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Discover Scuba Diving Experience
◆Certification earned: PADI Discover Scuba Diving Experience
Step 1 of 5 on the PADI path. Next: Open Water Diver Certification
About the course
Never dived before? This introductory experience lets you breathe underwater under professional supervision with minimal training.
Perfect for testing the waters before committing to full certification.
What you'll learn
✓Basic scuba equipment overview and safety
✓Breathing underwater in controlled environment
✓Essential hand signals and buddy awareness
✓Supervised shallow reef dive experience
Course facts
Level
Beginner
Duration
2 hours
Max depth
12 m
Minimum age
10
Prerequisites
Comfortable in water · Medical fitness questionnaire · No prior diving experience needed
What you'll achieve
✓First-time supervised diving experience
✓Introduction to scuba equipment and techniques
✓Credit toward Open Water certification if you continue
✓Unforgettable Maldives reef encounter
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