per guide underwater - Number of dives per trip: 1 Included Services - Certified dive guide - Optional: High-quality diving gear (all you need for your dive: wetsuit, BCD, regulator, mask, fins, tank, weights) - Tank refill (200 Bar) - Transfer Requirements - Minimum age: 10 years - Certified Open Water Diver - Physical fitness - Valid medical certificate (not older than 1 year) by a physician for diving or signed medical statement without any restrictions Good to know With the Open Water Diver certification, you can also go diving without a dive guide underwater, just you and your buddy. In this case, you can book the corresponding offer.From 28€ / day (2hrs)
PADI Enriched Air Diver Course in Vrsar for Certified DiversMore no-decompression times and shorter surface pauses are the most important advantages of diving with Enriched Air Nitrox. There are good reasons as to why this is this the most popular PADI speciality course! Above all, this course is a must for avid wreck divers, in order to get the most out of the dives to the famous wrecks around Vrsar. Goal of the course The aim is to achieve safe handling of Enriched Air Nitrox and thus enrich the diving experience. Meeting & Preparation At best, you come by our diving centre already 1-2 days before the beginning of the course, so we can get to know each other and we can already take care of the bureaucracy. Otherwise, we meet at the agreed time at our diving centre in Vrsar. If you arrive by car, free parking is available at the centre or at the camping site car park. There you get to know your PADI instructor and get a briefing about the premises and the exact procedure of the course. Course content This course begins with a theory lesson in which our expert, certified diving instructor explains why diving with air that contains more oxygen and less nitrogen allows you to dive for a longer period of time. You also learn what to consider when using the equipment with Enriched Air Nitrox. During the practical lesson, you learn to manage the effect of the oxygen, analyze the oxygen content in the tank and adjust the dive computer to dive with Enriched Air Nitrox. Included Activities - 1 Open Water Dive - 1 Theory Lesson Included Services - Certified PADI diving instructor - Enriched Air (Nitrox) Manual - Scuba tank (200 Bar) - PADI registration fee & certificate Requirements - Minimum age: 12 years - Physical health - Swimming ability - (Junior) Open Water Diver certificateFrom 165€ / day (5hrs)- Rovinj71 km from Portorož (60 min by car)23Customer recommendations6Scuba diving offersRovinj: Popular Scuba DivesTrial Scuba Diving for Beginners in Veštar Bay"Super friendly and competent staff."Enrico, June 4, 2025From 75€ / daySSI Advanced Open Water Diver Course in RovinjTo take the OWD Advanced Course, you must have at least 25 dives behind you. So if you've been passionate about diving for a long time now, it's time to take it one step further. At the end of this course, once you have achieved certification, you will be able to dive up to 40 m, the maximum allowed to non-professional divers.Goal of the course The course serves to obtain the international AOWD certificate. During the course you will be able to choose 4 specialties to deepen your interests. The course consists of a theoretical part that you can do on site or from the comfort of your own home and 6 dives in 4 days.Meeting & Preparation The course can be done both in the morning and in the afternoon. Please arrive at our office on time. If you arrive by car, parking is widely available nearby. We will give you a summary of the theory for those who have followed the course online, or we will give lessons to those who have not followed the e-elarning courses.Course content - Day 1: summary of the theory and first dive in the bay - Day 2: 2 immerions in the sea - Day 3: 2 dives in the sea - Day 4: 1 dive in the seaIncluded Activities - 6 dives to learn more about the 4 specialities chosen - Theory lessons (in class or e-learning)Included Services - Certified diving instructor - E-Learning material - SSI or Cmas registration fee & certificateNot included - Diving gear (€130 to be paid on site)Requirements - Minimum age: 15 years - Physical health - Swimming ability - 25 divesFrom 540€ / day (5hrs)Trial Scuba Diving for Beginners in Rovinj"Super nice and extremely competent! It was fun, thank you."Holger , September 6, 2025From 75€ / day
- Pula city96 km from Portorož (75 min by car)29Customer recommendations6Scuba diving offersPula city: Popular Scuba DivesSnorkeling in Pula"A really nice experience for a small price. The staff was very nice and helpful and showed you the most beautiful spots for snorkeling. The equipment was perfectly fine and it was very good that it was included in the price."Lara, August 26, 2022From 10€ / day (3hrs)Open Water Diver Course in Pula for Beginners"A fantastic diving instructor with an incredible wealth of experience. To my advantage, they made sure I had a German-speaking diving instructor for my Open Water Diver course. Excellent! All questions were answered thoroughly and professionally. I felt safe at all times. You also get tips and tricks on all aspects of recreational diving. The Orca Dive Center is well-equipped and seems organized. I can definitely recommend it."Gerald, May 31, 2025From 495€ / day (3hrs)Discover Scuba Diving in Pula"I recommend the total time is about 2 hours, the immersion takes 30 minutes"Tatiana, July 19, 2025From 90€ / day (3hrs)
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"It was our first diving experience. Jessica provided very clear explanations, and Steve provided us with in-water experience, guiding us step by step. We had a great first experience!"
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