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La Maddalena

ARGONAUTA ASD PADI DIVING CENTER
Diving La Maddalena Argonauta

About us

Located right by the sea, on one of the island's most beautiful beaches, our center is the perfect spot for sea and diving enthusiasts. With over 30 years of experience, Argonauta, with two locations in La Maddalena and the Gulf of Orosei, is one of Sardinia’s most historic dive centers and a reference point for diving lovers.

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We offer a wide range of services, including daily dives and customized packages to meet your needs. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced diver, we provide courses for all levels, certified by PADI, one of the most renowned and respected diving organizations worldwide.

For those wanting to experience the thrill of diving for the first time, we organize Try Scuba Diving sessions, a unique opportunity to breathe underwater and discover the incredible underwater world.

Our staff is highly qualified and professional, with instructors and dive guides boasting decades of experience. We also have HSA-certified guides who assist people with disabilities, ensuring an inclusive and safe experience for everyone.

For those who wish to explore the marine wonders without diving, we also offer snorkeling activities with dedicated guides.

All our scuba gear is new and from the iconic Scubapro brand, ensuring the highest quality and safety during your dives. We use a rubber boat to take you on all activities in the stunning National Park of La Maddalena Archipelago, allowing you to explore the most fascinating spots in the area.

The variety of flora and fauna, combined with the unique geological formations of the seabed, makes each dive exciting and unexpected, from the deeper and more challenging dives to the easier and more relaxing ones.

From our base, it's possible to reach the archipelago’s most famous dive sites in less than 30 minutes by boat, and the islands of Lavezzi and Razzoli in under an hour.

Come and discover the beauty of La Maddalena’s underwater world with us! We are ready to welcome you for an unforgettable experience. If you have any questions or need more information, don’t hesitate to contact us! We look forward to seeing you!

Diving in La Maddalena

The national park of La Maddalena host some of the best dives, both in Sardinia and in the Mediterranean. The diversity of fauna and flora, together with the unique underwater landscapes, makes every dive exciting and unexpected, from the deepest and technical ones to the shallowest and relaxing. Leaving from our HQ is possible to reach the most famous dive spots of the archipelago in less than 30 minutes of navigation, and the islands of Lavezzi and Razzoli in less than one hour.

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Our courses

DIVING COURSES IN LA MADDALENA

What better place than the archipelago to get a diving license?

Diving La Maddalena PADI Discover scuba diving

Discover scuba diving

The diving experience in La Maddalena that will initiate you to scuba diving with your first breath underwater. With this program, of the overall duration of about 3 hours, you will discover for the first time the beauties of the underwater world, with an instructor always by your side, ready to assess and accompany you discovering sensations you won’t be able to live without.

Diving La Maddalena PADI Scuba Diver

PADI Scuba Diver

Argonauta Diving La Maddalena offers an abbreviated course, for those who want a certification but do not have time for the full course. At the end of this course you will receive an internationally recognised certification. Theory and practice reduced compared to the Open Water Diver course, with some depth restrictions

Diving La Maddalena PADI Open Water Diver

PADI Open Water Diver

The real complete first level course. Thanks to digital teaching, it is possible to do all the theory independently at home, and then complete the practice on site. With this licence you have access to most dive sites around the world

Diving La Maddalena PADI Advanced Open Water Diver

PADI Advanced Open Water Diver

Where things start to get really interesting. With this course you will reach depths not possible with the Open Water Diver certification. Depths where you'll find wrecks and shallows, two of the diver's favourite categories. 5 speciality dives, 3 of which can be chosen from more than 10 available, make this course tailor-made for every diver and the most interesting on

Diving La Maddalena PADI Rescue Diver

PADI Rescue Diver

The moment when perspective changes. The Rescue Diver course changes the way you behave under water. The certification is synonymous with safety, responsibility, care for oneself and for fellow divers. By practicing simulated underwater emergencies of all kinds, divers who take the Rescue Diver certification will acquire a different awareness of what is happening around them, in and out of the water, and will be able to help solve problems

Diving La Maddalena PADI Rescue Diver

PADI Deep Diver

If you're a diver that wants to extend the limits and see more for the underwater world, the PADI Deep Diver course might be the perfect next step in your scuba diving journey.

  • During the PADI® Deep Diver course, you'll learn how to plan deep dives, manage your gas supply and how to identify and manage narcosis.
  • You will learn buddy contact procedures, safety considerations, and buoyancy control at depth.
  • Development of self-control and awareness
  • More diving opportunities
  • Excellent basis for advanced training
Diving La Maddalena PADI Rescue Diver

PADI Night Diver

Why limit yourself to seeing only the marine life that’s active during the day? See the underwater world in a whole new light - after the sun goes down

  • Even if you've scuba dived a site many times before, at night you find yourself in a whole new world and see it come to life under the light of your dive light.
  • The scene changes when diurnal creatures retreat and nocturnal organisms emerge. If you've ever wondered what happens underwater after the sun goes down, sign up for the PADI Night Diver Specialty course.
  • Better orientation and control
  • Very engaging experience
  • More opportunities during diving trips
Diving La Maddalena PADI Rescue Diver

PADI Enriched Air Diver

Nitrox helps you get the most out of your dives by extending your bottom time. Your EANx certification can be completed in just a few hours!

  • Enriched air, also known as nitrox or EANx, contains less nitrogen than regular air.
  • Breathing less nitrogen means you can enjoy longer dives and shorter surface intervals. No wonder Enriched Air Diver is the most popular PADI® specialty.
Diving La Maddalena PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider

PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider

Knowing how and when to use emergency oxygen is an important skill for scuba divers, boat crew, lifeguards and anyone who may be called upon to help an injured diver.

  • Learn to recognize scuba-related conditions treatable with emergency oxygen and be prepared to provide assistance.
  • Practice assembling and disassembling emergency oxygen equipment and recognizing and treating decompression sickness.
  • Increases personal and group safety
  • Complementary to Rescue Diver
  • Improves stress management
Diving La Maddalena PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy

PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy

Improve your buoyancy control, dive with less weight and improve air consumption.

  • Excellent buoyancy control is what defines skilled scuba divers.
  • You've seen them underwater. They glide effortlessly, use less air and ascend, descend or hover almost as if by thought. They more easily observe aquatic life without disturbing their surroundings.
  • You can achieve this, too. The PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty course improves the buoyancy skills you learned as a new diver and elevates them to the next level.

Partners

We Closely Cooperate With Selected Brands to Ensure High Quality Equipment

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How to get

The Argonauta Diving La Maddalena info point is located just a short walk from the beach of Abbatoggia, the perfect starting point for discovering the islands of the Maddalena archipelago

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