On Sunday August 17th, 2015, PADI ran an event at the Almouij Marina at The Wave in Muscat, Oman, to introduce PADI to a wider audience in Oman and to announce plans for a PADI Dive Guide program. This is a professional level qualification, between Rescue Diver and Divemaster that we will pilot test in Continue reading
PADI came out on July 13 with this fantastic video on YouTube about scuba diving with Great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias). The video is about six minutes long and the images are really something to see. Whatever you feel about sharks, PADI invites you to Meet the divers and crew who scuba dive with massive great Continue reading
Since beginning of the month Markus is our new dive master candidate doing his internship with us. Markus will join Euro-Divers Hurghada team for the next 2 months to become a dive master. We wish him all the best and are looking forward to sharing great dives and experiences with him. The Ramadan ended and we Continue reading
Dear divers, Something very special happened in July at Vilamendhoo! We had a visit from a real mermaid! During our full day trips to the south of the atoll our divers had the chance to see a whale shark and a mermaid swimming together under water! Have a look at our facebook page Euro-Divers Vilamendhoo Continue reading
The Euro-Divers Kandooma dive center is getting better and better! The dive shop has been fully redecorated from the classroom to reception area and guest room. The walls are now so white and bright that wearing sunglasses is highly recommended when visiting the dive center. Our new wooden dhoni, the “Sharafu” has also been maintained with Continue reading
If you are planning a holiday in Maldives, why not take advantage of The Residence Maldives‘ special offers. There are two offers available at the moment. “Resort Credit Offer” When you stay 4 or more nights, you will receive a daily resort credit of USD 250.00 and if you choose to stay 7 nights and Continue reading
Dear fellow divers, Month of June was a bit quiet but special, we have been very lucky on our trips to the whale shark point with good encounters and on top seeing 100’s of dolphins passing by during the dive. The next day again on the west side of the atoll Miyaru Thila during the Continue reading
Greetings from sunny Hurghada! The windy weather continued in May but luckily it was not that strong and so we had the chance to go out on several diving trips. Actually the water temperature reached a nice 25 degrees towards the end of the month. On several dives we had the chance to swim with dolphins. Continue reading
Hello divers, And greetings from The Euro-Divers team at Euro-Divers Vilamendhoo Maldives. Great news: The underwater scooters, our new underwater “toys”, are a lot of fun! Indeed, 3 new underwater scooters are available for rent at our diving center. An underwater scooter lets you to explore the reefs and swim with less fatigue while using Continue reading
The month of April was wonderfull and after a huge success in March with the Underwater Festival, we moved back to our favorite dive site: Rangali Manta Point or as we simply call it: Manta Point. 😉 Our diving guests went several times to Manta Point this month and had the chance to meet the Continue reading
Our senior dive team recently went to the Maldives to capture some fantastic aerial views of the islands. They spent several days criss-crossing the region, island hooping between our dive centers located on world class island resorts; some of them quite remote. What a hard life these guys have 😉 Granted, when you think of Continue reading
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.
The golden rule with scuba-diving is “never hold your breath” and so is my saying “Just B(-reath)” stay in the moment.
That trip changed everything. Since 2014, I visited more than 50 countries in three continents. Diving came into my life in 2015 when I decided to finish Open Water Course in Thailand – that time I spent all my money on that and had to hitchhike from Thailand to Russia for 1 month! Besides Thailand, I gained experience in Egypt, Colombia, Spain and Vietnam.
2019, 2020, 2021 – still in Maldives, enjoying what I love the most. Diving brings me peace, teaching brings me joy by seeing my students learning how to dive, experiencing new world, improving their skills and overcoming their fears.
My last job before diving instructor was Senior HR Specialist in a clinical trial company in Beijing, China. Since I had my first diving experience in Vietnam as a tourist, I couldn’t forget this magical sensation underwater and I ended up spending all of my holiday’s diving in Southeast Asia. It was at the moment when I found “holiday diving” couldn’t meet my passion anymore, that I decided to become an instructor.
If you like immersive experience, scuba diving is definitely the best one among many others; If you like traveling around the world, you would love to see the 70% of the planet which is underwater; If you want to experience the feeling of being weightless, scuba diving is the best option as walking in the space still takes time to realize; If you want to disconnect, to escape, to forget, to calm down, to cheer up, to release stress, to clear your head, go diving.”
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.
The biggest challenge currently we have (like many others) is to survive the Covid times, however, we remain positive and hopeful that tourism will bounce back sooner or later and we will be able to dive with our international friends as we did pre-covid.
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 am a scuba instructor since 7 years, I have been working with Euro-Divers since in Egypt then later they gave me the opportunity to work in the Maldives where I still live. As a female diver I’ve never had any trouble in this activity, neither since I am instructor. Generally, in the diving industry, you will find yourself outnumbered more by men than women so that can be intimidating at first but hey! guys have realized by now that us girls can be as good (if not better) as them underwater 😉 !
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. That’s how I end up in the Maldives, Club Med Kani, where I was approached by one of the dive instructors to start my new addiction!
I am the perfect example of someone who was scared of diving, the only advice I could give is to believe in yourself, diving is for anyone who want to go above their comfort zone and achieve what you think you are not able to do. The best evasion of the mind is to be underwater but also to share this passion to others.
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.
Becoming a diver gives you the chance to feel, to live, to explore, and to admire this unique underwater world. Just jump, open your eyes, and take your first breath in the Ocean. And, when you will be surrounded by those beautiful aquatic creatures you will understand how it is like to fly in paradise.”
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.
Like everyone has different food taste, everyone can find different diving taste, not only for the depth and time, also finding different big/small animals, corals, topography, enjoy the silence, zero-gravity, water flow etc. Diving can be your lifetime activity. Come and join us for your diving experience. It can be a chance to find new step!”
