Learning to Dive is relatively easy, it just requires a little time and effort.

At The Dive Shop we offer a flexible training programme to help you to get underwater as soon as possible.

Our professional staff provide a friendly, relaxed learning environment with small class sizes to maximise the time spent with each student.

During the Scuba Diver and Open Water Diver programmes you will take part in 3 separate phases:

Knowledge Development - This will develop your understanding of basic principles and procedures.

You will learn things like how increasing pressure underwater affects the way we dive, how to select the right gear for your diving and what to do when planning your dives.

You will complete much of this in your own time, completing a little home study in your PADI Open Water Diver Manual and watching the PADI Open Water Diver DVD.  If you prefer learning using a computer you can opt to use the integrated Open Water Diver Manual & DVD as a CD Rom package.  You will then review the work with your instructor and conclude each theory session with a short quiz.  At the end of the course you will take an exam to ensure that you have a good understanding of all the key concepts.

Confined Water Dives - You will develop all your basic scuba skills in a swimming pool.  And already - You're Diving!

You are going to learn simple skills such as how to set your gear up and check it functions properly, how to get water out of your mask without surfacing and how to float effortlessly off the bottom.

You'll practice some 'what-if' skills like sharing air with your buddy or how to remove & replace your scuba gear with ease.  You'll have extra time at the end of each session to improve your skills and you'll meet many new friends during your course - these could be the guys you will be diving into the waters of the Red Sea with quite soon after you qualify!

There are a number of confined water dives, each building upon the skills learned during the previous dive.  By the end of these dives, you will have attained the skills you need to dive in open water.

Open Water Dives - This is where you get to put all those new skills into action.

You and your new dive buddies will conduct some open water training dives with your instructor and additional staff members to help introduce you to diving in open water.  You will repeat a few of your basic skills and take part in an underwater tour to practice your buoyancy control and check out the aquatic life.

All of our courses are 'performance based' which means you will achieve competence in each skill before moving on.

This ensures that you learn at a pace which is comfortable for you; encouraging you to be a confident and safety conscious diver.

Check out the details on our Open Water Diver Course and Scuba Diver Course.

Still Not Sure? Why not take a Discover Scuba Diving Session to find out if diving is for you.