Black Frog Divers
Black Frog Divers
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Scuba & SnorkellingWalking ToursWater SportsKayaking & Canoeing
10:00 AM - 6:30 PM
Monday
10:00 AM - 6:30 PM
Tuesday
10:00 AM - 6:30 PM
Wednesday
10:00 AM - 6:30 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM - 6:30 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 6:30 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 6:30 PM
Sunday
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
About
Black Frog Divers is a friendly Internationally recognised PADI Diving Centre located in Torrox Costa, southern Spain. Torrox Costa, the place where you can find "The best weather in Europe" is less than one hour drive from Malaga and Granada airports. Torrox is one of the Andalusian white villages (like Nerja, Torre del Mar or Frigiliana, to name a few), overlooking the sea with a beautiful mountain backdrop. The Black Frog Divers dive centre is part of the Laguna Beach complex, which is conveniently located close to the shore. The Black Frog Divers team is small, consisting of two passionate and highly experienced PADI divers. Providing a very personal service concentrating on giving clients one to one attention and training ensuring an enjoyable and memorable experience. They speak Spanish, English, Italian and Polish and teach in the mother tongue of diving "sign language". As an established PADI Certified Resort, the team at Black Frog Divers offer recreational scuba dives to certified divers along with courses from "PADI Discover Scuba" to "PADI Dive Master". For those who want to explore the marine world from the surface we also offer guided "snorkelling" trips. We have a very big assortment of equipment for any age and size. The Mediterranean Sea is a rich environment with water temperatures varying between 14 and 28 degrees (winter and summer) and that makes scuba diving possible for year-round. As well as our characteristically professional and friendly service we ensure that you can see the best dive sites the Costa tropical has to offer, La Herradura, Marina del Este, Tarifa, Cado de Gata, and Calahonda. We dive from both shore and from the boat. We regularly organize diving trip abroad, exploring the underwater wonders of Egypt, Polynesia, Canary Islands and Asia to name a few. The Costa del Sol and Costa Tropical have a rich range of marine life, octopus, moon fish, nudi-branches, scorpion fish, star fish, crabs, eels and much more. Living in rocks, caves, wrecks and in the great underwater panorama. For more information visit our Diving Centre page, follow us on Facebook, Twitter or Google+ or get update through our Blog.
Torrox, Costa del Sol, Spain
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Jess Austen
Plymouth, UK14 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2020 • Couples
My partner and I booked the two day PADI Scuba Diver course. The booking was straight forward, we contacted the centre on WhatsApp the day before we wanted to start and Sara responded straight away. She then called us to talk us through the different options (for those of you who don't speak Spanish everyone at the centre speaks PERFECT English)! We arrived at 08:30 and the centre was already open and preparing for our course. We went through all the safety paperwork and Sara was on hand to support us all the way through.

All our measurements and weights were taken in the shop and then all the equipment was loaded into the mini bus. Marcin (Sara's husband and our instructor) took us on a short drive to La Herradura beach just east of Nerja.

On the first day Marcin took us through all the basics from setting up our equipment to the science of scuba diving. He talked us through the long list of basic skills and exercises we were going to learn and answered all our questions. He then took us into the sea and we practised everything until it all felt effortless. We then went on a pleasure dive of around 45 minutes. Following this, it was back to the beach where we talked through and learnt about a range of more advanced skills, then it was back into the sea to practice these to perfection. We returned to centre around 15:00! Drinks and snacks were provided throughout the day!

On the second day, we visited a different beach and Marcin recapped and ensured we had retained all the skills from the day before. He ensured we set up our own kit and talked us through the skills we were going to learn today. The day progressed much the same as day one but with a much longer drive at the end.

Marcin was an expert on the aquatic wildlife, during our dives he showed us so many amazing fish, rays, octopus and plant life. Whilst we were diving Sara ensured we were all set up on the PADI website and app so we could complete our theory lessons and exams once we had returned home. We worked through most of these during our holiday though.

I cannot recommend Marcin and Sara at Black Frog Divers highly enough! Everything was perfect from the booking and admin through to actual diving and lessons. Marcin is patient, kind and all the way through makes you feel really confident in your abilities - he is great teacher and brilliant at what he does!

It was really important for us to find a local Spanish diving school whilst in Spain and Black Frog Divers ticked all the boxes and more for us!

We plan to return in October and top our license up to a full Open Water qualification.

Thanks Marcin and Sara for making our holiday this year! You guys rock! ❤️❤️❤️
Written 16 July 2020
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Ohhh that is too nice! Thanks for this very kind review! The best reward ever!
Written 18 July 2020
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Rokas M
1 contribution
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2021 • Friends
First of all - Sara was great in explaining all the trips and activities for me and my friends over the phone, while also speaking great English. After deciding to go for the dive I had a great Discover Diving session with Martin. Felt comfortable and safe throughout the whole trip, Martin was fluent with his explanations in the start and both caring on the dive. Also, really put in the effort to show me the sea animals throughout the dive. Thank you, guys!
Written 11 June 2021
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It was a real pleasure to have you all here with us! We look forward to see you underwater again with us! Keep diving!
Written 14 June 2021
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elliotnoble24
London, UK1 contribution
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2021
My girlfriend and I approached Black Frog Divers during our holiday in Torrox to try something different and experience the local wildlife. My girlfriend had dived before but as a newbie, the instructors were so understanding, patient and have just the right balance of independence and supervision. I can’t recommend Black Frog enough, they are full of genuinely kind people who have a passion for what they do and a respect for the ocean. We saw so many fish, octopuses, sea slugs and a giant jellyfish. Would come here again in a heart beat!
Written 19 October 2021
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Eduardo Derrico
6 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2021
Black Frog team is great and friendly. Solved all our questions pretty fast on WhatsApp, but a few things annoyed me:

1. We were supposed to be there 8:30 in the morning. We arrived 8:20 and had to wait up until 9:00 for another couple that was super late.
2. Therefore, we arrived super late at our destination, and consequently several people were there already, so we had to park a bit far from the diving spot.
3. I took us a long time to prepare all the equipment, and after walking all the way to the beach (we parked far) one of the equipments was off, so the instructor had to go all the way back to the car with the guy and change it.

I really think all equipments should've been checked before we left to the beach.

Other than that, the instructor was great, seemed to be knowledgeable and a great guy! Do I recommend them? Yes, but make sure you stay on top of the timing. It took us a total of 6hr from the moment we got there to the moment we came back to their agency, for 2 dives that took 40 min each, didnt require a boat ride and were not that far from the city.
Written 15 June 2021
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Hallo Euderrico, we are very sorry to hear that it wasn't the best experience for you. Sometimes however it is out of our hands when other divers arrive late, which also might be for various unexpected reasons. Over the weekends the parking area at the Marina is always busy and it can be challenging to park as close as possible to the water. As for the equipment, we always have spare sets to be able to provide safe diving to our customers in unlikely event of any malfunction that might happened. You are right, all the equipment should be check before heading to the water, we will use this experience to improve our services in the future. Thank you for your comments and we hope to dive together again soon. Regards
Written 20 June 2021
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Nicholas Coleman
7 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Apr 2022 • Family
I chose this dive school because it was close to our house in Spain, and what a great find. I was impressed with their thorough professional attitude to the training that not only gave the required detail but also created confidence. All the necessary equipment was provided and in good condition. Friendly, instructive and inspirational and thoroughly recommend
Written 19 May 2022
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Domtheexplorer
Peterborough, UK5 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2023
I recently took two 1 hour dives with Black Frog Divers for my first time and it was absolutely an amazing experience. From the minute I stepped foot in the shop I was made to feel very welcome and looked after. The staff were so kind and professional with a lot of knowledge and experience.I would recommend Black Frog Divers to everyone who would like to learn to dive. I can't wait to go back and dive more. Thank you so much
Written 18 August 2023
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Wouter
Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium2 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2023
Being a repeat customer with Black Frog divers, I can say it is always very good diving in a professional and friendly atmosphere with safety always top of mind.
Always small groups which I love and every dive new experiences.
Will certainly return!
Written 21 October 2023
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Nat118abc
Greater Manchester, UK1 contribution
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2022 • Family
This was mine and my daughter's first experience of diving (age 52 and 24 respectively). The tuition and attention given by our lovely tutor was exemplary and dispersed any nerves we felt. It was an amazing experience - we'd definitely do it again! Huge thank you to the team.
Written 4 July 2022
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CHRISW
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK10 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2023 • Couples
Over the past 2 months I’ve had the pleasure of diving with Black Frog Divers, first booking a 10-dive package and then coming back for another few dives. All the staff are professional, extremely friendly and helpful and the dive team are enthusiastic, knowledgeable and chilled in their approach making it a very enjoyable experience. Although chilled I felt that safety always came first and at no time above or below the water diver’s safety was ever compromised.
All dives where shore dives based around the Marina Del Este area depending on weather conditions.
Sara did an excellent job in arranging and scheduling my diving over the 2 months. Thanks for all your help!
The dive groups are kept small which made the dives very relaxing
A big thanks! to you all I’ve had a fantastic time, keep up the good work and I’ll definitely be back the next time I’m in Southern Spain.
Written 30 October 2023
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Franziska K
5 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Sept 2023 • Couples
We booked the horse riding and the long guided kayak tour through Black Frog Divers. Everything worked out wonderfully and quickly! We were able to go riding the very next day 😀
Tamara from the riding stable is super friendly and explains everything to you before the ride starts - even in German. You can also ride a few laps around the field to practice. The horses are healthy and perfect for beginners. The ride goes across fields down to the beach.
We did the kayak tour at Maro Cerro Gordo. It's important to know that you can't park there directly and you should plan enough time to walk (approx. 15 minutes) or take the local bus. The tour is very strenuous, so it's advisable to take water with you. You get diving goggles on the tour so you can go snorkeling. Unfortunately, for me it was a bit too long because the waves made paddling incredibly strenuous over time. But what you see there is very impressive. The tour guides were very nice and spoke English and Spanish and also explained things about the area.
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Written 17 September 2023
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