Education

If you want to do something different during your diving holiday, Meeru is the place to go!
Ingrid and her team of 10 – 12 international dive instructors offer not only the whole range of PADI courses from beginner to divemaster level but also some unique specialty courses:

Can you imagine getting really close to aquatic life for example?
Rebreathers allow almost “bubble free and soundless diving”. Therefore, they are very popular with every aspiring Underwater Photographer and normally noisy scuba divers. As a Rebreather Diver you can look forward to approaching the fish astonishingly close. Even shy underwater creatures accept all Rebreather Divers as members of their world. Less air consumption, smaller tanks and still more time underwater are further benefits of Rebreather Diving. Breathing warm most air puts a stop to a dry throat!

You simply start with an “Introductory Rebreather Dives” the only prerequisites you need is a Nitrox Diver certification (40 %) and 14 dives in your logbook. Once you started, you do not want to stop diving with Rebreather and the “Introductory Rebreather Diver” course can be credited towards the complete course, which takes only 2-3 days and includes four dives in total.

Also very popular is the underwater propulsion specialty course. The "u/w scooters" will pull you effortless wherever you want to go by the push of your thumb, and if needed even against the current.

The three classrooms are fully air-conditioned and equipped with a state of the art TV-DVD set and all PADI standard education facilities. They provide the perfect learning environment for all courses that are taught in English, German, French and Italian.

At least four times a week introductory dives take place in the protected lagoon guaranteeing that your first steps underwater will be fun and safe.

Before participation in any experience program or dive course, every student must complete a detailed medical questionnaire. Only if any of the questions is answered with "yes" a medical certificate, which allows the participation in dive activities without any restriction, is mandatory. The certificate has to be stamped and signed, but not by the student himself.

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These following dive courses and experience programs begin every day (on request):

Bubble Maker
A fun opportunity for children to try scuba in water shallower than 2 meters.
Age: 8 and 9 years old.

Discover Scuba (DS)
Introductory dive in shallow water for people who love being in the water and who want to try how it is to breath independently underwater. Minimum age: 10 years.

Discover Scuba Diving (DSD)
This is a fantastic opportunity to dive without completing a whole course. An instructor supervises directly this open water reef dive limited to a maximum depth of 12m. You must complete the introductory dive (DS) before going on a DSD. After completing a Discover Scuba Diving program, you can make more guided dives to 12m or decide to start a beginner course and this dive will be credited.

PADI Scuba Diver (PSD)
This internationally recognized course over 2 ½ days is just perfect for people who love to learn to dive but do not want to spend too much time studying and in the classroom. Afterwards you are able to dive anywhere in the world under the direct supervision of a dive professional to maximum 12m. Anytime later, you could upgrade the Scuba Diver to an Open Water diver certificate by completing only the second half of the Open Water Diver course. Minimum age: 10 years.

PADI Open Water Diver (OWD)
After completion of this internationally recognized course you will be able to dive anywhere in the world and to plan and conduct dives independently. The course lasts 4 ½ days and will be valid for life.
Minimum age: 10 years.
The PADI Open Water Diver certification is a prerequisite for all continuing education courses.

PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (AOWD)
This 2 ½ days course is designed to improve and refine the diving skills of already certified divers under professional guidance. The course includes 5 specialty dives such as UW-Navigation, Deep Dive, UW-Naturalist, Drift Dive, Night Dive, UW-Photography – just to name a few.

Emergency First Response (EFR)
The EFR course, a 1 – 1 ½-day medic first aid program, is a prerequisite for Rescue Diver certification. It is also internationally recognized as a valid first aid qualification by non-diving organizations.

Rescue Diver (RD)
In the 3-4 days Rescue course the students learn not only to help themselves with self-rescue skills but also to prevent, solve and assist other diver's problems in and out of the water. This increases not least the own self-confidence.

Divemaster Course (DM)
The divemaster rating is the first professional level. It qualifies a diver to assume responsibility for other divers and work in dive centers. The course lasts 3 - 5 weeks.

Specialty Courses
Specialty courses are for divers who want to widen their horizons and get more information in certain aspects of diving related topics without becoming a professional. These courses are all about detailed knowledge in a special area of diving and fun and are held over1 to 4 days:

• Rebreather diver with Draeger Dolphin
• Underwater propulsion diver
• PPB Peak Performance Buoyancy
• Drift Diver
• U/W Photographer
• U/W Naturalist
• Night Diver
• Enriched Air Diver - NITROX
• Digital Underwater Photography