
Scuba training for your next meaningful step
A certification confirms that you have completed a level of training. In the water, what matters is whether you can manage your equipment, maintain awareness and bring a dive to a controlled conclusion.
- SDI and TDI courses
- Predominantly one-to-one
- Flexible scheduling
- Reasonable repetition included
Why you will not be diving in a group here
In a group, the slowest diver sets the pace and the loudest one gets the attention. One-to-one training removes both. What comes easily to you gets confirmed and left behind; where you need time, you get it, with nobody waiting and nothing to explain. The result is not a faster card. It is a better diver.
International training standards, personally delivered from our own base in Herrenberg.
Facility framework. Personal attention, time and responsibility are the DiveWithSteini difference.Listed in the official SDI/TDI facility directory (opens at tdisdi.com)
Training pathways
Choose the pathway that matches your current level of experience.


Develop your skills
Advanced training, buoyancy, navigation, drysuit, deep, night and other specialties.
Skill development →

Before the first session
I will ask about your certifications, recent diving experience, health, personal equipment and your goal. After a longer break or before diving at an unfamiliar site, a joint check may be sensible before starting a more extensive course.
You prepare the theory digitally. We discuss open questions online or in the vaulted cellar. In the water, exercises are structured so that you understand the cause of a mistake instead of merely copying a sequence.
- Briefing before every dive
- Tasks broken down into manageable steps
- Feedback immediately after each session
- Certification once the course objectives have been met
Two participants
When two people want to learn together, the course is planned for both participants. Where possible, two instructors, or one instructor and another qualified team member, will be present. Before booking, we agree who will supervise the session.
Which course is right for you?
Tell me your current certification, approximate number of dives and the skill you would like to work on.
Training in the pool
Before we go to the lake, the pool is where the foundation is built: position in the water, breathing, calm. How long that takes differs from person to person — which is exactly why I teach mostly one to one.


