Diving Courses for Kids

Diving isn’t just for adults. If your child is comfortable with the water and they are interested then they can dive. PADI has a whole program just for kids. As young as 8 years old children can get in the water and try a Bubble Maker experience. Once they reach the age of 10 children can start learning to dive with the Junior Open Water Diver course.

Our Equipment

Children dive with the same basic equipment as adults, just smaller. The main pieces of equipment are the BCD jacket for buoyancy control, the regulator and mouth piece for breathing, the air tank and the wet suit. We have all this equipment for children from 8 years old.

PADI Bubble Maker Experience

With the “Bubble Maker”, children from 8 years old can experience diving in a safe and fun environment. With a personal instructor children can dive in confined water. We have several sites, including our house reef which are perfect for kids to get in the water and make bubbles. They don’t have to be good swimmers but must be comfortable in the water.

On a Bubblemaker children will dive up to a maximum of 2 metres under the supervision of a diving instructor. Diving in confined water they can get up close with the coral and the reef fish that live there.

Children aged 10 or more that want to learn to dive can go onto the Junior Open Water Diver course.

PADI Junior Open Water Diver

This is where a child can start to see the wondrous world below the waves, discover new adventures and learn to scuba dive. The Junior Open Water Diver course is tailor made for children and introduces them the knowledge and develops the skills for them to be comfortable in the water.

Open to children that are at least 10 years old and comfortable in the water the course starts with knowledge development through videos and teaching and then moves onto learning skills in shallow confined water and ends with several shallow open water dives to practise the skills. Once qualified children can dive under the following conditions:

• Junior Open Water Divers ages 10-11 years old must dive with a PADI Professional or certified parent/guardian. Dives must not exceed 12 metres /40 feet.
• Junior Open Water Divers ages 12-14 years old must dive with a certified adult

PADI Junior Advanced Open Water Diver

Children aged 12-14 that have completed the Junior Open Water Diver course can continue exploring the underwater world and building their skills with the Junior Advanced Open Water Diver course. As part of this course junior divers must complete 5 adventure dives. Once qualified Junior Advanced Open Water Divers can dive up to 21m with a certified adult.