......welcome
you to their very friendly, family run English Bed and Breakfast scuba school.
Located
on the beautiful coast of the Costa Brava, only 45 mins from Gerona airport.
With
breathe taking views over the Medes Isles and the wonderful medieval town of Pals. Octopus Scuba school also have close links
with 2 gorgeous golf clubs, Pals and Emporda, situated only a 10 minute drive from the B&B.
Octopus
Scuba school, is the holiday for those wishing to either step into the water for the first time, ‘discover scuba’,
complete the open water certification or further their diving education through the PADI system (most specialties, Adventure,
EFR, Rescue, Divemaster, Assistant Instructor) or simply to have fun as certified divers.
For the
non diver, we offer snorkelling trips along the stunning coastline, taking the boat through the caves and swimming with the
beautiful fish living in these waters. (In July we had a pod of 15 and 6 dolphins here to say hello!).
Accommodation all
rooms are on a bed and breakfast basis (full English) with all the facilities for lunch and dinner although we have many bars
and restaurants nearby. The villa is brand new with 1 double ensuite, 2 twin letting rooms plus our new family room with ensuite
that sleeps 4 people, a beautiful terrace for afternoon napping that surrounds the new swimming/diving pool, together with
teaching facilities in the new pool house which also has TV, cooking facilities and further showers.
Travel Flights
with ryanair from most airports to Gerona are from as little as 4.99 each way. All
accommodation includes free airport transfers from Gerona (supplement for Barcelona)
Holiday Schedule Your holiday begins when we pick
you up in our 9 seater people carrier from Gerona airport (*Please be aware of weight)
All dives
are accompanied by either our resident Divemaster or Staff Instructor or sometimes both depending on the dive level.
The dives
will either be shore, through the beautiful reefs and coves swimming with marine life. Or by hard boat,( with our associates
La Sirena -hydraulic lifts), visiting the world famous marine park the Medes
Isles, where the fish are on steroids and are on par with the Red Sea.
Depending
on numbers, The Open Water Course will be held over 2/3 days, which leaves the remaining 2/3 days to dive as above. Any specialities will be conducted in the afternoons as extra dives. Any continued
education or specialities, if taken as part of a package, paid dives will only be charged at half price. These include
Ø Night Diver
Ø Deep Diver
Ø Underwater Photography
Ø Wreck Diver
Ø Navigation
Ø Enriched Air diver (Nitros)
Ø Peak Performance Buoyancy
Ø Boat diver and
Ø Fish Aware
We also
offer an internship for 30 days, all inclusive for anyone wishing to complete the Dive Master course, the first step to becoming
a professional.
After
a great mornings diving, you may want to visit some of the sights around the beautiful Costa Brava (Car hire available at
great rates). These could include Pals, Estartit, and Palamos,
the Salvador Dali museum or just a lovely beach.
...Or
you may wish to taste some of the lovely local Spanish cuisine. Try asking for menu
del dia, (menu of the day), and for only 8 Euros,
a five course lunch, with all the wine and water you want.
....Or
you can just crash out by the pool and cook. (Plenty of wet stuff in the fridge)
Then
to the evenings... for those concerted technical diving sorts, it’s off to bed of course!!
Or ...
BBQ by the pool, or it’s down to the beach with its abundance of restaurants and bars for a great night out (transfers
included if you are very niceJ)
We also offer to all our guests an all inclusive drinks and tapas package. For
only £7 per day, you can enjoy all you like of soft drinks, water, beer, wine, champagne and all spirits. The tapas usually
doubles as lunch and this can be anything from Spanish sausage casserole to calamari’s, chorizo spicy sausage to tuna
pastes, plus many more.