PADI Eco Centers are the premier choice for all divers, adventurers and travel experts seeking ocean-first, marine conscious operators that place sustainability at the top of their agenda.

There are three criteria that a PADI Operators must meet to qualify as a PADI Eco Center:

We hope you had an amazing Christmas, and we wish you all the luck for 2023. Scubaçao is now also entering a new era. A lot has happened last year as we grew from a team with 3 to a team with 7 members. We are incredibly thankful for everyone who made this happen, thank you. Since all you divers are a part of our organization, we want to take you into our goals for 2023.

My name is Valerie and I have been doing an internship at Scubaçao since the beginning of September. I am from the Netherlands and study Tourism Management but the focus of my internship is online marketing. To give you a better idea of what I do here, my activities are described below.

As the lucky minority who get to personally see and experience life below the surface, divers have the unique perspective and responsibility to be powerful advocates for the ocean.

We have all heard (and seen) that in some parts of the world our coral reefs are in trouble and in need of our help. As divers, we have the unique skills and ability to access parts of the ocean that others can’t. We have a responsibility to not only be ambassadors for the ocean,…