Diving for children & families

We offer some great beginner courses especially for children and families, but if you or your children are already divers, we will do our best to make a small group just for your family and take you on some great dives suitable for all the diving members of the family.  Apart from beginner courses and diving we also offer the Junior Advanced and other courses suitable for Juniors with more experience. Please simply ask your instructor. Ask about our seasonal family specials!

The Scuba Ranger

A fun and easy first dive experience for young kids.  We have junior sized equipment for the young diver.

• Requirements: Min. age 8 years; fit to dive
• Location: Kuramathi House reef
• Maximum depth: 5 meters
• Usual duration: 1 hour (30 minutes in water)
• Price: check our current pricelist

Try Scuba Diving/Basic Diver

Is perfect for kids who just want to try Scuba diving and see how it is to breathe and swim underwater. Join us in our shallow sandy lagoon or on our beautiful house reef for a shallow dive.

• Requirements: Min. age 10 years; fit to dive
• Location: Kuramathi Lagoon or House Reef
• Usual duration:  max. 2 hours (45 minutes in water)
• Max. Depth: usually 6 meters
• Price: check our current pricelist

SSI or PADI Junior Scuba Diver Course

s a 2 day course (including the Try Dive) and includes one dive off the boat. This diver certification allows the holder to dive to max. 12m, but always accompanied by a SSI/PADI professional. The course is effectively the first half of the Open Water Diver course and is upgradeable to the OWD any time in the future.

• Requirements: Min. age 10 years; fit to dive
• Location: Lagoon and local beginner dive sites
• Usual duration:  2 days at a relaxed pace
• Max. Depth: 12 meters
• Included: All equipment, two open water dives, confined water/lagoon lessons, instruction, certification, required student materials, logbook, boat fee
• Price: check our current pricelist

SSI or PADI Junior Open Water Diver (OWD)

The course takes four days including the Try Dive. With three open water dives off the boat on the outside reef (and one in the lagoon) junior divers will have a great opportunity to see turtles, rays, sharks, morays and numerous other reef fish.

• Requirements: Min. age 10 years; fit to dive
• Location: Lagoon and local beginner dive sites
• Usual duration:  4 days at a relaxed pace
• Max. Depth: 12 meters for 10 & 11 year olds; 18 meters for 12 year olds and above
• Included: All equipment, four open water dives, confined water/lagoon lessons, instruction, certification, required student materials, logbook, boat fees
• Price: check our current pricelist

If you would like your children to have the opportunity to try Scuba Diving, then please stop by the dive school and we can explain all the options and answer any queries or concerns that you may have. In addition, there are many Advanced courses also available for children and families. Please ask your instructor about the many opportunities!