The Diving school BLUE OCEAN DIVERS Lagos was founded in 1996 by us, John Giddings, English PADI/IAHD instructor and Elmar Vees, German PADI/CMAS Diving instructor.
We have been living in Lagos for 15 years and have all necessary licences and insurances in order to legally operate a Diving school in Portugal. For over 10 years we have been organizing all year round, excursions to the most beautiful Diving areas at the Algarve coast whereby safety has always been our utmost priority.
The premises of our BLUE OCEAN DIVERS - Diving school is located in the buildings of the Motel Ancora, directly at the 50 m long pool, which we also use for instruction.
The BLUE OCEAN DIVERS Diving school disposes of:
- Class rooms, with computer, TV and DVD-player
- Equipment room, for guests
- Changing rooms
- Showers, toilets
- Compressor room
- 50 m pool with pool bar and restaurant
- workshop
The equipment of the Diving school consists of:
- 12 regulators from Scubapro and Apualung, all with Octopus and console
- 12 jackets, Mares Vector and Aqualung Waves
- 20 ABC-equipments
- 35 steel tanks 10 - 12 L and 15 L with DIN or int. valves
- Thirty 7 mm 2 pieces wet suits from Aquata
- 2 Bauer marine compressors
- Diving lights, Diving computers and underwater digital camera
- First aid box and oxygen
All Diving equipments are state-of-the-art technology and meet all the safety regulations and are maintained regularly.
Our Diving sites are all situated at the Rock Algarve and stretch from Lagos to Sagres (end of the world) up to the west coast. We have more than 8 dive sites, which are accessible from shore and over 20 boat-dive-sites.
We reach these sites by jeeps, or boats, which are located at the ports of Lagos and Sagres. All our boats have steps for easy entry.
Water temperatures:
In the Winter the water temperature does not reach below 14° C, but can warm up to 22° C in summer. All year round we dive in 7 mm wet-suits.
The average visibility here in the Atlantic is between 5 m and 15 m, depending on wind and current, however can easily reach 20 m.
Our Diving sites are reefs, caves and wrecks at depths of 8 m to 32 m. We offer 2 dives trips per day and 2 night dives per week. Every Monday we offer a trip for the whole family with the possibility to barbecue and a ride to the caves from Ponte da Piedade, where non-Diving guests also have lots of fun.
The rocks underwater are completely covered with anemones, plants, sponges, sea squirts and sea fans which you can find in all colours already at low depths. With each dive we can meet octopuses, cuttlefish, scorpion fish, congers, moray eels and many more. Additionally, spiny lobsters, spider crabs, lobster, squids, trigger fish and seahorses are seen often.
If you dive with a torch at daytime as well you will find a lot more life.
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