FAQ
All important topics at a glance
Topic: Booking
No, they can freely be splitted over the holiday period.
The dive package still remains cheaper than the same service booked on site. In case of a serious illness we usually cancel the dive package on site and count the transferred amount as a deposit.
!!! EXCEPTION: Not made dives during a Minisafari can not be refunded !!!
In case of cancellation of the trip we will transfer the total amount back. Inform us by mail with the account details for the refund.
No, that can be used only on the on-site prices of dives and equipment.
Pre-booking at our Red Sea Dive Shop is cheaper Red Sea Shop
Yes, parents can share a dive package.
If you decide to pre-book a family dive package, please do not add rental equipment as these 2 items are not compatible in the pre-booking (the rental equipment in the online shop is linked to the normal dive packages).
2 or 3 full day trips will be taken from your dive package plus the appropriate on-site surcharge depending on the type of Minisafari.
Topic: Rental Equipment
Our tanks have DIN - valves. Adapters from INT to DIN are sufficiently available.
Free diving bags are available.
Yes, free storage is possible.
On your USB stick, your SD card etc.
Topic: Training
No, because learning on the PC alone lacks practical relevance, is more expensive and hardly saves any time.
Duration 3 days (1 day ashore, 2 days on the boat) including theoretical and practical emergency management training, resuscitation, effective first aid, accident management, stress detection and self-rescue. Minimum requirement is AOWD or equivalent, first aid certificate, max. 2 years old, recommendation: at least 40 dives, age from 18 years. Mostly it is a one-to-one course (1:1) and can only be carried out at short notice after availability of a diving instructor.
Topic: Medicine and health
It's actually part of diving. Usually the signature on the medical health questionnaire on site is sufficient for us, if your health and fitness condition is not restricted by any diseases If, for example, you take medication regularly and from the age of 60, a medical certificate is required. However, this could also be done on site at short notice.
In general, we advise you to take out diving accident insurance at home before your holiday. An offer of the company Hypermed can be concluded on site in our office. Hypermed offers a diving support programme for a period of 4 weeks, which covers up to 3 treatments in the decompression chamber in the unlikely event of a diving accident (decompression sickness or air embolism).
Topic: General Info
A copy goes to the authorities for the permits.
Because the ships are not allowed to return to port after dark for official reasons.
About 21-23 degrees.
Very variable, depending on the wind.
Yes, unless you have been in the water recently and/or are an experienced diver and do not need rental equipment.
