PADI Youth Diving / Seal Team

Do you want to try something new as a family? Are your children water-babies? Do they want to move snorkeling to a new level?

PADI offers several programs suitable for children as young as 8 years old. All courses are conducted under the strict supervision of an experienced PADI instructor. The Bubblemaker program introduces scuba as an activity that allows children to experience the underwater world. Under close supervision, participants swim around on scuba in shallow confined water, just playing. Colorful Bubblemaker emblems, decals, towels and toys along with a distinctive recognition certificate and card make the experience one to remember.

PADI Seal Team (8-10 year olds)

The PADI Seal Team program keeps youngsters diving, learning and having fun until they are ready to enroll in the PADI Junior Scuba Diver or Open Water Diver course.

Junior Open Water Diver (10-14 year olds)

At 10 years old, youths are eligible to enroll in a full PADI Junior Open Water course. This is the same as the PADI Open Water course, but with shallower depth limits. This means that families can take the course together. Partial certification options of Discover Scuba Diving and Scuba Diver are also available. Junior certifications automatically upgrade to “adult” certification when they turn 15 years old.

The program is an exciting underwater activity-filled introduction to the world of diving. PADI Seal Team gives children a chance to swim around underwater and experience adventure, discovery and thrills. It also provides parents or guardians with a structured program that lets their children develop skills, learn about the aquatic realm and have a lot of good, clean fun.

The entire program is comprised of fifteen AquaMissions. To become official members of the PADI Seal Team, kids must complete the first five AquaMissions.

Seal Team Aqua Missions

These activities develop fundamental scuba skills and knowledge while preparing kids for further adventure. Children learn about diving by watching the PADI Seal Team video, through the PADI Seal Team AquaMission Activity Book and during pre-dive briefings with their PADI Instructor. Each AquaMission consists of a briefing, a skill session and a game or activity.

PADI Seal Team kids diving on Malapascua introduces young adventurers to the underwater world in safe, shallow conditions.

Finishing AquaMissions 1-5, which is equivalent to completing the skills in Confined Water Dive One from the Open Water Diver Course, means youngsters are PADI Seal Team members. They will receive a PADI Seal Team member card and wall certificate.

Specialty AquaMissions include: Navigation, Photography, Night, Search and Recovery, Inner Space (astronaut), and Creature ID.

Seal Team Prerequisites

• Minimum age: 8 years old
• Maximum depth: Pool (2 meters)
• Location: Pool only
• Materials: Seal Team Crew Pak

From 10 years onwards, children can enroll in a full PADI Junior Open Water course. There are depth restrictions, but other than that, this is almost exactly the same as the PADI Open Water course. This means that families can take the course together.

Partial certification options of Discover Scuba Diving and Scuba Diver are also available.

After certification, a 10 or 11-year-old Junior Scuba Diver must dive with a PADI Professional. Dives must not exceed 12 meters. A 12 to 14-year-old Junior Open Water Diver is qualified to dive only when accompanied by another certified diver who is of legal age.

Junior Open Water Divers may upgrade their certification level to PADI Open Water Diver or Scuba Diver when they reach the age of 15 with no additional requirements.

Junior Open Water Prerequisites

• Minimum age: 10 years old
• Maximum depth: 12 meters for 10-11 years old, 18 meters for 12 year olds
• Location: Pool / Confined Water and Open Water Dives
• Materials: PADI Open Water Manual and RDP
• Additional Options: Eligible for PADI e-learning