Course overview

Begin diving with the PADI Scuba Diver entry credential in Dahab, learning fundamentals in the calm Lighthouse bay and making supervised dives on reefs alive with parrotfish and turtles. It's a shorter route into the underwater world that upgrades easily to full Open Water.

What you’ll learn

• Set up and use scuba gear
• Master essential safety skills
• Equalise, clear mask and recover regulator
• Develop basic buoyancy control
• Dive under direct supervision

Prerequisites

• 10+ years old
• Basic swimming ability
• Diver medical questionnaire

What's included · What's not

Probability of sightings · month-by-month

What you're likely to see each month, based on historic operator logs.

Day-by-day itinerary

1. Day1
   Skills & Theory

   Complete partial eLearning and confined-water skills in a calm bay.
2. Day2
   Supervised Dives

   Make supervised open-water dives on a Dahab shore reef.

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