Poseidon Divers :: The best diving in Dahab!

What are CDC's?

PADI Career Development Centres are dive facilities that were previously registered as either PADI 5 Star IDC Centres but who now also offer professional development training. The status of PADI Career Development Centre is an award of excellence and recognition of services to the dive community - it is the highest rating a PADI facility can achieve and there is only one in Dahab - us!

What do we offer?

As PADI is the world leader in diver training we prove our commitment by offering the full curriculum of PADI programs from complete beginners to divers who wish to become professional recreational instructors. We also support our Instructor candidates by giving them access to the latest state of the art 'full range' of dive educational and instructional materials. All our staff have to display a professional demeanour and our Instructors have worldwide experience in differing diving environments. All diving staff are Emergency First Response trained. We also offer a well equipped modern A/C IDC classrooms, equipment repair workshops, accommodation, and a retail dive equipment facility.

Modern Equipment

PADI Career Development Centres have to provide modern rental equipment for all of their divers. The scuba cylinders at Poseidon are visually inspected on an annual basis and are replaced every 3 years, 2 years before they even need to be hydrostatically tested. The air that runs through our compressors is analysed every 3 months to see that it meets 'Grade E' standards (Dive industry guidelines).

Preserving Our Underwater Heritage...

As part of PADI's commitment to preserving the underwater world and aquatic eco-system all PADI 5 Star centres show their support by conducting an annual beach clean-up day. As well as conducting an annual beach clean-up in Poseidon we also try to promote Peak Performance Buoyancy & Project Aware specialties as a means to educate divers about the importance of preserving our underwater heritage. Not just on a local scale but as a global issue.

Certifications

A PADI CDC should issue at least 150 PADI diving certifications per year. At Poseidon we average approximately 1000 PADI diving certifications on an annual basis. We also train over 50% of Instructors locally and host up to 6 PADI Instructor Development programs per year, allowing smaller group sizes and better service.