General requirements for all diving programs: physical fitness, swimming skills and health. Please read the health statement of PADI. If you have to answer YES to any of the questions, you must have a competent doctor check and get a medical certificate before you attend any diving activities. Take this certificate to check in at the dive center.
Diving Education for Adults and Children
Get to know a new,
fascinating & exciting world!
The diving courses for beginners and advanced divers are conducted by qualified instructors in accordance with PADI standards, which are internationally recognized. After successful completion of a course, you will receive a diving certificate.
for Beginners
Introduction Dive - Dive into a new world!
Requirements: minimum age 8 years
You´ve never tried diving but you would like to?? Super, we have a perfect solution! In our offer you can find the introduction dive, a convenient and easy way to try scuba diving, which takes about 2 hours. Both adults and kids can participate and discover a completely new world. Our friendly and multilingual staff will explain the necessary basics of scuba diving and you´ll be ready to experience the thrill with one of our instructors. You will make your first dive in our house bay, to a maximum depth of 5 meters, which has perfect conditions for beginners. Diving will open the door of the underwater world and you can meet all the amazing species there like fishes, snails, crabs, seahorses etc. We are sure you`ll come out of the water with a huge smile on your face. Get ready to try your first breaths under water, it´s mesmerizing. You can book your introduction dive now or come directly to our diving center to make an appointment one or two days in advance. Our friendly staff is waiting for you :)
You´ve never tried diving but you would like to?? Super, we have a perfect solution! In our offer you can find the introduction dive, a convenient and easy way to try scuba diving, which takes about 2 hours. Both adults and kids can participate and discover a completely new world. Our friendly and multilingual staff will explain the necessary basics of scuba diving and you´ll be ready to experience the thrill with one of our instructors. You will make your first dive in our house bay, to a maximum depth of 5 meters, which has perfect conditions for beginners. Diving will open the door of the underwater world and you can meet all the amazing species there like fishes, snails, crabs, seahorses etc. We are sure you`ll come out of the water with a huge smile on your face. Get ready to try your first breaths under water, it´s mesmerizing. You can book your introduction dive now or come directly to our diving center to make an appointment one or two days in advance. Our friendly staff is waiting for you :)
PADI Scuba Diver Course
Requirements: minimum age 10 years
The Padi Scuba Diver course is a subset of the Padi Open Water Diver course. If you are short on time, but really want to become a diver, this might be the perfect choice for you! It takes 2 – 3 days, including 3 theory lessons and 3 confined water lessons plus 2 open water dives in a maximum depth of 12 meters. Finishing this, you become a certified PADI Scuba Diver. You can discover now the unique underwater world under the supervision of a divemaster or an instructor. To take this course no prior experience of scuba diving is required. To become a PADI Open Water Diver, you just take an upgrade course (2 days).
The Padi Scuba Diver course is a subset of the Padi Open Water Diver course. If you are short on time, but really want to become a diver, this might be the perfect choice for you! It takes 2 – 3 days, including 3 theory lessons and 3 confined water lessons plus 2 open water dives in a maximum depth of 12 meters. Finishing this, you become a certified PADI Scuba Diver. You can discover now the unique underwater world under the supervision of a divemaster or an instructor. To take this course no prior experience of scuba diving is required. To become a PADI Open Water Diver, you just take an upgrade course (2 days).
Padi Open Water Diver Course
Requirements: minimum age 10 years
The Padi Open Water Diver is the world's most popular and widely recognized scuba course.
This is the complete beginner course, which takes 3 - 4 days. During 5 theory lessons and 5 confined water lessons you´ll learn the basics of scuba diving. In 4 open water dives with a maximum depth of 18 m you will practice the skills you have learned. Finishing this, you become a certified PADI Open Water Diver with an international and lifetime valid diving licence. Now you are able to discover the underwater world without any instructor, just you and your dive buddy. To take part in this course you don´t need the „Scuba Diver course“ or any diving experience at all.
The Padi Open Water Diver is the world's most popular and widely recognized scuba course.
This is the complete beginner course, which takes 3 - 4 days. During 5 theory lessons and 5 confined water lessons you´ll learn the basics of scuba diving. In 4 open water dives with a maximum depth of 18 m you will practice the skills you have learned. Finishing this, you become a certified PADI Open Water Diver with an international and lifetime valid diving licence. Now you are able to discover the underwater world without any instructor, just you and your dive buddy. To take part in this course you don´t need the „Scuba Diver course“ or any diving experience at all.
General requirements
General requirements for all diving programs: physical fitness, swimming skills and health.
Please read the health statement of PADI.
If you have to answer YES to any of the questions, you must have a competent doctor check and get a medical certificate before you attend any diving activities.
Take this certificate to check in at the dive center.
For Advanced Divers
PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course
Duration: 2-3 days
Requirements: minimum age 12 years and (Junior) Open Water Diver
Exploration, excitement, experience – this is what the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver is all about. This course builds on the Open Water Diver and will provide you with additional skills and much more knowledge, building up your confidence. You don't have to be „advanced“ to take it – it is designed to advance your diving so you can start right after your PADI Open Water Diver certification. In total it consists of 5 dives including the related theory. There are two required dives – Deep Diving and Underwater Navigation – and you choose the other three from special activities like night diving, wreck diving, peak performance buoyancy, search and recovery, boat diving and many more. Being certified as an Advanced Open Water Diver gives you opportunities to have fun in new ways up to a maximum depth of 30 meters.
Requirements: minimum age 12 years and (Junior) Open Water Diver
Exploration, excitement, experience – this is what the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver is all about. This course builds on the Open Water Diver and will provide you with additional skills and much more knowledge, building up your confidence. You don't have to be „advanced“ to take it – it is designed to advance your diving so you can start right after your PADI Open Water Diver certification. In total it consists of 5 dives including the related theory. There are two required dives – Deep Diving and Underwater Navigation – and you choose the other three from special activities like night diving, wreck diving, peak performance buoyancy, search and recovery, boat diving and many more. Being certified as an Advanced Open Water Diver gives you opportunities to have fun in new ways up to a maximum depth of 30 meters.
PADI Rescue Diver Course
Duration: 3-4 days
Requirements: minimum age 12 years and (Junior) Advanced Open Water Diver, EFR course not longer then 2 years ago
The PADI Rescue Diver course is known as the most challenging, yet it is the most rewarding. In this course you will expand your knowledge and experience even more. Rescue Divers learn to look beyond themselves and prevent and manage problems in the water. This course prepares you to deal with dive emergencies, minor and major, using a variety of techniques. Through knowledge development with the Rescue Manual and DVD and rescue exercises in the water, you learn what to look for and how to respond. During rescue scenarios, you put into practice your knowledge and skills. Although this course is really serious, it still allows to have a lot of fun between the focused learning.
Topics include:
• Self rescue
• Recognizing and managing stress in other divers
• Emergency management and equipment
• Rescuing panicked divers
• Rescuing unresponsive divers
Requirements: minimum age 12 years and (Junior) Advanced Open Water Diver, EFR course not longer then 2 years ago
The PADI Rescue Diver course is known as the most challenging, yet it is the most rewarding. In this course you will expand your knowledge and experience even more. Rescue Divers learn to look beyond themselves and prevent and manage problems in the water. This course prepares you to deal with dive emergencies, minor and major, using a variety of techniques. Through knowledge development with the Rescue Manual and DVD and rescue exercises in the water, you learn what to look for and how to respond. During rescue scenarios, you put into practice your knowledge and skills. Although this course is really serious, it still allows to have a lot of fun between the focused learning.
Topics include:
• Self rescue
• Recognizing and managing stress in other divers
• Emergency management and equipment
• Rescuing panicked divers
• Rescuing unresponsive divers
PADI Emergency First Response
Duration: 1 day
One of the prerequisites for the Padi Rescue Diver is a recent participation in first aid training including CPR. Alternatively, you can participate on a PADI Emergency First Response course. This course focuses on confidence in lay rescuers and increasing their willingness to respond when faced with a medical emergency. Take this course and learn to respond on medical emergencies, not only for diving but in your every day life.
One of the prerequisites for the Padi Rescue Diver is a recent participation in first aid training including CPR. Alternatively, you can participate on a PADI Emergency First Response course. This course focuses on confidence in lay rescuers and increasing their willingness to respond when faced with a medical emergency. Take this course and learn to respond on medical emergencies, not only for diving but in your every day life.
Specialities
PADI Enriched Air – NITROX
Requirements: minimum age 12 years and (Junior) Open Water Diver
The PADI Enriched Air Diver course is PADI's most popular speciality scuba course and it is easy to see why. Scuba diving with enriched air nitrox gives you more no decompression dive time, especially on repetitive scuba dives. You’ll learn why diving with air that has higher oxygen and lower nitrogen content gives you more bottom time, along with enriched air equipment considerations.
During a practical session you’ll:
• Discuss managing oxygen exposure.
• Practice analyzing oxygen content in your scuba tank.
• Set your dive computer for diving with enriched air nitrox.
The PADI Enriched Air Diver course is PADI's most popular speciality scuba course and it is easy to see why. Scuba diving with enriched air nitrox gives you more no decompression dive time, especially on repetitive scuba dives. You’ll learn why diving with air that has higher oxygen and lower nitrogen content gives you more bottom time, along with enriched air equipment considerations.
During a practical session you’ll:
• Discuss managing oxygen exposure.
• Practice analyzing oxygen content in your scuba tank.
• Set your dive computer for diving with enriched air nitrox.
PADI Underwater Navigator (3 dives)
Requirements: minimum age 10 years and (Junior) Open Water Diver
You want to be the diver everyone wants to follow? Easy. Take the PADI Underwater Navigator course and always know where you are and where you are going. Finding your way is not a matter of luck. As a PADI Underwater Navigator you always know the way back. You’ll learn the tools of the trade, including navigation using natural clues and by following compass headings.
During three scuba dives, you’ll practice:
• Methods to estimate distance underwater.
• Compass navigation while making at least five turns.
• Marking or relocating a submerged object or position from the surface.
• Underwater map making.
You want to be the diver everyone wants to follow? Easy. Take the PADI Underwater Navigator course and always know where you are and where you are going. Finding your way is not a matter of luck. As a PADI Underwater Navigator you always know the way back. You’ll learn the tools of the trade, including navigation using natural clues and by following compass headings.
During three scuba dives, you’ll practice:
• Methods to estimate distance underwater.
• Compass navigation while making at least five turns.
• Marking or relocating a submerged object or position from the surface.
• Underwater map making.
PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy (2 dives)
Requirements: minimum age 10 years and (Junior) Open Water Diver
Scuba divers like to be neutrally buoyant so they neither sink nor float. Divers who have mastered the highest performance levels in buoyancy stand apart. Have you seen them underwater? They glide effortlessly, use less air and ascend, descend or hover, almost as if by thought. They enjoy the marine life easily without disturbing their surroundings. You too can achieve this in the PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy course in no time at all.
During two scuba dives you’ll learn how to:
• Determine the exact amount of weight you need, so you’re not too light or too heavy.
• Trim your weight system and scuba gear so you’re perfectly balanced in the water.
• Streamline to save energy, use air more efficiently and move more smoothly through the water.
• Hover effortlessly in any position – vertical or horizontal.
Scuba divers like to be neutrally buoyant so they neither sink nor float. Divers who have mastered the highest performance levels in buoyancy stand apart. Have you seen them underwater? They glide effortlessly, use less air and ascend, descend or hover, almost as if by thought. They enjoy the marine life easily without disturbing their surroundings. You too can achieve this in the PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy course in no time at all.
During two scuba dives you’ll learn how to:
• Determine the exact amount of weight you need, so you’re not too light or too heavy.
• Trim your weight system and scuba gear so you’re perfectly balanced in the water.
• Streamline to save energy, use air more efficiently and move more smoothly through the water.
• Hover effortlessly in any position – vertical or horizontal.
PADI Night Diver (3 dives)
Requirements: minimum age 12 years and (Junior) Open Water Diver
If you ever wondered what happens underwater after the sun goes down, sign up for the PADI Night Diver Specialty course. Although you saw this dive site many times before, this time you drop into a whole new world and watch it come to life under the glow of your dive light. Scuba diving at night teaches you to focus on what you can see in your light’s beam, on controlling your buoyancy by feel, on staying with your buddy and on paying attention to details you may overlook during the day.
During three night dives, you’ll practice:
• Light handling and communication techniques.
• Entering, exiting and navigating in the dark.
• Identifying how plants and animals differ or change behaviour at night.
If you ever wondered what happens underwater after the sun goes down, sign up for the PADI Night Diver Specialty course. Although you saw this dive site many times before, this time you drop into a whole new world and watch it come to life under the glow of your dive light. Scuba diving at night teaches you to focus on what you can see in your light’s beam, on controlling your buoyancy by feel, on staying with your buddy and on paying attention to details you may overlook during the day.
During three night dives, you’ll practice:
• Light handling and communication techniques.
• Entering, exiting and navigating in the dark.
• Identifying how plants and animals differ or change behaviour at night.
PADI Deep Diver (4 dives)
Requirements: minimum age 15 years and Advanced Open Water Diver
After a few dives as a certified scuba diver, you soon want to explore a bit deeper. There is something exciting and mysterious about the depth that attracts divers. To scuba dive with confidence at depths to 40 meters, you must be sure what to do and how to act. This is what PADI Deep Diver course teaches you. Your training starts by reviewing reasons for deep diving and how important it is to know your personal limits.
During four deep dives with your instructor, you’ll go over:
• Specialized deep diving equipment.
• Deep dive planning, buddy contact procedures and buoyancy control.
• Managing your gas supply, dealing with gas narcosis and safety considerations.
After a few dives as a certified scuba diver, you soon want to explore a bit deeper. There is something exciting and mysterious about the depth that attracts divers. To scuba dive with confidence at depths to 40 meters, you must be sure what to do and how to act. This is what PADI Deep Diver course teaches you. Your training starts by reviewing reasons for deep diving and how important it is to know your personal limits.
During four deep dives with your instructor, you’ll go over:
• Specialized deep diving equipment.
• Deep dive planning, buddy contact procedures and buoyancy control.
• Managing your gas supply, dealing with gas narcosis and safety considerations.
PADI Wreck Diver (4 dives)
Requirements: minimum age 15 years and Advanced Open Water Diver
Wrecks are something what gives us a unique opportunity to enter the past and live it in a special way. Some wrecks are sunk on purpose, some just had a sad destiny, but all of them open a fascinating window to the past. The Padi Wreck Diver course teaches you how to enjoy remarkable moments while being a responsible wreck diver. Your training starts by reviewing guidelines for researching and respecting wrecks.
During four dives you’ll learn:
• Safety considerations for navigating and exploring wrecks.
• Surveying and mapping a wreck.
• Using penetration lines and reels to guide exploration.
• Techniques to avoid kicking up silt or disturbing the wreck and its inhabitants.
Wrecks are something what gives us a unique opportunity to enter the past and live it in a special way. Some wrecks are sunk on purpose, some just had a sad destiny, but all of them open a fascinating window to the past. The Padi Wreck Diver course teaches you how to enjoy remarkable moments while being a responsible wreck diver. Your training starts by reviewing guidelines for researching and respecting wrecks.
During four dives you’ll learn:
• Safety considerations for navigating and exploring wrecks.
• Surveying and mapping a wreck.
• Using penetration lines and reels to guide exploration.
• Techniques to avoid kicking up silt or disturbing the wreck and its inhabitants.
General requirements
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