Ocean Diving CenterResort

Ocean Diving Center in Abu Dhabi is a PADI 5 Star IDC Resort based at the Emirates Palace Mandarin Oriental Hotel, open since 2006. It was built as a purpose-designed facility with room for training, a retail shop and on-site amenities.

PADI courses run from beginner to professional, with a long list of specialties such as wreck, night, deep, dry suit and underwater photography. It also arranges group and private diving and snorkeling excursions, and offers freediving and Emergency First Response. The multilingual instructors teach in Arabic, English and Filipino.