PADI Seal Team
- Duration
- Half day
- Needs
- Parent or guardian permission. Minimum age 8. Swimming: Comfortable in the water.
- Includes
- Equipment, five AquaMissions, PADI Professional, PADI Seal Team membership certificate and card
Introduction
PADI Seal Team is a program for young scuba divers who love the water. Children complete AquaMissions in a swimming pool, learn basic scuba skills, see a new world underwater and make friends.
It has two parts. Seal Team membership is five AquaMissions. Master Seal Team membership is ten more Specialty AquaMissions on top of that. It is a membership, with a certificate and a member card. It is not a diving certification.
Requirements
- Parent or guardian permission
- Open to children aged 8 and over.
- No scuba experience needed, but the child should be comfortable in the water
- Bring a swimsuit and personal items
AquaMission part one
The five core AquaMissions cover basic skills: the first breath underwater, clearing a flooded mask, recovering a regulator, and feeling weightless while swimming around the pool. Completing all five makes your child a PADI Seal Team member.
AquaMission part two
Part Two is the ten Specialty AquaMissions, which include Creature Identification, Search and Recovery scuba diving and skin diving. When your child has completed all ten and can assemble and disassemble their own equipment without help, they become a PADI Master Seal Team member.