Scuba diving and snorkeling amongst the abundance of marine life and coral reef structures in the Maldives is a breath-taking experience.
Coral reefs are known to be the most diverse ecosystems on the planet but are sadly under threat.
The plight of life in the oceans has seen much media coverage in recent times with plastic contamination and coral reef damage some of the most highlighted areas of concern.
Euro-Divers dive centres are committed to sustainable diving practices, responsible tourism and protecting the reefs of the Maldives.
What we do:
- Our dive centres follow the Green Fins code of conduct
- Encourage correct weighting for good buoyancy control
- Conduct thorough dive briefings with protection of the marine life playing a key part
- Encourage guests to take single-use plastics such as shampoo bottles and bags home with them for recycling
- Provide water dispensers on the boats in a bid to avoiding the use of single-use plastics
- Some of our dive centres have achieved the PADI Green Star Award, this is only awarded to centres where conservation practices are demonstrated across many areas of the business
What you can do:
- Avoid touching coral or other marine life
- Maintain correct buoyancy control
- Dispose of litter responsibly
- Avoid single-use plastics
- Use reef-friendly skincare and sun protection products
- Follow the advice of the dive guide
- Collect any underwater litter if safe to do so
- Take part in beach and underwater clean ups
Based here in the Maldives, we are privileged to be able to see the huge and graceful manta rays feeding on plankton and getting cleaned at the cleaning stations, we can observe the close relationship between clown-fish and anemones, colourful nudibranchs, highly camouflaged frog fish and watch in awe as gigantic whale sharks pass by.
We are certain that anyone fortunate enough to have witnessed first hand the intricacies of life on the reefs will want to do all they can to help protect them.
Everything started with my Open Water Course at Koh Tao, Thailand. I’m hooked with the first breath I took underwater – this magical and peaceful world with all these different colors and creatures made me forget about everything else. It felt like an addiction.
This time made me realize that I don’t want to keep diving only as a hobby. I wanted to become a Diving Instructor and make diving my profession.
I was working as an entertainer in one of the resorts in South Malé atoll. The first time I tried diving I absolutely fell in love with it, so every day off I would go diving.
I was lucky enough to meet people from Euro-Divers who helped me complete my instructor course and employment later on.
That trip changed everything. Since 2014, I visited more than 50 countries in three continents.
2019, 2020, 2021 – still in Maldives, enjoying what I love the most.
Im sonnigen Süden (Ägypten) lernte ich im Urlaub die unglaubliche Unterwasserwelt bei einem Schnuppertauchgang kennen und lieben.
Anfangs arbeitete ich im Tauchcenter im Büro, mir wurde jedoch schnell klar, dass ich die Gäste nicht nur über Wasser sondern auch unter Wasser begleiten wollte. Somit machte ich die Divemaster Ausbildung.
I studied Hotel management and ended up working for several years in different Hotels/Resorts around Italians seaside where I spend my days off diving and achieving the Dive Master rating.
I choose to stay in Oman because of its unspoiled dive site, beaches and many undiscovered dive places! We do not have mass tourism here and the country itself is spectacular besides being the safest place to live in.
Bored and burnt out of the stressful life in Holland, I quit my job as Manager Back Office & Finance and I went to Curacao for holiday. On this tropical island I took my first breaths under water with Instructor Marc, who is still my buddy in life.
Diving keeps me grounded, relaxed and connected with Mother Nature (myself). It supports me to let go, to put things into perspective and it helps me to stay focused and balanced in my position as a manager.
But diving was not at all my purpose of the journey, in fact I was not even a diver yet, I became a diver after I got passionate in freediving in Egypt in 2012 while freediving with dolphin in the wild, eager to become a snorkeling guide, I did my life guard licence and then my PADI open water!
I love freediving but scuba diving is an all other story for me, learning scuba diving make you discover part of yourself you didn’t know, you learn to control things that you would have never imagined possible, I regularly see many of my students discovering how calm they can be underwater when in life they tend to be hyperactive and then in the other hand I see calm or introverted persons becoming excited and move like a torpedo underwater 🙂 so diving might not be for everyone but it is definitely to discover!
I decided after my hospitality studies to enter this fascinating new world. I have started my career in Club Med as Guest Service and had the opportunity to travel some of the famous destinations for diving or snorkeling.
I am the perfect example of someone who was scared of diving, the only advice I could give is to believe in yourself.
But since I was young, I knew I wanted to travel the world, to go on adventures, have fun and meet people from everywhere. Unfortunately, those jobs didn’t give me the opportunity to do it so after 5 years I decided to move to Thailand.
Scuba Diving is a sport of passion.
During this time, I wanted to try something new, so I started scuba diving and I will never forget my first underwater experience. I felt nervous at first but at the same time a lot of excitement.
Some people might think that diving is a difficult sport, but there are many ways to enjoy safe diving for any age or gender.
