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The first time under water - taster diving for beginners

Taster diving at boot - Photo: © Messe Düsseldorf / C. Tillmann

Discover the world under the surface of the water, experience the feeling of weightlessness, this can be tried out in a taster diving course. Many diving centres in holiday resorts offer such courses and also in German diving schools the enthusiastic beginner can get a first introduction to diving.

Diving at boot Düsseldorf
In its Diving Center, boot Düsseldorf offers visitors the opportunity to dive under expert guidance. For the first time, visitors can experience the feeling of weightlessness in a large pool and view the world from below. Before the first dive, the diving equipment is put on, so the prospective diver can get familiar with the equipment. Afterwards a detailed briefing takes place, so that nothing goes wrong during the dive. Finally, for about 15 minutes you may dive up to a maximum depth of four meters in the basin of boot Düsseldorf. Of course you will be accompanied by an expert, who will not leave your side.

Trial diving courses apart from boot Düsseldorf
Especially on holiday most people have time and desire to learn to dive. Therefore, in most holiday resorts there are diving centres near the water where courses are offered regularly or equipment can be rented for your own dives. Such diving centres usually also offer introductory diving courses. The beginners are taught how to use the equipment, but things like dive weight buoyancy adjustment and checking the air supply are done by the instructors. Also in Germany there are a lot of diving schools offering diving courses for beginners and advanced divers. For example, the indoor diving centre ''monte mare'' offers taster courses in addition to the regular courses. In two hours the beginner learns everything necessary to make the first under water breaths a complete success.