PADI Scuba Diving Courses
I offer the full range of PADI recreational scuba diving courses, from discovery dives and learning to dive, to distinctive specialities. By incorporating my knowledge of yoga, breathwork, meditation and marine conservation, I turn every course into a unique experience.
What's Special About My Courses
Using the PADI diving curriculum as the framework for my courses, I incorporate Yoga, Pranayama (yogis breathwork) and Meditation into all my courses. My focus is not on numbers or ticking off requirements for certifications. I offer you more time to complete a course, more time in the water, personal attention and patience for you to overcome any physical or mental barriers that you may experience.
Yoga
Yoga is a fantastic way to loosen up, stretch and prepare the mind & body before our dives. I teach beginner-level Sun Salutations as it helps to improve both the physical and mental aspects of the sport.
By incorporating gentle yoga into all my diving training courses, I share techniques which help us remain calm, improve our focus, reduce the risk of injury, and enhance the overall scuba diving experience.
Pranayama
Pranayama, the practice of controlling the breath, is important for scuba diving because it helps improve our air consumption and our buoyancy due to our mindful breathing rhythm.
Pranayama helps to calm the mind and reduce anxiety, which is essential for scuba diving. By focusing on the breath and regulating it, we're able to stay calm and centred underwater, even in challenging conditions.
Meditation
Meditation and visualisation are important aspects of our pre-dive routine. By incorporating mindfulness into our routine, we improve our mental focus, reduce anxiety, and enhance our overall well-being.
Scuba Diving requires a high level of mental clarity, concentration, and calmness, and meditation can help develop these qualities. By practising meditation before our training sessions, we train our minds to stay focused and calm underwater.
Scuba Diving
PADI Discover Scuba Diving
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to breathe underwater? If you want to find out but aren’t quite ready to take the plunge into a certification course, Discover Scuba Diving will let you try scuba to see if you like it.
While not an actual scuba certification, during the Discover Scuba Diving experience you’ll learn how to use scuba equipment in shallow water and get a quick and easy introduction to what it takes to explore the underwater world.
The Fun Part
There is nothing like breathing underwater for the very first time. It takes a little getting used to –after all, human beings weren’t designed to do that – but after a few minutes of awestruck wonder, you’ll realise how easy scuba diving really is.
You can get credit! If your Discover Scuba Diving program includes an actual scuba dive in open water, your experience may count toward PADI Scuba Diver or PADI Open Water Diver certification putting you a step ahead of the game.
PRACTICAL ASPECTS
Learn what wearing scuba equipment feels like and how easy it is to move around underwater while wearing it. Take your first breaths underwater while learning some basic skills and safety rules that will carry over to your full scuba certification course when you take the next step.
The course consists of a dive briefing, an explanation of equipment use, and two sessions: a short dive around in shallow confined water (3m max) with completing some basic skills. Once you are comfortable, we continue with the second part in deeper water (12m max) exploring around! The length of the dive is depending on you, usually between 30 to 60 min.
DURATION
1/2 day
PREREQUISITES
Minimum 10 years old
€85
Included: all gear, eLearning modules, land-based transport to dive sites, PADI certification, & dive insurance during the course.
Not included: Transport to and from the dive centre in Sliema
Scuba Diving
PADI Open Water Diver
If you’ve always wanted to learn how to scuba dive, discover new adventures or simply see the wondrous world beneath the waves, this is where it starts. Get your PADI scuba certification – your international passport to diving anywhere in the world, down to 18M with a buddy.
The PADI Open Water Diver course is the world’s most popular scuba course, and has introduced millions of people to the adventurous diving lifestyle.
PRACTICAL ASPECTS
This course combines PADI’s online elearning modules that covers all the necessary theory, confined open-water skills training, and four open water diving experiences.
DURATION
3-5 days
PREREQUISITES
Minimum age 15 (those age 10-14 are eligible for the PADI Junior Open Water Course). Student divers must be able to swim 200m unaided without stopping and float or thread water for 10 minutes.
€580
Included: all gear, eLearning modules, land-based transport to dive sites, PADI certification, & dive insurance during the course.
Not included: Transport to and from the dive centre in Sliema
Scuba Diving
PADI Advanced Open Water Diver
You don’t have to be “advanced” to take this course. The course is designed so you can enrol straight after the Open Water course. The PADI Advanced course helps you increase your confidence and build skills so you can become more comfortable in the water. This is a great way to get more dives under your belt and continue to learn.
If you complete your Deep Adventure Dive, Underwater Navigation Adventure Dive and three Adventure Dives for a total of five, you can earn your PADI Advanced Open Water Diver certification.
Upon certification, you can dive to 30 meters* depth and have a credit towards any PADI Speciality that you have completed an Advanced Dive!
PRACTICAL ASPECTS
The course consists of five dives, including a Deep Dive and Underwater Navigation Dive, which are compulsory. There is a choice of three other adventure dives, including Fish Identification, Dive Against Debris, Wreck, Boat or Night dives.
The course’s five dives can be from a boat or shore (logistics permitting). Select your dive options, complete your knowledge reviews, and then go diving!
DURATION
2-3 days
PREREQUISITES
Minimum age 15 (divers ages 10-14 are eligible for the PADI Junior Advanced Open Water Course). Certified PADI Open Water Diver or equivalent.
€495
Included: all gear, eLearning modules, land-based transport to dive sites, PADI certification, & dive insurance during the course.
Not included: Transport to and from the dive centre in Sliema
(* – divers 15 years and younger are restricted to 21 meters. When the diver turns 16, they will be certified to go to 30 meters.)
PADI Specialties Available
Since certifying as a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor in 2016, I have certified over 200 students. Through the years my passion for teaching has only grown and now I live to share this passion with others.
Deep Diver Specialty
Plan Deep Dives to a maximum depth of 40M, learn buoyancy control at depth, manage narcosis and important safety considerations.
Wreck Diver Specialty
Learn how to explore different types of wrecks by investigating their layout, history and hazards, and practice specialized wreck diving skills.
PADI Aware Specialty
Uniting scuba divers to make a difference. By earning this certification, you'll learn how you can make a difference for ocean protection every time you dive or travel.
Enriched Air Diver
Enriched Air, also known as Nitrox contains less nitrogen than regular air. Less nitrogen means you can enjoy longer dives and shorter surface intervals.
Peak Performance Buoyancy
Excellent buoyancy control is what defines skilled scuba divers. You'll glide effortlessly, use less air and ascend, descend or hover almost as if by thought.
Underwater Naturalist Specialty
Get a better understanding about the local ecosystem and the differences between terrestrial and aquatic worlds. See new things, even in the most familiar dive sites.
Digital Underwater Photography
Avoid beginner mistakes and shorten the learning curve. Learn how to use your camera, underwater photography lights (strobes), avoid backscatter and enhance color.
Emergency First Response
Emergency First Response training teaches you what to do in the critical moments between when a life-threatening emergency occurs and when emergency medical services arrive.
Workshops & Retreats
Workshops aimed at aspiring yogis, scuba divers and freedivers. Learn the fundamentals of yoga, breathwork, general well-being, flexibility, and mental conditioning for diving.
Workshop
Pranayama For Divers
Learn the fundamentals of Pranayama and extend your dives, safely and comfortably. If you slow down your breath with deep controlled breathing you also slow down the heart rate. To be able to dive as safely and as long as possible, the blood should be enriched with oxygen on the one hand, on the other hand, you should be completely calm, and your heartbeat should be slow. The slower your heart rate, the less oxygen you will burn. Book a 90 minute Pranayama session with me, one-on-one or in a group, online or in-person.
Pranayama Breathing Exercises for Scuba Divers & Freedivers
EXTEND YOUR DIVES
Check out my free guide on the basics of Pranayama, and how these exercises can improve our lung capacity and help us gain control over our breath. For scuba divers and freedivers this means longer, safer, more enjoyable dives.
