Mardays Dive & Water Experience

Four names anchor Mardays' day-to-day operation. Rafa Peña is technical director, drawing on more than twenty years running dive schools across the Marina Alta. Joan Moltó oversees courses and is known locally for spotting seahorses around Javea. Francisco Serrano, a Javea native, manages boats and facilities. Pablo Lopez founded the centre and now handles administration. That kind of named, public leadership roster is unusual among the Javea-zone centres.

The centre relocated from Denia to Playa del Arenal, setting up in the channel opposite the Parador Nacional. Diving sits inside a wider beach operation: paddle-surf rental and excursions, a private trimaran charter for up to twelve guests complete with an awning and fridge, and a dive-side bar serving rice and pasta dishes between dives. The course path runs from a Discover Scuba Diving try-dive through Open Water, Advanced, Rescue, and Dry Suit training, alongside the centre's own guided Granadella boat tour. Staff relationships are pitched as personal rather than transactional, aimed at making each guest feel individually looked after.

Reviews from mid-2026 consistently praise the crew's warmth and patience with mixed-ability groups. Divers repeatedly name the Granadella Tour as a highlight, describing captain Federico steering the boat while the crew shares local knowledge along the way. Guide Javi gets singled out for adjusting explanations so confident and nervous divers in the same group both came away satisfied. One reviewer calls a first dive of the year with the team an annual tradition worth repeating. Several others describe returning across different seasons for the same crew. No safety or service complaints turn up in the material reviewed, and the overall tone leans toward a small operation that treats returning divers like regulars rather than one-off customers.