We don’t hand out certifications. We build divers who can be trusted underwater.
From your first breath underwater to your Instructor Development Course, every level at Dive Funatics is taught to be real — not rushed. That’s why divers who’ve done both keep telling us the same thing: courses elsewhere felt like a checklist. Ours didn’t.
Whatever level you’re starting from, the standard doesn’t change: you leave able to actually do the thing, not just able to say you did it.
Open Water Diver
Start your PADI journey — perfect for first-timers and solo travelers.
• Duration: 2 Days
• Requirements: Age 10+, basic swimming comfort
• Includes: Theory, Confined + Open Water dives, full gear, digital eLearning
Advanced Open Water
Continue your PADI journey — Dive deeper, explore more. Level up your skills across 5 real-world adventure dives.
• Duration: 2 Days
• Requirements: Age 12+, basic swimming comfort
• Includes: Theory, Confined + Open Water dives, full gear, digital eLearning
Rescue Diver Course
Learn to prevent problems and handle emergencies like a pro.
• Duration: 2 Days
• Requirements: Advanced Open Water + EFR
• Includes: Surface & underwater rescue scenarios, all gear
What some of our students shared about their time with us.
Dive Funatics: Premier Scuba Diving School in Cebu, Philippines. Specializing in PADI Courses from beginner to instructor courses!
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Learn to dive in Cebu
Why Choose Dive Funatics in Cebu to Begin Your Scuba Diving Journey?
Cebu is more than just a vacation spot—it’s the ideal gateway to explore the beauty of the southern Philippines. With its international airport, Cebu connects seamlessly to other renowned destinations in the Visayas like Bohol, Malapascua, Moalboal, and Siquijor. But here’s the secret savvy travelers are catching on to: it makes perfect sense to get certified in Cebu first before venturing to these dive hotspots.
Your PADI certification allows you to dive anywhere in the world. Similar to driving a car, scuba diving requires specific knowledge, skills and training. A PADI Open Water Diver certification is your passport to underwater adventure.
The PADI Open Water Diver Certification is the entry level certification that you can earn after taking the course with us. This certification qualifies you to dive independently up to the maximum depth of 18 meters. The course teaches you skills and basic understanding of the science of diving, how pressure underwater affects your body, how to properly dive using the equipment, prepares you for contigencies, solve issues and problems underwater, and more emphasis on safe diving practices.
This invaluable foundational skills will determine the kind of diver that you will become, it shapes your safety habits and practices, makes you a reliable dive buddy to others.
Get the best training available. Get someone who understands your training needs, learn from the best team that you can find. If you are coming to Cebu or already in Cebu, learn from Dive Funatics.
Why Get Certified in Cebu?
We slow down when it matters. Most shops hit their skill checklist and move on. Our instructors hold you back a dive if you’re not ready — even if it costs us a day. That’s the difference between a diver who passed a course and a diver who can handle it when something goes wrong 20 meters down.
You can watch us become instructors ourselves. Because we run the full pipeline — Divemaster through IDC — our senior team is actively training the next generation of instructors. That standard doesn’t stay in the classroom; it’s the same standard applied to your Open Water course.
Cebu, without the shortcuts. Yes, it’s a convenient staging point to Malapascua and Moalboal. But convenience isn’t why left use great reviews. Feeling competence they could feel is.
Start Your Diving Journey the Smart Way
Get certified with Dive Funatics—because your next dive destination is waiting.
Let’s turn your vacation into the adventure of a lifetime. Ready to dive in? Book your course today!
Already Certified?
Explore the divesites around Mactan, Cebu and other nearby dive desetinations in Cebu.
Now that you are already certified and just looking to dive in new places, we have reasonable dive packages to offer.
Dives at our house reef, famously known as the Kontiki Reef is a daily thing for us. Hailed as the most convenient divesite in Mactan because you do not need to be on a boat, no time to beat, and the diving. is practically an all day and night attraction. This divesite offers a wall dive, school of sardines, and awesome macro subjects, but most of all, it doesn’t require long swims as what may be a turn-off for most divers when they hear of a “shore dive” kind of a diving. Pricing starts at 1,600/dive including the use of gear, a guide and facilities fee.
Looking to explore further? We have great sites, marine protected areas like Talima Marine Sanctuary, San Vicente, Hilutungan and Nalusuan. Boat may be privately chartered for a day to provide you and your buddies the exclusive trip that you prefer. We can organize a boat dive for you and your group.
If you are just looking to join trips, drop us a note. We do not organize trips often as we are focusing more on running courses but reach out to us so we can organize one and hopefully, we get others to join your dives.
If you are qualified to dive during the night, Kontiki is an awesome site for night dives. It offers varying shapes and sizes of decorator crabs, squids, cuttlefish, and the occassional sightings of blue ringed octopus!
Regardless of which package you choose, you will be guaranteed of the same level of service that our divemasters will provide and as expected.
Organized Dive Tours
Deal with one operator while going to other places and doing other activities in Cebu.
If you find road travel and hopping from one location to another to dive, then let us create your itinerary for you, and arrange everything for you.
Just let us know what you want to see, what kind of diving you wish to do, and maybe even squeeze in other activities or courses in these other places. We will make this happen.
Send us a message and let’s start planning for your next fabulous trip down in Cebu, Philippines.
