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An Introduction to SCUBA for non-certified divers
Our PADI Discover Scuba Diving programme is the first step for those looking to experience scuba diving. This programme is not a certification but it is an introduction to scuba. It’s a great choice if you would like to see whether you would like to proceed with the full PADI Open Water Course, or for those who simply don’t have time to get certified but would like to experience the underwater world.
The programme takes 2-3 hours and costs 95USD including equipment rental, taxes and service charge. It starts with getting you to learn a bit of SCUBA theory from the PADI Discover Scuba Diving booklet, then we give you a short briefing and proceed to gearing up. We then go into the lagoon for a skills session where we teach you the basic skills you’ll need for your first dive. When your instructor is satisfied with your performance, you will then go to the boat and to a beautiful nearby reef with wonderful marine life for an open water dive to a maximum of 12m.
You do not have to be a very good swimmer, but you do need to know the basics and be fairly comfortable in the water.
Our PADI DSD sessions usually take place in the afternoon.
Good to Know
Medical Questionnaire
Minimum Age
Teaching Languages
No Fly
Items Needed
What can I expect to see?
During your PADI Discover Scuba Diving session, we will take you to one of a few nearby reefs which are suitable for beginners. Which reef we choose will depend on the time of year, the weather, the current and your previous experience of scuba diving and performance during the lagoon skills session.
Wherever we choose, the dive will be to a maximum of 12m. Often we like to choose a site where the reef is very shallow, so you can start to experience the underwater world, even just a couple of metres below the surface. This also gives you time to get accustomed to diving and to start to relax under water, before we go a little deeper.
So in these dive sites, you can expect to see abundant marine life – a real variety of tropical fish – butterflyfish, angelfish, gobies, ‘nemo’ fish and anemone fish – as well as other marine life. In addition, you might see a moray eel, sea cucumbers, starfish or even an octopus. If you’re lucky you might see a turtle or an eagle ray!
As these sites are usually quite protected, we don’t often see sharks on these dives, however it is possible.
If you complete the session with ease, we can then go for a second dive the next day, somewhere a little more challenging, where sharks are more likely.
