LEARN TO DIVE AND DIVING PACKAGES

 


...with it's calm, clear azure sea, warm temperatures, crystal clear visibility and waters that teem with colourful reef fish and abound with beautiful coral. With a variety of locations along its coast, the Red Sea is ideal for those wishing to learn to dive, or for the qualified diver who wishes to explore the unexplored. It's no wonder that the Red Sea is rated as one of the best dive locations in the World!

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Learn to Dive packages

PADI OPEN WATER COURSE
Learn to dive in 5 days.
This course is divided into three sections: classroom, confined water and four open water dives. Each part is fun and your instructor will ensure that you learn exactly what you need, to explore this fascinating new world. On successful completion of the course, you will be issued with an Open Water Diving Certificate, enabling you to dive to 18 metres all over the world. Minimum age 12.

PADI OPEN WATER REFERRAL COURSE
The referral system allows you to undertake the academic and confined water training in the UK prior to departure, enabling you to complete the remaining two days in resort, to get on with some diving, with four open water dives. Contact PADI to arrange your UK training.

BSAC OCEAN DIVER COURSE
This 5 day course is divided into four sections: theory, confined water, theory with practical assessments and five open water dives. Throughout the course, you will be building a solid foundation of open water skills and safe diving practices, giving you the confidence to explore this new world and enjoy many years of safe and memorable diving.

  
Further Diving Courses for Qualified Divers
All divers wishing to participate in any diving courses for qualified divers, including specialist diving packages, must present an internationally recognised diving certificate and a log book. If you have not dived in the past 6 months, please expect to undergo a checkout or refresher dive (price on request from our reservations department). In Taba, certified divers must purchase local diving insurance (approximately £12).

PADI ADVANCED OPEN WATER COURSE
This two-day course focuses on expanding your diving experiences and knowledge from your Open Water Course (or equivalent), and gives you the opportunity to learn new skills that particularly interest you. With the emphasis very much in the water, this is a practical course.

PADI RESCUE DIVER COURSE
This course focuses on assisting others and how to prevent and handle diving emergencies. Prior to certification, you must have completed a sanctioned course in CPR within the last three years.


DIVEMASTER
This is PADI’s first level of professional qualification. The course is designed to give you the ability to organise and conduct diving activities. This course is normally a pre-requisite to work in most areas as a dive guide. The course takes around 3 weeks, during which time you will cover dive planning, dive management and control, supervising students in training, physics and physiology skills and the environment, recreational dive planners and equipment. Candidates will also be required to complete a 400 yard swim and 800 yard snorkel swim, 15 minutes tread water, problem solving assessment, diver rescue assessment and underwater map making. Please ask at time of booking for details of extra costs.

 

  


Specialist Diving packages
SINAI DIVING SAFARIS
Diving safaris rank as one of the world’s most unique diving holidays. Exploring the Red Sea’s most isolated and spectacular dive sites, travelling by jeep and camping in the ‘Million Stars Hotel’, you will experience the true beauty of the Red Sea and the mystique of the Sinai desert. Safaris include two tanks per day, weights, Full Board, bed mats, sleeping bags, tents if required and 4-wheel drive vehicles. Insurance, border fees and £2 tips per person per day, plus items of a personal nature, are not included.

THE SECRET WORLD OF KEWET SALEM
Access Sinai dive sites that most divers cannot reach. A unique chance to boat-dive this near virgin coastline from a dedicated dive boat stationed at the Taba Hilton. Sites including The Fjord, Ras Hamira and Marsa El Mukabila are waiting to be explored. Only available to divers using the services of Aquasport Taba

 

Extras

  • PADI Manual £39
  • PADI International Diving Certificate £28
  • Log Book (open water courses only) £4
  • Full PADI pack including all above items plus decompressed tables, student file and bag £71
  • An Egyptian diving tax of approximately £0.70 per person per day (slightly reduced for snorkellers and passengers on dive boats) is payable locally.
    All prices are approximate and payable locally.

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