Giravaru, the island of your dreams, is easily accessible, situated just 15 minutes by speed boat from the Male’ International Airport. This Travel Maldives opportunity offers you a choice of over 20 of some of the world’s most talked about diving sites, with experienced international divers to escort you and guide you to some of the best kept secrets contained in the depths of these sites.
Some of them are between the most famous diving sites among experienced scuba divers of the world. The dive school in Giravaru Resort is managed by Jutta and Giovanni and is called PLANETA DIVERS. The dive school offers PADI training and certification.
PLANETA DIVERS Services on Giravaru
Opening Hours are from 8:15 to 12:30 and from 14:15 to 18:00 everyday. Services include; introductory dives, Discover Scuba Diving PADI, Open Water Diver PADI and advanced courses, Specialty Courses PADI, Underwater naturalist, Underwater Photographer, Underwater Videographer, Wreck Diver and Night Diver.
Our courses are held in English, German, Italian, French and Spanish. Morning and afternoon boat dives to 30 different dive sites and weekly full day excursions are also offered. Also, 12 hours house reef diving for experienced divers and a guided house reef dives is available.
Equipments provided: 40 sets of snorkeling, 20 BCD jackets, 20 regulators Sherwood, Dive computers (Octopus Suunto), Dive lights and 50 aluminum tanks: 10 and 11 liters are the equipments available here.
Other Facilities: these include a Classroom with AV equipment, well equipped workshop for basic maintenance and service, One Bauer compressors with a capacity of 230 l/min, Dan Oxygen kit and a Medical Centre with a 4 man Decompression Chamber in 15 min by speedboat on Bandos Island Resort.
Following are the pricelist of equipment rentals available at PLANETA DIVE:
- Snorkel – At US$ 2.00 per day.
- Fins and Mask – At US$ 4.00 per day and US$ 3.00 per day for more than 4 days.
- Wetsuit, Regulator, BCD and Computer – At US$ 4.00 per dive.
- Diving light – At US$ 8.00 per dive.
- Snorkeling Set – At US$ 10.00 per day and US$ 8.00 per day for more than 4 days.
DIVE COURSES
- Introduction dive for US$ 30.00 offers 30 minutes of dive in shallow waters.
- Discover Scuba Diving PADI for US$ 110.00 which includes 2 dives, that allows you to dive with us on the house reef, it counts as the first 2 dives of the PADI Open Water Course.
- Open Water Course PADI for US$ 484.00 including all the educational material, equipment and certification.
- Specialty Courses for US$ 50 per dive plus US$ 30 per certification fee.
- Advanced Open Water Course for US$ 290.00, the dives will be charged according to the price list.
- Rescue Course for US$ 370.00, and
- Dive master course for US$ 800.00.
Non limit diving
- 6 days (for US$ 330.00): this is for skilled divers only. Boat and equipment are not included. This program has to be taken as block and can not be split.
- 12 days (for US$ 550.00): this is also for experienced divers only. Boat and equipment are not included. This program too, has to be taken as block and can not be split.
Dive Packages: Prices for Dive Packages with equipment included and tank and weight belt differs according to the amount of dives chosen.
Boat Trips: One trip, two trips per day and full day trips are also offered at US$ 10, 18 and 22 respectively.
Diving in the Maldivian waters is one of the best underwater experiences a diver can have. The variety and number of brightly colored reef fish, pelagic fish and exotic marine life that populates the water’s depths are memorable, at any level of experience. It would be great to know more about Maldives through maldives news, as you plan for the perfect diving vacation. Learning about the culture, weather and recent events would always be helpful when traveling to another country whether for diving experiences or simply for vacation.