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DiveWithSteini · Herrenberg

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
Mostly one-to-one

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.

Scuba Diving International (SDI)Technical Diving International (TDI)
Official SDI/TDI Facility

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.

Diver in open water

Develop your skills

Advanced training, buoyancy, navigation, drysuit, deep, night and other specialties.

Skill development →
Diver in cold water

Responsibility

Rescue, Solo Diver, Master Scuba Diver and Divemaster.

View courses →
Technical diver

TDI

Nitrox and Intro to Tech for gas planning and precise fundamentals.

TDI training →

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.

One to one in the pool: skills until they sit.
Trim practice in the pool, the part that decides everything else.