All courses SSI & DAN training

Diving — Beginners’ courses

A guide to getting started with diving, one step at a time and in small groups. No experience is needed: we’ll take care of everything.

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Try Scuba (Introductory Dive)

Your first taste of the sea: your very first dive in safe, shallow waters, guided step by step by an instructor. No experience required – just a desire to discover what it’s like to breathe underwater — and you’ll receive your SSI Try Scuba card.

  • Minimum age: 8 years
  • Max depth: 5 m
  • Pool sessions: 1
  • Theory lessons: 1
  • Requirements: Able to swim · No experience required

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Basic Diver

A short course to really get a taste of scuba diving: you’ll learn the basic skills and dive to a depth of up to 12 metres accompanied by an SSI professional. The ideal way to get started at a leisurely pace before going on to the full certification.

  • Minimum age: 10 years
  • Max depth: 12 m
  • Open-water dives: 1
  • Pool sessions: 1
  • Theory lessons: 1
  • Duration: 10–12 h
  • Requirements: Able to swim · No swimming certificate

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Scuba Diver

It provides you with everything you need to dive to a depth of 12 metres in the sea with an SSI instructor, combining online theory, pool sessions and open-water dives. It’s the first, exciting step towards becoming an Open Water Diver.

  • Minimum age: 10 years
  • Max depth: 12 m
  • Open-water dives: 2
  • Pool sessions: 2
  • Theory lessons: 3
  • Duration: 10–16 h
  • Requirements: Able to swim · No swimming certificate

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Open Water Diver

The SSI certification is recognised worldwide: once you’ve completed the course, you’ll be able to dive independently with a buddy to a depth of 18 metres, wherever you like. Personalised theory lessons, pool sessions and open-water dives to ensure you feel completely at ease underwater.

  • Minimum age: 10 years
  • Max depth: 18 m
  • Open-water dives: 4
  • Pool sessions: 6
  • Theory lessons: 6
  • Duration: 16–32 h
  • Requirements: Able to swim · No swimming certificate

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Scuba Skills Update

Have you been out of the water for a while? A practical refresher course to help you get back in the water safely and with confidence, revising the key Open Water skills with an instructor. Ideal before resuming diving or going on a diving trip.

  • Minimum age: 10 years
  • Max depth: 5 m
  • Pool sessions: 1
  • Theory lessons: 5
  • Duration: 2–3 h
  • Requirements: Open Water Diver Certificate

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