The Maldives offers one of the best places in the world for kids to dive – from those taking their first breaths underwater, to water babies who already have a few dives in their logbooks.
The calm, clear, shallow lagoons are the perfect place for learning to dive and the sandy bottom is gentle on little knees.
Colorful fish swimming around will see excitement and wonder replace nerves, and before you know it there will be another diver in the family!
What are the options for kids diving?
- PADI Bubblemaker – Age 8+
No studying, just fun in the water. Children will delight in this amazing adventure, they will be in a very small group (maximum two children) and will practice breathing with the equipment before heading to the shallows (maximum 2 metres deep) for games and fish spotting. Be warned – they will want to repeat this activity over and over again! - PADI Discover Scuba Diving – Age 10+
Not just for kids, the whole family can take part in this adventure together and you’ll be amazed at how easy it is. Learn the basics of breathing underwater, equalizing, hand signals and a few simple skills before heading off on a ‘real’ dive. This isn’t a certification course so is a great option if you and your children want to experience diving but don’t want to study on their holiday. - Junior PADI Scuba Diver (JPSD) – Age 10+
Perfect for kids who want to do a ‘proper’ course and get a certification at the end, 3 theory sessions, three lagoons sessions to learn skills and two open water dives to put everything into practice. After successful completion of the course they will be certified to dive to 12 metres with a PADI professional. They can also ‘upgrade’ at any time in the future and get the full PADI Junior Open Water diver certification. - PADI Junior Open Water Diver – Age 10+
Kids will complete all of the JPSD as detailed above, plus two more theory sessions, two more skills sessions and two more open water dives.
*No prior experience is necessary for the above courses and experiences but the children should be comfortable in the water.
If you’re thinking of enrolling your child onto a PADI course, it’s a good idea for them to complete the theory at their own pace, at home using the online PADI eLearning facility.
Youngsters, who are already certified when they arrive in the Maldives, can further their skills with the Junior Advanced Open Water Course or simply enjoy the reefs of one of the world’s best diving destinations.
Childhood memories of scuba diving amongst the fish and turtles of the Maldives will last a lifetime and getting the diving bug as a child opens up endless possibilities of travel and careers they would never otherwise have dreamed of.
It’s easy, it’s safe and it’s fun!
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.
