The underwater world is incredible, it’s home to many fascinating creatures and beautiful reefs, but it’s also fragile and needs our respect and protection. As divers and snorkellers, we have the privilege of spending time in a habitat that is not ours, amongst endangered and vulnerable species, and we must help protect it.
At Euro-Divers, we take our environmental responsibilities towards the marine world seriously, and strive to do all that we can ensure it is respected and that our daily activities are sustainable by being part of wider initiatives.
Marine Environment and Protection
We work closely with local NGOs and environmental organisations, as well as with the marine biologists stationed at some of our resorts. Our daily diving programs involve close cooperation with the marine biologists and, together with them, we conduct weekly marine presentations to involve non-divers in our incredible underwater world.
The Euro-Divers team knows how to enjoy underwater adventures without negatively impacting the environment and we share this knowledge with all who dive and snorkel with us.
Procedures for respectful environmental conduct are communicated to everyone during diving or snorkelling briefings and includes such things as not touching or collecting coral or marine life, not wearing gloves, not feeding the fish, ensuring all equipment is secured to ensure it doesn’t drag along the reef, and maintaining good buoyancy. We believe these procedures are key to respectful diving and snorkelling practices.
Want to get involved?
Consider using reef-friendly sunscreen, reduce single-use plastics and spread the word about the plight of our oceans…and encourage all your non-water-loving friends to do the same.
The following programs contribute to marine protection and will further your skills and knowledge in the underwater world:
- Underwater Naturalist Specialty
- Fish Identification Specialty
- Shark & Manta Specialty
- Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty
- Coral farming and restoration
- Regular beach and reef clean up all year round
Maldives Whale Shark Research Programme
South Ari Atoll is one of only three known locations worldwide with a resident whale shark population all year round. Our dive centres close by help contribute to the international database for whale shark encounters, helping marine biologists understand more about these incredible creatures.
Following the Code of Conduct demonstrates the correct way to experience these amazing creatures and ensures appropriate measures are taken to respect and protect whale sharks.
Coral Reef Restoration
Coral reefs are in danger of disappearing due to climate change and other environmental factors. To help preserve these vital ecosystems, Euro-Divers has taken part in coral reef restoration initiatives at some of the resort islands where we are based.
Transplanting healthy coral fragments helps to increase the resilience of coral reefs by providing them with an additional source of living corals that can replace those that have been damaged or destroyed.
Parley Maldives
The oceans mean everything to the Maldives.
The Maldives is challenged in unimaginable ways to manage waste from millions of visiting tourists and a population of more than half a million. Euro-Divers is proud to support Parley Maldives in their mission to protect the environment by removing plastics from the beach, and oceans, preventing them from burning in landfills.
We believe it is our responsibility to do the right thing and help preserve our planet with its resources to help make a difference for future generations.
People protect what they love.
– Jacques-Yves Cousteau
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 Male 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.
