School Groups
Learn to Dive Courses
Since 2004, Scuba Do Zanzibar have been teaching groups of school students to scuba dive through the PADI Open Water course. Groups range in size from 8-24 students and while some do the entire course here, many choose the option of completing the academic portion through PADI e-Learning prior to arrival in Zanzibar. Despite teaching larger groups, we assign only a few students per instructor for optimal supervision ratios. Our teaching philosophy ensures we do everything within our power to make sure all students successfully pass their PADI Open Water Certification.
- Photo: This photo is from one of our early groups in 2006 from the International School of Tanganyika based in Dar es Salaam - a brilliant school with amazing extracirricular programs. We are always impressed by both the competance and remarkable character of their students.
Marine Ecology & Conservation Courses
From 2016, we began offering custom designed courses for student groups who are already certified scuba divers. We work together with the school teachers to design a cirriculum which meets their requirements.
Topics include eco-friendly diving practices, fish identification, the aquatic realm - beyond the fish (learning to identifying marine plants and animals), an introduction to scientific monitoring methods, indicator species for a healthy ecosystem, coral reef monitoring, local conservation challenges, beach & underwater cleanups, sustainable fishing practices, marine protected areas, etc. The cirriculum is desinged to be very interactive with lots of diving, snorkelling and specific missions to accomplish on every dive.
Dive Safety Courses
Scuba Do Zanzibar have been promoting safe diving practices and trying to improve safety in our region since we started our operations in Zanzibar. Even amongst dive professionals, there is a lack of understanding when it comes to recognising signs and symptoms of dive related injuries and this cirriculum has been designed to share our passion for dive safety.
The dive safety week cirriculum includes the following topics with an optional addon of becoming and Emergency First Response Instructor. Must be a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or equivalent to meet the preresiquite.
- Emergency First Responder: Become a certified Emergency First Responder covering the topics of Primary and Secondary Care.
- PADI Rescue Diver: Become a certified PADI Rescue Diver! By completing the e-Learning for the course in advance, you will get straight into the action of practicing the skills to become a Rescue Diver.
- Dive Accident Management Training: The materials presented are not covered in the PADI cirriculum but assist even the novice diver in understanding a bit more about DCI, and how it can happen even when diving within your RDP limits. We cover more detail of recognising signs and symptoms as well as how to respond to a dive accident or injured diver in our area or while travelling abroad.
- Hyperbaric Chamber Orientation: An overview of the procedure of treating an injured diver, how the hyperbaric chamber works and an overall orienation to familiarise you with the hyperbaric chamber.
