The entry-level certification for people who want to dive independently with a suitable buddy later on. Theory, pool and open water are spread across several sessions.
€1,190
8 sessions · Vier Einheiten im geschützten Wasser, vier bis acht Freiwassertauchgänge, digitale Theorie – etwa sieben Ausbildungstage. · Included: Standard-Leihausrüstung, Reguläre Eintritts- und Tauchplatzgebühren, Flaschen, Atemgas und Blei, Digitales SDI-Lernmaterial, Zertifizierung, Wiederholung einzelner Übungen, ohne Aufpreis
The certification with digital learning material, rental equipment and four to eight open-water dives.
€1,490
8 sessions · Wie Open Water Personal, zusätzlich ein eigenes Starterset aus Maske, Schnorchel, Füßlingen und Flossen. · Included: Eigenes Starterset: Maske, Schnorchel, Füßlinge, Flossen, Standard-Leihausrüstung, Reguläre Eintritts- und Tauchplatzgebühren, Flaschen, Atemgas und Blei, Digitales SDI-Lernmaterial, Zertifizierung
Additionally your own starter set: mask, snorkel, boots and fins, chosen to fit you.
€999 per person
8 sessions · Derselbe Umfang wie Open Water Personal, zu zweit geplant – ohne dauerhaftes Warten auf den anderen. · Included: Standard-Leihausrüstung, Reguläre Eintritts- und Tauchplatzgebühren, Flaschen, Atemgas und Blei, Digitales SDI-Lernmaterial, Zertifizierung
If two of you come along. Planned so that neither of you has to wait for the other.
Cylinders, breathing gas, weights and the usual entry and dive site fees are included. Up to the eighth open-water dive the price does not change.
This film from SDI shows what Open Water is about: the first breaths underwater, the first exercises, the first open-water dive. With me it takes as long as it takes for you.
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You work through the digital theory between sessions. Difficult topics are discussed online or in the vaulted cellar in Herrenberg.
In confined water you learn to handle your equipment, mask, regulator, buoyancy and ascents. The open-water dives follow. The sessions can be spread across several weekends.
No stock footage. These clips are from a course at DiveWithSteini: getting into the water, the first calm moment underwater, and the part that comes after the drills.
The SDI standard requires four open-water dives, each at least 15 minutes, and at least 80 minutes in total. I plan for four to eight. Which number it turns out to be for you is not decided by the calendar, but by how confident you feel in the water.
Up to the eighth dive, the price does not change. So four is not a target you have to hit, and eight is not a bad sign. If you would like further sessions beyond that, we discuss it beforehand. No chargeable part of the course happens without your agreement first.
Included are the digital SDI learning materials, certification, standard rental equipment, cylinders, breathing gas, weights and the regular entry and dive-site fees.
In addition to the Personal package, you receive your own starter set consisting of mask, snorkel, boots and fins. The items are not handed out from a standard box but selected to fit you.
Two participants pay €999 per person. The course is planned so that neither of you has to constantly wait for the other or rush through exercises.
Before the course begins, a medical questionnaire and the water competence required for the course are necessary. Relevant answers on the health questionnaire require medical clearance.
The most common reason someone does not enquire about a course is not the price. It is not knowing what will actually happen. So here it is, before you have to ask.
I ask about your certifications, your diving experience, your health, your own equipment and your goal. Not as a form, but as a conversation. After that I know where we start, and you know what is coming.
You prepare the theory digitally, at your own pace and from home. Whatever stays open we go through online or with me in the vaulted cellar. You will not sit in a seminar room or a weekend course.
The historic vaulted cellar in Herrenberg is the starting point for theory, equipment and preparation. Where we get into the water depends on the course. That is settled before the date, not on the morning itself.
We assemble it together instead of handing you a finished set. I explain the regulator, the jacket or wing and the hand signals we will need in the water. If you know how something fits together, you will also notice later when something is off.
There is a briefing before every dive. We start in protected, shallow water so you can get used to breathing through the regulator in peace. Every task is broken down so it stays manageable on its own.
If a skill does not hold, we break it down further and do it again. Repetitions within a normal scope are included in the course fee. There is no reason to fake something that is not yet reliable.
Right after the session you get feedback: what already works reliably and what we will work on next time. Certification comes when the skills are solid, not when the dates have run out.
If anything is still open, just ask me beforehand. That is exactly what the preliminary conversation is for.
Four dives, one pace: yours. You plan each dive together with Sven, run your own checks and take on more responsibility from dive to dive. By the fourth dive you are not being guided any more. You are diving, with someone alongside who lets you.
The photo shows exactly that: a certified diver in open water, relaxed, in control, with a buddy in sight.
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