Who Can Dive?
Scuba diving makes for a fun family activity
Today's modern dive equipment, teaching techniques and understanding of dive medicine enables the majority of people with a basic level of fitness and ability to swim to safely learn to dive.
Whether you're learning as an individual, family or group scuba diving offers opportunities for fun, adventure and making new friends.
Families and Younger Divers
Scuba diving is a great hobby for families to share and can easily be accommodated into a vacation
Many professional scuba dive agencies make key differentiators for environment and depth limits depending upon the divers age. For example PADI have special programs as follows:
- Age 8/9 yrs - Bubblemaker/PADI Seal Team programs introduce scuba diving and adventures/certifications within the safe confines of large pools or confined water environments
- Ages 10/11 yrs - Junior Open Water Divers can learn to dive in the open ocean or other suitable environments to a maximum of 40 feet. After certification the diver must be accompanied by a dive professional or certified parental/guardian "buddy"
- Age 12/13/14 yrs - Junior Divers may advance to the level of Junior Rescue Diver. They may dive to a maximum of 70 feet and train to use Enriched Air and other specialties. Junior divers must always dive with a certified adult diver
- Age +15 yrs - full diver certifications are achievable
For more information and to explore family courses at home or on vacation please contact us.
Individuals
Meeting new people duringa dive course
Diving offers people of all ages and backgrounds the ability to socialize with like minded people and share the joy of the dive with each other.
Courses with BubblesOptional can be personalized (one-on-one) or in small groups. During the period of the course you'll get to meet other divers, share experiences and perhaps make new friends.
BubblesOptional can also arrange guided trips for solo divers who want a professional instructor level buddy. Contact us to learn more.
Groups
We can work with groups to create a dive experience or course to suit your needs
- General social groups looking to do a dive experience
- Friends wanting to learn scuba
- Specialist dive groups looking to explore a new location
- Boy Scouts, Girl Guides, YMCA, "Kids Camp" etc.
Please contact us for details of group rates and exclusive charters etc.
Accessibility
Scuba diving is open to all, especially those with restrictions on land
People with generally good health (see example medical questionnaire) and ability to swim can learn to scuba dive.
The water also offers a unique medium to release people from their constraints on land due to certain disabilities. Please do not hesitate to contact us for more information on these training programs.
Further information about general dive medicine and handicapped scuba:
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