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Do you wish to go Scuba Diving in Eilat?!

Diving for kids – safe and healthy sport

diving for kids in Eilat

Opinions about when to start teaching kids to dive differ. Thus the Ministry of diving in Israel recommends to start no earlier than at the age of 5. Safe dive – is the main thing that should be considered while teaching kids.

Experienced instructor must estimate whether the kid is ready to follow the requirements and listen to the coach. Another comonant of scuba diving is a physical training. Diving for kids suppose them to swim well with fins and to feel confident on the water. To do this the child must be able to control his body enough and he has to be developed physically.

This kind of sport belongs to the most safe and not traumatic engagement. Scuba diving organically develops all muscles of the legs and back which has a positive influence on kids’ health. This helps to correct many of the defects of the spine, to develop musculoskeletal system, to improve general coordination, to develop spatial thinking.

Ahla-dive center offers to you courses for different age groups. The smallest divers swim in the vest on the surface. They breath with the help of air tanks. It allows the kid to stand in the water confidently and to swim down face into the water. At the age of 8 an introductory dive is held to a depth of 6 meters. Classes are held in the form of a game under the eye of instructor. Since the kid is 12 years old diving training involves under water orientation: ability to behave in the dark water, handling with the light sources, searching objects at the bottom.

 Classes are held in the warm Red Sea which underwater world can’t leave indifferent not only adults but also kids.