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OPTIONAL ADD-ON: SCUBA DIVING COURSES IN MOMBASA
Learn to dive at an award-winning
5-Star PADI Dive Centre in Kenya! Certificated courses are available
for every level of scuba diver, whether you're a curious beginner or an
advanced diver looking to expand your skills. The ocean around Mombasa
where the courses take place teems with wildlife!
The various courses last from half a day to 5
days. You can do one or two courses, or do the whole lot and qualify as a
Diving
Instructor. This Optional Add-On can be done together with any other project in Kenya,
giving you an exciting and diverse travel experience!
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►SUMMARY
FACTFILE |
| Start
Dates |
All year round - you choose your
start and finish dates! |
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Duration |
Various
durations, ranging from 1 day to 5 days |
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Requirements |
No qualifications needed |
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Price |
Prices range from £99
up to £425 for the more advanced courses. |
| What's
included |
►Course
fees and materials
►Certification fees
where applicable
►Accommodation
►Food
►Meeting you at the Airport
►Transfer to your accommodation
►Transport
to and from your project every day
►Full pre-departure support
►Local in-country team support
and backup
►24-hr emergency support. |
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What's not included |
Flights, Insurance,
Cost of Visas (if a visa is required, but we'll provide necessary documents and
assistance), Return transfer to
airport. |
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Who can do this Project? |
All our projects are
open to all nationalities.
Unless otherwise stated, you need to be aged between 17 and 70+ |
PROJECT OVERVIEW
We have listed six different courses below for you to choose
from, together with some information on each course. These courses are provided
by an independent Dive Centre. We have arranged with the Centre to let our
volunteers have a discounted rate, thus making the courses cheaper for you.
Entry level course prices include all equipment, classroom
sessions, pool sessions and boat trips, but do not include marine park
fees.
We will make the arrangements for your course in advance so that it is reserved
for you when you arrive on your placement.
PADI
DISCOVER SCUBA DIVING
Pre-requisites: Medical fitness
Duration: 1 day
Minimum age: 10
Price: £99
This course is designed for those that wish
to get a taste of scuba diving. Basic level scuba diving theory is taught with
the use of video. This is followed by a pool session where you learn
basic scuba skills and gain underwater confidence. You will then go on a
dive trip accompanied by an instructor. After participating in the course you may
continue to dive with us during your stay in Kenya to a maximum depth of 12m
with one of the Centre instructors.
PADI SCUBA
DIVER
Pre-requisites: Medical fitness
Duration: 2-3 days
Minimum age: 10
Price: £299
This course is designed for those who
want to learn to dive but have insufficient time to complete the Open Water
Course and those who don't want to dive independently or below 12m.
This course takes you half way to becoming an open water diver. You will
participate in three theory sessions, three pool sessions and two open water
dives. After the course you may continue to dive under the supervision of an
instructor or dive master.
If subsequently you decide to become an open water diver this course will be
credited towards your open water qualification.
PADI OPEN WATER REFERRAL
Pre-requisites: Medical fitness
Duration: 4-5 days
Minimum age: 10
Price: £220
The PADI system for diver education is modular - so you can learn to dive a
piece at a time, and if you only have time for part of the course, what you’ve
done won’t be wasted. We offer referral options for students who’ve already
completed all pool and theory requirement.
PADI OPEN
WATER
Pre-requisites: Medical fitness
Duration: 4-5 days
Minimum age: 10
Price: £425
This is the PADI entry level scuba
qualification. Completion of this course entitles you to dive independently with
your buddy within conditions you have experienced in familiar sites.
You will participate in five theory sessions, five pool sessions and four open
water dives. After the course you may continue to dive under similar or better
conditions than those you have experienced independently from professional
supervision to a depth of 18m. There are many exciting adventure dives,
specialties and courses you may participate in after achieving this
qualification.
Continuing your diver education will fine tune your skills, give you extra
confidence and increase your experience
PADI
SCUBA REVIEW
Pre-requisites: Medical fitness
Duration: 1/2 days
Minimum age: 10
Price: £49
This course is aimed at divers who may need to brush up on their diving skills
having not dived for a while. It assesses many core diving skills and theory
enabling the participant to start diving again with confidence and safety.
It is often also used to assess referral students before continuation of their
training.
PADI
ADVENTURE
DIVER
Pre-requisites: Medical fitness
Duration: 1 day Course
Minimum age: 10
Price: £225
This course gives the participant a taste
in one or more of many exciting diving activities. Adventure dives add to the
confidence and skill level of divers who participate as well as giving them
skills to further their enjoyment of the underwater world.
A diver becomes an adventure diver when they have completed three adventure
dives of their choice. An adventure dive is also the first dive of the
corresponding specialty and can be counted towards that specialty and the
advanced diver certification.
You’ll complete 3 of the following dives:
- AWARE - Fish Identification Dive
- Boat Dive Deep Dive *
- Drift Dive *
- Enriched Air Dive (15+ age limit)
- Night Dive *Peak Performance Buoyancy Dive
- Search and Recovery Dive*
- Underwater Naturalist Dive
- Underwater Navigation Dive
- Underwater Photography Dive
- Wreck Dive*
- Multilevel Dive
* These adventure dives have a 12+ age limit
PADI ADVANCED OPENWATER DIVER
Pre-requisites: Open Water Diver Certification/ or Junior Open Water
Diver Certification or equivalent
Duration: 2-3 day Course
Minimum age: 10
Price: £315
An Advanced diver is a diver that has
completed three adventure dives of their choice plus the deep and
navigation adventure dive. This course concentrates on skill development
in the open water environment, theory is minimal and there are numerous
exciting skills that can be learnt.
This is an extremely popular course not just because it is so much fun
but because the Advanced Diver certification opens up to divers a whole
new range of sites that would have been ruled out to them as Open Water
Diver.
Dives include:
- AWARE - Fish Identification Dive
- Boat Dive
- Deep Dive (compulsory)
- Drift Dive
- Enriched Air Dive (15+ age limit)
- Night Dive
- Peak Performance Buoyancy Dive
- Search and Recovery Dive
- Underwater Naturalist Dive
- Underwater Navigation Dive (compulsory)
- Underwater Photography Dive
- Wreck Dive
PADI EMERGENCY FIRST RESPONSE
Requirements: No diving certification is required to do this course
Duration: 1-2 days
Price: £130
This course teaches the lay person what steps to take when they are
first on the scene of a medical emergency. The skills taught are
applicable to both diving and non-diving emergencies. . The course
covers primary (rescue breathing and CPR) care and secondary (bandaging,
splinting etc) care.
This course or an equivalent course is required for the rescue diver
course and for all professional level PADI courses.
ACCOMMODATION:
If you do these courses concurrent with your main Travellers placement,
your accommodation is included. If you prefer to do them after you have
completed your placement and you'd like to continue living with your
host family during this time, there will be a surcharge to cover this
additional accommodation.
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