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BA DIVING HURGHADA

Diving Hurghada with Colona DiversColona Divers Hurghada offers the full range of PADI diving courses from basic to pro level.

Our team of international instructors teaches in Swedish, Finnish, Danish, English, German, Italian, French, Spanish, Polish & Arabic. Other languages available on request.

Our highly trained staff caters to each individual's needs so as to make your diving course an unforgettable experience.


Here are some important tips to know when planning to take a diving course:

  • Remember to bring proof of certification or paper work (not applicable to entry-level courses)
  • You will need two passport-size photographs per course
  • If you feel that you may have any medical condition that doesn't allow you to participate in sport activities, visit your physician.
  • You will need plenty of suntan lotion
  • And be ready for an overdose of Fun !!
For all PADI courses: Candidates must have their own set of study materials, prior to enrolling in the course. All materials can be purchased at Colona Dive Store and are available in many languages.

Medical Clearance for all levels of courses
You will be asked to fill a Medical questionnaire before starting the course. Should you answer “yes” to any of the questions, we will accompany you to the local diving doctor to get medical cearance to participate in the course. The cost of the visit is about Euro 35.
Here you can download already the Medical Statement to bring it filled out to the Diving Center. (all documents are PDF - you need Adobe Reader to open them)
PADI Bubblemaker
Kids - bring your parents diving! For young adventurers like you,
the Bubblemaker program is an introduction to the thrill of breathing underwater. If you´re eight or nine years of age, now is your chance to take the plunge with a Instructor and go diving. Whether it´s a glass of milk, bubble gum or submerged beneath the surface - you can´t help blowing bubbles! So try blowing bubbles our way.
We have, of course, special extra small equipment for children.
Diving Hurghada Bubblemaker with Colona Divers

PADI Bubblemaker
Duration:
approx. 2-3 hours
Contents:
Elementary theory lessons,
1 introductory dive in the pool
or in confined water to a max. depth of 2 meters.
Requirements:
Swimmer
Minimum age 8 years

Introductory Dive

A diving instructor will gently introduce you to the secrets and beauty of diving in the Red Sea.
If you liked it, you are then ready for action, by taking some more introductory-dives, also off a boat. You can also take one full day Introductory Course (Discover Scuba Diving), with one dive at our house reef and another one off a boat.
Diving Hurghada Introductory Dive with Colona Divers

Introductory Dive
Duration:
1-2 hours
Contents:
Short introduction
Dive at the house reef or off the boat
Requirements:
Swimmer
Minimum age 10 years

PADI Discover Scuba Diving

This one-day course can be best described as an expedition into the underwater world. In the morning the participants meet at the diving center. There is a maximal ratio of four persons per diving-instructor. The basic knowledge about diving will be imparted in an easy way. After that you will start with the practical part of the course, where you learn i.e. to set up your diving equipment.
You will do your first underwater exercises at our house reef, followed by your first dive in the sea from one of our comfortable boats. After this varied day you will surely have a first idea about the beauty and fascination of the underwater world.
Diving Hurghada Discover Scuba Diving with Colona Divers

PADI Discover Scuba Diving I
Duration:
1/2 day
Contents:
1 knowledge development session
confined water and one Dive from Beach
PADI Discover Scuba Diving III
Duration:
1 day
Contents:
1 knowledge development session
confined water and two Dives from Boat
Requirements:
Swimmer
Minimum age of 10 years

PADI Scuba Diver

The Scuba Diver Course is an ideal opportunity for holidaymaker, who would like to do more than a one-day course, but do not have enough time to participate in a complete Open Water Diver Course.
Join a regular Open Water Diver Course. After 3 days, finishing 3 of 5 modules, the course ends with the Scuba Diver certification. This certification enables you to dive to a maximum depth of 12 meters under direct supervision of a diving instructor.
Diving Hurghada Scuba Diver with Colona Divers

PADI Scuba Diver
Duration:
2 - 3 days
Contents:
3 knowledge development sessions
3 confined water dives
2 open water dives from boat
Requirements:
Swimmer
Minimum age 10 years

PADI Open Water Diver

Have you ever dreamt of flying, or of floating weightlessly in the water like a fish?
Learning to scuba dive will let you feel just that, as well as many other new impressions. You will experience the rich marine life of the Red Sea right from the very start of this course.
You will be accompanied by professional scuba diving instructors for the duration of the course (4 - 5 days), who all meet our high standard of professionalism. We also offer special courses for children as of 10 years of age. We have, of course, special extra small equipment for children.
Diving Hurghada Open Water Diver with Colona Divers

PADI Open Water Diver
Duration:
4 - 5 days
Contents:
5 knowledge development sessions
5 confined open water dives
4 open water dives from boat
Requirements:
Swimmer
Minimum age 10 years

Refresher Course

You have not been diving for some time ? You had no chance, or simply no holiday? You don’t feel quite so sure of yourself any more?
In this case we recommend that you take a one day Refresher-Course.
Your diving instructor will work with you in an easy and relaxed manner to refresh your theoretical and practical skills.
Diving Hurghada Refresher Course  with Colona Divers

Refresher - Review
Duration:
aprox. 1/2 day
Contents:
Discussion on rules and procedures
1 dive with a Divemaster from the beach with skills
Requirements:
Certified diver

Referral

Maybe you have started a scuba diving course back home, and you have found the ideal place for your theoretical and pool training, but would prefer to do the necessary open water dives rather in the warm waters of the Red Sea.
We offer you ideal conditions :
You arrive at our dive-center, receive your gear, and - if possible - you can start on the very same day (or the next one), and refresh your pool skills right in the waters of the Red Sea together with your diving Instructor. All subsequent open water dives will take place off a boat.
Diving Hurghada Referral  with Colona Divers

Referral
Duration:
2 - 3 days
Contents:
Updating theoretical knowledge
Practical exercises in confined open water
Diving off the boat
Requirements:
Completed theoretical education and pool exercises

PADI Adventure Diver

The PADI Adventure Diver programme is an exciting way to try new areas of diving under the supervision of a PADI Instructor. This course is designed to further your diving experience under the supervision of a professional instructor. You will do three dives (choosing from a number of possibilities including wreck diving, drift diving, deep diving, photography and more…) This certification can be upgraded to the advanced diver certification at a later date.
Diving Hurghada Adventure Diver with Colona Divers

PADI Adventure Diver
Duration:
3 dives
Contents:
Updating of skills and knowledge
3 dives with emphasis on specific subjects
Theoretical instruction

Requirements:
Minimum age 12 years
Diving certificate

PADI Advanced Open Water Diver

You may start an Advanced Course right after completion of the Open Water Course, or during your next diving holiday which you are planning with us, and thus widen your skills.
Your diving instructor will guide you surely through the five specialties of the Advanced Divers‘ program, including navigation with different aids, buoyancy to perfection, night dives, diving in currents, fish identification, searching and recovery. These are the main topics that we teach in our Advanced Courses.
For the duration of the Advanced Course we lend you a diving computer free of charge.
If you would like to take photos or film under water, or if you would like to dive at a shipwreck, please tell us, and we will arrange your course to suit your requirements.
Diving Hurghada Advanced Open Water Diver with Colona Divers

PADI Advanced Open Water Diver
Duration:
5 dives
Contents:
Updating of skills and knowledge
5 dives with emphasis on specific subjects
Theoretical instruction

Requirements:
Minimum age 12 years
Diving certificate

Enriched Air NITROX

The Nitrox Course deepens on your knowledge about oxygen/nitrogen, and you learn how you can spend more time under water.
On this day you will learn with your specially trained instructor direct on the boat to use of the special Nitrox tables, and how to determine the oxygen content of the tank. You will be able to use your newly acquired skills on the same day of the course by diving off a boat.
Diving Hurghada Enriched Air Nitrox with Colona Divers

Enriched Air NITROX
Duration:
1 - 2 days
Contents:
Theory & 2 dives with Nitrox tanks
Requirements:
Open Water Diver

Perfect Buoyancy

Do you sometimes push the button of your inflator a little too long, or do you feel that you are not quite weightless in the water ?
We offer you a one day course, during which you can practice buoyancy skills with plenty of exercises, to float with the fish, safer diving, as well as enjoying the coral reefs.
The "work" under water with your instructor will turn into a real pleasure. Playfully you will learn to adjust to different depths, and to adjust the air in the stabilizing jacket and in the lungs.
Diving Hurghada Perfect Buoyancyu with Colona Divers

Peak Performance Buoyancy
Duration:
1 Dive
Contents:
Theoretical instruction
1 dive with Skills (Adventure Dive)
Requirements:
Diving Certification

UW Photography

An introduction to under water photography or expanding your knowledge about your own camera equipment.
A course for any diver that wants to keep a memory of a nice diving holiday. The instructor will explain you all the differences of underwater photography and normal photography and tell you some tips and tricks for taking the best underwater pictures
Diving Hurghada UW Photography with Colona Divers

UW Photography
Duration:
1 - 2 Day
Contents:
Class room theory covering:
(camera equipment & settings, film material, distance estimation,
subject approach, picture composition, camera care & maintainance)
2 dives with UW photography instructor,
tanks & weights and all necessary camera equipment.
Photo analysis
Requirements:
Diving Certification

Rescue Diver & Emergency First Response

If you have gathered some diving experience, you may have encountered some situations where you were not sure whether to intervene or not. You would like to be able to help and assist other divers. The Course for Rescue Divers offers you comprehensive training in stress avoidance, emergency management, and rescue diving. You will learn, together with the other participants, to deal with various scenarios of emergency situations.
You should have taken a First Aid course (possibly in your home country) which should have included reanimation of heart and lungs. Please bring along the certification of this course. Otherwise you can still take Emergency First Response here in combination with the Rescue Diver.
Diving Hurghada Rescue Diver & Emergency First Response with Colona Divers

Rescue Diver & Emergency First Response
Duration:
3 to 4 days
Contents:
Practical and theoretical instruction in rescue operations
Practical exercises
The Emergency First Response course can be taken in combination with the Rescue course
Dives
Requirements:
PADI: Advanced Open Water Diver
Min. 20 loged dives
Min. age 12 years (Junior)
Emergency First Response or certificate in Heart & Lung Reanimation (not older than 2 years)

PADI Divemaster

You would like to become a professional scuba diver.
The course for Divemasters offers the ideal training. The course, lasting three weeks, will teach you all necessary knowledge and skills, which you need in the professional world. Our diving school offers you an individual and tailor-made solution. Maybe you would like to divide the course into two sections, or you would like to take a little longer about it. This course may also be combined with the program of Assistant Instructor, which will enable you to use your growing skills while training at our dive center in many different situations for one month. After this extensive training at a professional level you will be ready for the course of Instructor.
Please contact us so that we can arrange something to suit your very individual needs.
Diving Hurghada Divemaster with Colona Divers

PADI Divemaster

Duration:
aprox. 21 days

Contents:
Education and assistance in all aspects of professional diving

Requirements:
Minimum age 18 years
Rescue Diver
Medic First Aid Course (incl. CPR) not older than 2 years
Medical fitness report
Minimum of 60 logged dives