Welcome to Croatia Divers - PADI IDC college Croatia !
Croatia Divers is a recognized PADI 5* Instructor Development Dive Resort and PADI IDC College Croatia located on the sea front in Vela Luka on the island of Korcula, on the beautiful Croatian Dalmatian coast. 
With our English & Dutch management and team of professional multilingual instructors and staff, we can offer you the very best in quality, safety and enjoyment for a diving experience you won't forget. For the coming season we are open from Easter Holidays until 31st October.
Our full-time staff includes an EFR Instructor trainer, PADI Course Director, Staff Instructor and Master Scuba Diver Trainer Instructors in our fun dive team!
Relax in our large outdoor recreational area we named 'the Deco-Stop', under palm trees with a view over the sea, with wooden chairs and a hammock where our divers, non-divers and PADI students can chill out, read a dive magazine, chat and / or surf the internet using our wireless internet connection. We offer free coffee and tea for every diver & non-diver throughout your entire stay!
Certified Divers
For qualified divers, we have scuba diving day trips by boat which offer something to divers with all levels of experience. You will find our day & package prices on the same page.
With more than 35 Dive sites, including wall dives, wreck dives, drift dives, cave dives, night dives and deep dives, variety is something we can certainly offer. Acclaimed scuba diving journalists and underwater photographers (such as Gerald Nowak, Rutger Geerling, Wolfgang Pölzer, Franco Banfi, Antonello Paone, Gianni Neto & Massimo Spadotto) have described the underwater world in Vela Luka one of the most interesting and complex marine environments in the whole of the Mediterranean, Aegean and Adriatic.
Visit our special offers pages and our photo gallery with full color images
We are offering new specialties for the season 2012 PADI Nitrox diver
PADI Courses from beginner to PADI Professional
We offer PADI courses from PADI Open Water Diver for beginners, all the way through to PADI Instructor, Dive master courses & EFR Instructor for those looking to make a career in diving. Our instructors can teach courses in a variety of European languages, including Dutch, German, English, Croatian and French
Click here to view our PADI Open Water Diver courses
Click here to view our PADI Advanced courses
Click here to visit our PADI Professional courses and our IDC program
PADI Specialty courses
We have special offers for all experience levels; absolute beginners, qualified diver programs and PADI professional divers
Click here to view our PADI Nitrox diver specialty, Equipment specialist and the PADI DSAT gas blender
PADI Course combinations
We offer great specials on combination courses for example: become a PADI Open Water Diver and a Nitrox diver or what about your Master Scuba Diver and complete 5 PADI Specialties. You could consider the PADI Rescue + EFR, CFC and Emergency O2 provider for only € 399 in 4 days!
Click here for our combination specials
Click here for the PADI E-leaning possibilities for the courses of your choice
PADI junior divers from 8 to 15 years
Bobby & Marjolein have more than 19 years of experience in youth diving programs and safety is rule number one! Our PADI Instructors are well trained and very experienced with the PADI youth programs we offer to your children.
We can assure you that your kids will have a fun and an adventurous time ! Programs are possible when the parents are diving and depending on your dive packages and your kid's course schedule you could be planned on the same dive boat !
Click here for PADI children diving programs
For absolute Beginners
Our Try Dive program is a one day introduction to scuba diving where an Instructor takes you under the clear blue sea so you can experience the wonder of breathing underwater for the first time and the amazing feeling of swimming with fish!
And if you like it (we're sure you will), then we offer PADI Open Water courses so you can get qualified as a PADI Open Water Diver and start your journey of exploration.
Photographic & retail services
- Photo CD for qualified divers, courses students and beginners
- Outdoor kiosk with scuba and beach wear
- Scuba equipment sales in our outdoor kiosk
- PADI collection: Beach Items - Beach wear, Bath towels, Beach chairs Beach parasol, beach mats, Cool & Sit, fleece blankets Body care - Body & hair, Lip balm and sun lotions Kids - Handle sea bag, Sand box set & Toys, Textiles Diverse products from T-shirts to Sweatshirts Stationary - Note pads, pens and writing pads Scuba equipment & materials for retail sales
PROJECT A.W.A.R.E foundation - Our world, Our Water
The Project AWARE foundation is a registered non-profit organization and combines efforts to conserve aquatic resources and underwater environments through education, advocacy and action. At Croatia Divers every month we organise an underwater clean up day: we need your help and involvement...How?
Soon you can visit our Project AWARE page for more information on Project AWARE's history, mission, goals and how you can help the aquatic world
