Sessions & Courses
DiveInclusive sponsors a range of programs tailored to different age groups and experience levels:
PADI Bubblemaker Session: Ideal for children aged 8-9, this introductory session provides a fun and safe introduction to scuba diving. It’s a fantastic way for young divers to get comfortable with underwater breathing and basic diving skills in a controlled environment.
PADI Discover Scuba Diving: For those slightly older (age 10 & above) or seeking a bit more experience, this session offers a more comprehensive introduction to scuba diving, preparing participants for future adventures.
PADI Seal Team Courses: As a follow-on from the Bubblemaker or Discover Scuba Diving sessions, the Seal Team course provides a deeper exploration into scuba diving with exciting new skills and adventures. It’s perfect for children ready to take their diving experience to the next level.
In addition to these programs, we will be adding more advanced courses in the near future. Our goal is to offer a full spectrum of scuba diving education, ensuring that all participants can continue to grow and explore in the underwater world.
Please see below for additional details.
Opening Doors to Underwater Exploration
At DiveInclusive, we’re dedicated to making the wonders of scuba diving accessible to all. By sponsoring young adventurers to take certified courses offered by leading organizations like PADI, we aim to remove financial and social barriers that often prevent children from ethnic minority backgrounds from experiencing the ocean. Our mission is to inspire a new generation of ocean explorers, fostering confidence, environmental awareness, and a love for the underwater world through these transformative experiences.
Get ready to take your first breath underwater.
The process is easy!
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Explore Available Courses:
Explore the range of scuba diving courses we sponsor. Browse through the course descriptions to find the program that best suits your child’s interests.
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Complete Registration & medical Forms:
Once you’ve decided on a course:
Complete our registration form and pay the applicable admin fee as part of the checkout process. Be sure to provide accurate contact information and any mandatory details requested. The medical form is a mandatory part of the registeration. Please ensure you download, complete and attach a copy of this to the registeration form before submitting it.
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Confirmation and Welcome:
After submitting your registration & medical forms, you will receive an acknowledgement email from DiveInclusive acknowledging your interest.
Once we review your forms and everything is ok, we will agree course/session date(s) with you & confirm your registration.
We are excited to embark on this underwater journey with your child and look forward to hearing from you soon!
PADI Bubblemaker
Bubblemaker is as fun as it sounds – a chance for kids to blow bubbles by scuba diving. Kids will have the opportunity to use scuba gear to breathe underwater and swim around in shallow water. They must be comfortable in the water, but no prior experience is necessary.
Bubblemakers will get the chance to:
- Experience scuba diving under the direct care and supervision of a PADI Pro.
- Take their first breaths underwater in water shallower than 2 metres/6 feet.
- Learn about and use scuba diving equipment made for children - not adults.
- Have lots of fun.
Key information:
- Minimum age for participation: 8 years
- Session Duration: 60mins
- Kids must be comfortable in water.
- All equipment hire included
- Cost: £40
- Cost: FREE
- Admin fee: £5
PADI Discover Snorkeling
- Snorkeling is great fun, easy to learn and is a great introduction to water safety. It is also a great introduction to the underwater world and can be the first step towards learning to scuba dive.
- You will learn how to choose, adjust and use skin diving equipment, basic safety guidelines for being in and around the water, snorkeling and skin diving techniques including checking buoyancy, surface swimming, clearing water from your snorkel and performing effortless surface dives.
- Minimum age is 8
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Session duration is 60mins
Key information:
- Minimum age for participation: 8 years
- Session Duration: 60mins
- Kids must have adequate swimming skills & be comfortable in water.
- All equipment hire included
- Cost: £40
- Cost: FREE
- Admin fee: £5
PADI Discover Scuba diving
The Discover Scuba Diving session is for anyone who has never experienced the thrill of Scuba diving; Designed for complete beginners & an excellent introduction to the fun and exciting world of scuba diving.
In a very short time, you’ll learn basic scuba skills and take your first breaths underwater.
Your underwater adventure will begin with one of our instructors or Divemaster’s introducing you to the scuba equipment you will be using during your adventure, and you’ll learn the basic techniques for using scuba diving gear.
You will then be given time to adjust to the exhilarating feeling of breathing underwater and before you know it you’ll be totally immersed, experiencing Scuba Diving first hand.
Key information:
- Minimum age for participation: 10 years
- Session Duration: 60mins
- Kids must be comfortable in water.
- All equipment hire included
- Cost: £40
- Cost: FREE
- Admin fee: £5
PADI Seal Team
- The PADI Seal Team is for young scuba divers who are looking for action-packed fun in a pool by completing exciting AquaMissions & doing cool stuff in the pool.
- No prior experience with scuba diving is necessary, but kids should be comfortable in the water.
- 5 aqua missions cover basic scuba diving skills, such as breathing underwater, clearing a mask of water, recovering a regulator and swimming around experiencing the sensation of being weightless. Each session takes about an hour. Complete these AquaMissions and become a recognized PADI Seal Team Member issued with a team member card and a wall certificate to recognise your accomplishments and allow you to work towards our PADI Master Seal Team course. Your experience may also count toward the PADI Open Water Diver course when you're old enough to participate in the course.
Key information:
- Minimum age for participation: 8 years
- Course duration: 5 sessions (60mins each)
- Kids must be comfortable in water.
- Kids must be able to commit to all 5 sessions
- DiveInclusive course pre- requisite: PADI Bubblemaker or PADI Discover Scuba Diving
- All equipment hire included
- Cost: £250
- Cost: FREE
- Admin fee: £50
PADI Master Seal Team
- Ever wondered what it's like to visit an underwater wreck, search for and recover lost items, dive with torches at night, take pictures underwater or float effortlessly like an Astronaut?
- This is your chance to explore these exciting adventures with the PADI Master Seal Team Specialty AquaMission course and become a PADI Master Seal Team member.
- 10 specialty AquaMissions, includes adventures like creature identification, search and recovery diving, and skin diving. Complete all of these and you'll become a PADI Master Seal Team Member - joining an elite group of young scuba divers.
- This is a follow on of the PADI Seal Team course
Key information:
- Minimum age for participation: 8 years
- Course duration: 5 sessions (60mins each)
- Kids must be comfortable in water.
- Kids must be able to commit to all 5 sessions
- DiveInclusive course pre- requisite: PADI Seal Team
- All equipment hire included
- Cost: £250
- Cost: FREE
- Admin fee: £50
