Kids & Teens Youth Diving
Get your whole family involved in scuba diving so you can share extraordinary memories together and take your vacations to new depths. Check out our scuba diving programs below for children starting as young as eight years old.
The ages and courses listed below are the minimum age standards set out by the dive industry. As a parent or parental guardian you should still evaluate your child's maturity, willingness, confidence in water, ability to swim, and other characteristics that you feel should be at a certain level for them to enjoy the experience or course while listening and following the instructions of one of our staff.
NOTE: All children partaking in a course will need to be medically fit to scuba dive (review Medical Questionnaire here). All official course paperwork will be sent via email to be filled out online before the start date and should be completed by a parent or parental guardian.
Children Ages 8 & 9
They may join us for a Bubblemaker course for 2.5 hours in the pool.
- This is an action packed and fun adventure with an instructor.
- They learn how to use the scuba equipment, how to equalise and breathe underwater.
- And then its all about blowing bubbles underwater with added fun, underwater toys and games.
- This experience is within the confines of the shallow end of our swimming pool with a maximum depth of 6 feet (2 metres).
- The Bubblemaker is great for parties where everyone can join in on the fun!
Bubblemaker 2.5 Hour pool session
- Single Student Rate: US $195
- Group Rate (2+ students booking together): US $150 per person
- NOTE: Single rate does not equate to a private lesson. Group rates are discounted for bookings of multiple people on the same reservation.
They may join us for a Seal Team course for 4 hours in the pool. Includes course materials.
- This is an action packed fun experience in the pool with an instructor.
- They will go through 5 Aqua Missions and with each mission learns a new scuba skill.
- Aqua Mission 1 has a maximum depth of 6 feet (2 metres) and thereafter it's a maximum depth of 12 feet (4 metres).
- Aqua Mission 1 - Breathing Underwater & Equalising
- Aqua Mission 2 - Clearing a Regulator
- Aqua Mission 3 - Clearing a partial flooded mask & Alternate Air Source Use
- Aqua Mission 4 - Regulator Recovery & Hovering
- Aqua Mission 5 - Snorkel to Regulator Exchange & Oral Inflation
- Between each of the Missions there will be fun & games improving their overall confidence and time underwater.
Seal Team 4 Hour pool session
- Single Student Rate: US $250
- Group Rate (2+ students booking together): US $195 per person
- NOTE: Single rate does not equate to a private lesson. Group rates are discounted for bookings of multiple people on the same reservation.
Once completed they will get certified as a Master Seal Team Diver enabling them to take advantage of a very very special opportunity - to join an Ocean Dive!!
- We have been given exclusive permission to take Seal Team Divers to our shallow and nearby Anemone Reef to a max depth of 12 feet.
- This unique scuba dive is strictly weather permitting and reliant on the availability of our student dive boat and therefore cannot be guaranteed.
Master Seal Team 1 Tank Dive: US$ 500 per person
Children Ages 10 & 11
- They can join in with everyone else and try scuba diving in the ocean for the first time .
- They will need to complete it to the same standards as an adult.
- Course Standards requires the ratio of 4 students to 1 instructor with a maximum of 2 children aged 10 or 11.
- If your group has 3 or more children aged 10 or 11, there may be additional charges to accommodate for the ratios.
- Children and parents will need to review in person with their instructor a Youth Diving Responsibility & Risks flip chart.
- Explore the Discover Scuba Diving (Resort Course)
- They can get Open Water Diver certified just like you.
- They will need to complete each component of the course to the same standard expected of an adult.
- Course standards require the ratio of 4 students to 1 instructor with a maximum of 2 children aged 10 or 11.
- If your group has 3 or more children aged 10 or 11, there may be additional charges to accommodate for the ratios.
- Children and parents will need to review in person with their instructor a Youth Diving Responsibility & Risks flip chart.
- Explore the Open Water Diver premium course
NOTE: There are restrictions for 10 and 11 year olds.
- Once certified they can only dive to a maximum depth of 40 feet (12 metres)
- They must dive with a scuba professional or a parent or parental guardian who are certified divers.
Children Ages 12 to 14
- They can join in with everyone else and try scuba diving in the ocean for the first time .
- They will need to complete it to the same standards as an adult.
- Explore the Discover Scuba Diving (Resort Course).
- They can get Open Water Diver certified just like you.
- They will need to complete each component of the course to the same standard expected of an adult.
- NOTE: There are some restrictions for 12 to 14 year olds.
- Once certified they can strictly dive to a maximum depth of 60 feet (18 metres)
- They must dive with an adult certified diver.
- Explore the Open Water Diver premium course.
- Once certified as Open Water - they can work towards their Advanced Diver certification.
- They will need to complete each component of the course to the same standard expected of an adult.
- NOTE: There are some restrictions for 12 to 14 year olds.
- Once certified they can strictly dive to a maximum depth of 70 feet (21 metres)
- They must dive with a scuba professional or a parent or parental guardian who are certified divers.
- Explore the Advanced Diver premium course.
- Once certified as Advanced - they can work towards their Rescue Diver certification.
- They will need to complete each component of the course to the same standard expected of an adult.
- NOTE: They are still restricted to the maximum depth limits and adult supervision of a Junior Advanced Diver.
- Explore the Rescue Diver premium course.
Children Ages 15 to 17
- Despite still being a minor they are no longer regarded as a junior diver and therefore have no restrictions to any recreational scuba courses.
- They will still need a parental guardian present when signing the course paperwork.
- If your child was originally certified as a junior diver and has now turned 15 the restrictions will automatically be dropped.
Kids & Teen Diving
Do you wish your children could join you on your scuba diving adventures? Kids can begin their scuba journey as young as 8 years old with Seal Team and get fully certified at 10 years old.