Lusail & Qatar

Scuba Diving in Lusail, Qatar

PADI courses and guided dives from our base in Lusail — the Gulf's calm, shallow water is a forgiving place to learn.

Your dive base

Rixos Qetaifan Island North, Lusail

Our Qatar dive team is based at Rixos Qetaifan Island North in Lusail, just north of Doha. The calm, shallow waters of the Arabian Gulf make this one of the most forgiving places in the region to learn — with PADI courses, guided dives, and a network of artificial reefs and wrecks a short boat ride offshore.

Rixos Qetaifan Island North, Lusail

+974 5502 4326

Daily · 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM

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PADI courses

Learn to dive in Qatar

Every course below runs from our Qatar base with PADI instructors. Prices are shown in QAR.

Beginner · No experience

Discover Scuba Diving

Your first breath underwater, guided one-on-one by an instructor in calm, shallow water. The taste before the journey.

QAR 750Details

Entry certification

PADI Open Water Diver

The world's most recognized dive certification. Learn the skills, theory, and confidence to dive anywhere on the planet to 18m.

QAR 3,000Details

Continuing education

PADI Advanced Open Water Diver

Go deeper to 30m and master navigation, buoyancy, and night or wreck diving through five adventure dives.

QAR 2,500Details

Skill mastery

PADI Rescue Diver + EFR

The most rewarding course you'll take. Learn to prevent, spot, and manage dive emergencies — for yourself and your buddies.

QAR 4,000Details

First aid · CPR

Emergency First Response (EFR)

Gain the skills and knowledge that could save the life of someone you care about.

QAR 1,000Details

Specialty

PADI Enriched Air Nitrox Specialty

Extend your bottom time, shorten your surface intervals and dive deeper on repetitive dives.

QAR 2,500Details

Specialty

PADI Deep Diver Specialty

Reach new depths, extend your range, and learn about deep dive planning, dive limits and gas management.

QAR 2,500Details

Specialty

PADI Wreck Diver Specialty

Learn how to survey and explore wrecks responsibly with special finning techniques, lines and reels, and avoid common problems.

QAR 2,500Details

Specialty

PADI Night Diver Specialty

See the underwater world after sundown and learn how to navigate, ascend and descend, and use your dive light to communicate at night.

QAR 2,500Details

Specialty

PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty

Find the perfect balance: dive with less weight, and improve your buoyancy control and air consumption.

QAR 2,500Details

Field notes

Diving guides for Qatar

Your First Scuba Dive: A Complete Beginner's Guide to Trying Diving in the UAE and Qatar

Curious about scuba but nervous? Here's exactly what a Discover Scuba Diving try-dive involves in the UAE and Qatar — how you breathe underwater, whether you need to swim well, the depth and age rules, and what you'll actually see.

6 min read

Diving in Lusail and Qatar: What to Expect Beneath the Gulf near Doha

A grounded guide to scuba diving in Qatar: artificial reefs and wrecks like The Barge, calm sandy-bottom training sites, the October-to-May season, and the marine life you can realistically expect beneath the Gulf near Doha.

6 min read

Marine Life of the Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman: What You Can See Underwater

A realistic field guide to what you can actually see diving in Dubai, Qatar and Fujairah: turtles, rays, cuttlefish, Arabian angelfish, groupers, moray eels and the spring whale-shark window.

6 min read

Ready when you are

Your first dive starts with a message

Tell us what you're after — a course, a fun dive, or a boat trip for the group — and we'll sort the rest. No pressure, just the blue.

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