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Aqua Explorers Scuba Camp

A FUN, ACTION-PACKED ADVENTURE!

Aqua Explorers is a welcoming weekly diving club for the whole family where positive action for the environment is encouraged along with a lot of fun. Children from 8 years old will have the chance to gain their ‘passport to the ocean’ in a safe and encouraging environment, creating family memories and developing a growth mindset.

WHAT TO EXPECT

A fun-filled adventure camp with in-water and dry land activities for all age groups. All scuba equipment is included, however, parents are advised to purchase a 3mm shorty for in-pool training and/or 3mm wetsuit for the open water dives.

8-10 YEARS OLD

Our budding younger junior divers will enjoy a camp like no other, this includes:

• PADI Bubblemaker – a globally recognised and certified intro to diving.

• PADI Seal Team Aqua Missions 1-8.

• A mixture of both pool dives and the chance to dive in the ocean!

• Max 4 students per PADI Instructor.

• Ocean-themed arts and crafts activities.

• Membership to our Aqua Explorers Club in the UAE.

• Half a day of activities, running weekly for consistent and gradual growth in confidence.

• Please note children should be competent in the water, this camp requires basic watermanship skills.

10 YEARS OLD +

Our young divers-in-training will experience a camp to remember and become PADI Open Water certified within the week.

• PADI Junior Open Water certified course.

• A mixture of both pool dives and the chance to dive in the ocean!

• Max 4 students per PADI Instructor.

• Free membership to Aqua Explorers Club here in the UAE.

• Half a day of activities, running weekly for consistent and gradual growth in confidence.

• Please note children should be competent in the water, this course requires basic watermanship skills.

Our Educational Workshops also include: FOOD FOR THOUGHT TALKS (ENCOURAGING CARBON LITERACY) LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• How most of our single-use plastic ends up in the ocean.

• How plastics are ingested by the ocean food chain in different ways.

• What impact the polluted food change has on carbon capture.

• How reduced carbon capture affects us as humans, as well as species living in the ocean.

• Pledge to do 3 things that will personally eliminate plastic usage.

THE PLASTIC PREVENTION GAME (ENCOURAGING CARBON LITERACY) WHAT TO EXPECT

• Introduction to the topic and explanation of the ocean ecosystem and the impact of plastics.

• Species are allocated by 4 T-shirt colours - become part of a team of: plankton, jellyfish, turtles or sharks!

• Play a high energy game whilst quickly understanding how plastic impacts every level of the food chain.

• Ending with a pledge to the ocean of how to do more in everyday life to reduce plastic.

• Play the second round in 10 mins with plastic pollution (those that are eaten become toxic).

• Debrief what it’s like becoming the ocean.

• Pledges go in the plastic junk used in the game. Create a pledge display.

CHLOE BLUE

A female-led dive club that offers eco- friendly dive packages, PADI courses and fun dive/snorkelling trips. We are based in Dubai at the Jebel Ali Resort and have partner locations in Fujairah and Musandam, Oman.

Tel: +971 58 587 0521 Email: godive@chloebluescubadiving.com

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