At Sinai Divers Backpackers, our professional multinational team teaches the full range of scuba diving courses from basic to Divemaster level. Our standards are high, and we issue certifications from worldwide recognized dive agencies.
Our experienced dive instructors will guide you through your courses and will take your abilities, interests and preferences into account. Please find below a selection of our most popular diving courses. If you don’t find what you had in mind, please don’t hesitate to contact us, and we’ll help you find the right best option for you!
A 1-2 hour fun program that gives a first glimpse into the world of diving.
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WHAT EXPECTS YOU?
Our beginner program gives children from the age of 8 years a chance to have fun while blowing bubbles by scuba diving. It is also great for everyone who wishes to have a short introduction to the world of diving. During your first dive, our instructor will always maintain physical contact with you.
Our dive professional is responsible for controlling your buoyancy during your PADI Bubblemaker Intro dive and will make sure that you always feel safe. In the meantime, you can relax and enjoy the beauty of the marine life of the Red Sea.
LEVEL - Beginner
DURATION - 1-2 hours
REQUIRED - Minimum age 8 years
This course allows you to complete the Open Watercourse by doing the remaining dives.
OVERVIEW
WHAT EXPECTS YOU?
This course is made for those who have already finished the academic and confined water part of the Open Water course and wish to complete the course by participating in the remaining 4 Open Water dives. You need to bring along a referral paper with your training documentation.
You will refresh your existing diving knowledge and skills with our instructor while enjoying your dives in the warm water of the Red Sea surrounded by beautiful corals and colourful fish.
LEVEL - Beginner
DURATION - 2 days
REQUIRED - Minimum age 10 years
The PADI Discover Scuba Diving program is the first step to become a scuba diver.
OVERVIEW
WHAT EXPECTS YOU?
This one-day program is perfect for you if you are unsure if a complete diving course is something you want to do or if you just wish to experience diving for once.
You will learn how to use your diving equipment properly, equalisation, breathing techniques, and how to adjust your body to the new environment.
In the first confined water session, you will practice the basic diving skills you will use on the next Open Water dive to explore the beauty of our house reef.
After successfully finishing this program, you can decide whether you want to continue with the PADI Scuba Diver course or the PADI Open Water course, as this program can be credited as the first part of these courses.
LEVEL - Beginner
DURATION - 1/2 -1 day
REQUIRED - Minimum age 10 years
The PADI Scuba Diver course is a shorter version of the Open Water course.
OVERVIEW
WHAT EXPECTS YOU?
The PADI Scuba Diver course allows you to receive your first diving certification. If you are short of time to complete the full Open Water Course, this is the ideal beginner course. During the 2-3 day course, our instructor will guide you through the first three chapters of the Open Water manual. During 3 confined water sessions, you will learn the necessary skills to enjoy in a safe and fun way your first two Open Water dives to a maximum depth of 12 meters. The PADI Scuba Diver certification enables you to dive to a maximum of 12 meters under the direct supervision of a diving professional.
LEVEL - Beginner
DURATION - 2-3 days
REQUIRED - Minimum 10 years old & adequate swimming skills
The PADI Open Water Diver is the most popular beginner course.
OVERVIEW
WHAT EXPECTS YOU?
The PADI Open Water Diver course is designed to teach you all the necessary dive theory and diving skills to become a comfortable, safe and relaxed diver. After completing the course, you will be able to dive to a maximum depth of 18 meters with your dive buddy.
You will have plenty of time to practice and master the most essential diving skills during this course. These include equipment handling, proper buoyancy control, underwater communication as well as safe and environmentally friendly diving behavior.
The course allows you to become familiar with the entire theory lessons of the PADI Open Water manual.
You can either start the course upon arrival or get started with the PADI eLearning before going on holiday and spending less time in the classroom. With the PADI Open Water Diver Course, you will be certified to a maximum depth of 18 meters (12 meters maximum depth for ages 10-12).
LEVEL - Beginner
DURATION - 3-4 days
REQUIRED - Minimum age 10 years
The Advanced Open Water builds on the popular PADI Open Water course.
OVERVIEW
WHAT EXPECTS YOU?
The PADI Advanced Open Water is the next step into your life as a scuba diver. This course allows you to gain more diving experience with our instructor’s coaching and discover new diving activities like deep diving or diving at night.
To successfully complete the course, you have to participate in 5 Adventure dives. The Deep Dive and the Navigation dive are mandatory. The remaining 3 Adventure dives can be chosen by you from a range of various options.
Naturalist dive, Peak Performance Buoyancy dive (highly recommended), Night dive, Multilevel & Computer dive, Search & Recovery dive are some of these options.
To make you a more complete and aware diver, we also provide you with a dive computer for your Adventure dives. Our PADI instructor will help you to gain more knowledge about various diving activities and circumstances.
LEVEL - Advanced
DURATION - 2 days
REQUIRED - Minimum 12 years old, OWD certification
During this course, you learn to prevent and manage problems in the water.
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WHAT EXPECTS YOU?
The PADI Rescue Diver course is very likely the most challenging and rewarding non-professional diving course. During this course, we focus on self-rescue skills, recognizing and avoiding situations that could lead to an incident, assessment, handling different in-water rescue scenarios, and proper risk and emergency management. This comprehensive training will give you the knowledge, ability, and confidence to act as a responsible and prudent diver. On top, it will make you a highly appreciated dive buddy.
To start this course, you need to have a valid certification of a First Aid course within the last 24 months. Either you can do this course with a different organization in your home country, or we can combine this with the actual PADI Rescue course here at our Dive Center.
LEVEL - Advanced
DURATION - 3-4 days
REQUIRED - Adventure Diver (incl. Underwater Navigation), min. 12 years old, EFR-course within the past 24 months
The PADI Divemaster course is the first step into the world of professional divers or into your professional diving career.
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WHAT EXPECTS YOU?
You might have already decided that you would like to work as a Divemaster, or maybe you want to gain more profound diving knowledge and experience. You want to see how work and life are in a Dive Center in Dahab, sharpen your diving skills to a high level, and become a complete and experienced diver then this is the course you are looking for. Intensive time spent with our dive professionals while diving in the beautiful Red Sea, this course will make it one of the best Sinai Divers Backpackers and Dahab has to offer.
The duration of this course can be 4–6 weeks, and we aim to give you a tailor-made course so you will get the most out of it and be well prepared for professional diving life. After this extensive training at a professional level, you will be ready for the Instructor course. Please contact us to arrange everything for your very individual needs.
LEVEL - Professional
DURATION - 4 - 6 weeks
REQUIRED - Rescue Diver, minimum 18 years old, EFR course within the past 24 months, up-to-date medical statement, 40 logged dives
This course will enable you to add up to 40% of oxygen in your scuba tank.
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WHAT EXPECTS YOU?
The “out of the water” Nitrox course allows you to learn more about the effect of the gases oxygen/nitrogen and will enable you to extend your bottom time underwater by adding a higher percentage (up to 40%) of oxygen in your scuba tank.
This is one of the most popular PADI Specialty courses, suitable for all levels of divers. If you enjoy staying longer underwater and getting back in, then the enriched air diver course is an excellent choice for you!
LEVEL - All Levels
DURATION - 1 day
REQUIRED - Open Water Diver, min. 12 years old
The Deep Diver course is about safe no-decompression dives to maximum 40 meters.
OVERVIEW
WHAT EXPECTS YOU?
The Deep Diver specialty course is designed for the more adventurous divers who have the feeling that their exploration of the underwater world should not stop at 30 meters. This course is the right choice if you want to develop your theoretical knowledge of Deep Diving practices.
It enables you to plan and conduct no-decompression dives to a maximum depth of 40 meters in a safe and fun manner. There is so much waiting for you!
This course can be combined with the PADI Nitrox course!
LEVEL - Advanced
DURATION - 2 days
REQUIRED - minimum age 15 years
The PADI Night Diver course teaches you the skills to focus on the underwater nightlife.
OVERVIEW
WHAT EXPECTS YOU?
FALSE: Night diving is scary, dangerous, and stressful!
TRUE: Night diving could become the passion of your life, and it’s safe and easy to learn!
We will introduce you in a comfortable and stress-free way to the secrets of “Night dives” during the Night Diver course. You will learn new techniques like navigating with a compass at night, communicating at night, and exploring the underwater world in a unique and fascinating way. During the theory lessons, your Instructor will describe the habits and lives of the active nightlife, which you will observe during your night dives on our unique house reef.
This course can be combined with the PADI Nitrox course!
LEVEL - Advanced
DURATION - 3 nights
REQUIRED - minimum 12 years old, certified OW-Diver
The Peak Performance Buoyancy course teaches you how to glide effortlessly and use less air.
OVERVIEW
WHAT EXPECTS YOU?
You wish to become a master of buoyancy control and be neutral buoyant throughout your dives and be able to hover in various positions? You want to glide effortlessly, use less air and ascend, descend or hover, almost as if by thought? You want to get close to the aquatic life without disturbing it or the surrounding? Then the PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy course is the right choice for you!
This course refines the basic skills you have already learned during your PADI Open Water Diver and elevates them to the next level.
LEVEL - Intermediate
DURATION - 1 day
REQUIRED - min. 10 years old, certified OW-Diver
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PADI is the abbreviation for Professional Association of Diving Instructors. For many years it is known to be the most popular scuba diver training organization in the world.
Currently, there are 6400+ PADI Dive Centers and 133,000+ individual PADI professionals who have issued more than 25 million certifications around the world! The PADI education system is a progressive training program that teaches skills, safety-related information, and environmental knowledge to student divers. PADI courses are not only fun but all about the student’s needs and focus on maximum practice and doable, realistic application.
