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While Maldives offers some of the best resort facilities and hospitality, the mysteries of this island paradise are beneath the surface. The diving centre at Royal Island offers numerous opportunities for experienced divers and beginners alike to explore the depths of the ocean. Depending on the season, there are instructors who are conversant in Russian, English, German, French and Italian. DiveOceanus - Royal Island offers PADI diving courses from beginners to instructor level, at attractive prices.
It is not that difficult to dive... if you have the right conditions! Comfortable boats, good diving equipment and instructors speaking your language and always ready to help, will make all dives at DiveOceanus trouble-free. No matter if it is your first dive ever or you are an experienced diver, we will make sure you feel comfortable and as such can fully enjoy the beauty there is to see.
We can make a long marketing talk about safety and how we think a dive center should work, but believe the numbers are there to prove the facts. By now, we have guided in our dive centers far over half a million dives and without any serious accident occurring. Dive safe, join us!
We do all we can to keep you safe and make things as easy as possible so that you can focus on the beautiful underwater-world Even if you only dive during your holiday, be assured that you feel comfortable diving again in no time.
If you can swim and are healthy, you can learn to dive. Even small health issues often form no obstacle ( ask your doctor for a "fit for diving" statement to avoid any disappointment ). Our instructor team on Royal Island is very very experienced. Most of them made far over 5000 dives, taught hundreds of people to dive in all age categories. On top of that good equipment and small groups... the road to any beginner course is wide open for you!
In the three dive Discover Scuba Diving program we keep the exercises and theory to a minimum. Though starting in the lagoon, the main idea is to show you how great diving is and move to the house-reef as soon as you feel comfortable. Of course your instructor will be close at all times to keep you safe!
This course lays down the basics of becoming a diver. Though some learning and exercise involved, during this pleasant holiday course you will have enough opportunity to enjoy the beautiful underwater-world around Royal Island. After finishing the course you are allowed to dive while accompanied by a dive professional and have the opportunity to upgrade to Open Water Diver at any PADI dive center.
The Open Water Course is still to be considered the foundation of your future dive life. Not only do you learn the basics, but also how to plan your dives safely. If you doubt, just start with Scuba Diver as the first 5 dives of Open Water are exactly the same, so switching or upgrading is possible at any point. After your certification you are allowed to dive together with another Open Water Diver together.
Already certified and looking for great dives? Baa Atoll in Maldives can offer a lot and Royal Island is ideally located for reaching all the dive sites in a short boat trip. Beautiful reefs with overwhelming fish life make you want to stay underwater your whole holiday.
All divers require an orientation dive, unless you have proof of a logged a dive within the last three months.
The orientation dive consists of a dive on our house reef or lagoon to check for skills & weights so that you are prepared for the boat dive.
After the orientation we hope you will join us for our boat dives. We visit twice a day the best places of Baa atoll. Though our planning depends on weather, level of our divers, currents etc, feel free to request a site as we will do our utmost to accommodate your wish.
As sunset in Maldives is roughly around six o'clock it is a great opportunity to see different life, more colours and be back in time for dinner. What more can you wish for your holiday.
Nights dives available on request.
Maldives is the place to continue your diving education. Clear warm water, experienced instructors and leaving your daily stress behind, your experience grows almost without effort. If you want to optimize your holiday even more you can start reading the theory at home and concentrate here on the waterworks.
The Adventure diver course is a great balance between learning something new and enjoying your holiday. Three dives in specialized areas (e.g. Photography, drift or night) tailor made to increase your confidence in more advanced dive conditions.
The Advanced open water diver course is kind of an "Adventure plus course". The same three specialized dives can be there, plus two extra. Five very diverse dives boost your experience and might even make you ready for the next step on the certification ladder.
You want to know more, learn more, gain more experience? We offer interesting specialty courses in most of the diving areas. Underwater photography, night diving, Enriched Air, Multilevel diving, Deep diving etc etc and much more is possible. We would advise you contact us before just to see if we have a specialty instructor available teaching in your language, when you will be here.