Discover Scuba Diving: Your First Dive
Overview
If you've ever wanted to try scuba diving, warm, clear Maldivian water is a gentle place to start. The PADI Discover Scuba Diving experience needs no certificate or previous experience, just basic comfort in the water.
Your instructor starts with a short briefing on the equipment and how to breathe and equalise underwater. You then practise a few simple skills in shallow water before heading out for a real dive on a nearby reef, never deeper than 12 metres and always with your instructor beside you.
Expect reef fish in every colour, coral gardens and, often, a turtle or a reef shark cruising past. Dive centres on Maafushi, Dhigurah and resort islands such as Embudu run the course, and if you love it, the dive can count towards a PADI Open Water certificate.
Highlights
- No certificate or experience needed
- Briefing and shallow-water practice first
- Reef dive to a maximum of 12 metres
- Your instructor stays beside you
- Can count towards PADI Open Water
What's included
- PADI instructor
- All scuba equipment
- Briefing and shallow-water session
- One guided reef dive
- Boat trip to the dive site
- Additional dives
- Underwater photos
- Tips
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Frequently asked questions
Discover Scuba Diving is open from 10 years old. Younger children aged 8–10 can try PADI Bubblemaker in shallow water at some centres.
You fill in a short medical questionnaire before diving. If you answer yes to any question, such as heart or lung conditions, you'll need a doctor's sign-off, so check before you travel.
Leave at least 12 hours between a single dive and your flight, and more after several dives. Plan your try-dive early in your holiday.
