First Scuba Dive for Children in Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe
Give your children the chance to discover scuba diving in Guadeloupe with this experience for 6-11-year-olds in the famous Cousteau Reserve!
Practical information
A 20-minute first dive experience in the Cousteau Reserve, specially designed for children aged 6 to 11.
- Safe, personalised supervision: 1 instructor for 1 child
- Diving to a gradual depth (up to a maximum of 6 metres), adapted to the child's age and comfort level underwater
- Discover new sensations and a rich underwater fauna and flora: a multitude of tropical fish, coral, turtles, etc.
⚠️ If you are over 11 years old and would like to take part in this first diving experience, please book the corresponding first dive experience in the Cousteau Reserve.
Course of events
Please allow around 2 hours for the whole experience.
- Reception at the Les Heures Saines diving centre at Rocher de Malendure (car park in front of the centre)
- Administrative formalities
- Distribution of equipment (wetsuits and fins) with the opportunity to change in the centre's changing room
- Boarding the boat at the centre's pontoon
- Choice of the latest equipment for your activity, adapted to your body shape
- Navigation to the dive site with a briefing on the activity and safety instructions
- Launch from the rear platform of the boat with 1 instructor for 1 diver, and equipment finalisation in the water
- Gradual immersion for a 20-minute first dive to a maximum depth of 6 metres
- Return on board and navigation back to the centre
- Disembarkation, de-equipping and end of the activity with the opportunity to take a shower and receive your first dive certificate
Activity requirements
Maximum age for participation: 11 years old
You don't need to be able to swim to take part in this activity.
Written parental authorisation is required for minors to participate in this activity without an accompanying adult on board. Please note that if the accompanying adult has not booked a first dive, they will have to remain on board the boat throughout the activity, without the possibility of getting into the water (only 1 accompanying adult per child, unless the accompanying adults have also booked a first dive).
You must not have any medical contraindications to take part in this activity: respiratory problems (asthma on exertion), heart problems, ENT problems, lung problems, diabetes or epilepsy.
Special terms
⚠️ Once you have sent your booking request, please specify in the email you receive immediately afterwards whether the participants will be:
- accompanied by an accompanying adult who will remain on board the boat, without launching;
- accompanied by other participants who have also booked a first dive;
- unaccompanied.
Pets are not permitted to join in this activity.
Spoken languages:
Spanish, French, EnglishIncluded
- Instructor
- All the scuba diving equipment (mask, fins, snorkel, buoyancy compensator, wetsuit, regulator, tank)
- Certificate of first dive
- Water
Do not forget to bring
- Swimwear
- Towel
- Sunscreen
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Specially designed for children aged 6 to 11, this scuba diving experience in the Cousteau Reserve is the perfect way for youngsters to discover the beauty of the underwater world in Guadeloupe. Whether you decide to accompany them on this adventure by booking a first dive experience yourself or by staying on board the boat, or whether you prefer to let them enjoy it on their own, they will be able to carry out their activity in complete safety under the supervision of qualified DEJEPS (State Diploma in Youth, Popular Education and Sport) or BPJEPS (Professional Qualificationin Youth, Popular Education and Sport) diving instructors. They will be accompanied in the water by 1 instructor for every 1 child, ensuring not only total safety, but also a personalised experience according to their abilities and wishes. Your children will be in safe hands!
This scuba diving experience for children in the Cousteau Reserve is ideal for whetting the curiosity of your young adventurers. As well as discovering a whole new world, they will have the pleasure of experiencing the incredible sensations of scuba diving, such as weightlessness, breathing through a regulator, total silence, and so on. All in total confidence, thanks to the presence of their instructor, who will accompany them by the arm during the 20-minute immersion. The dive will be progressive and adapted to their feelings, to a maximum depth of 6 metres, in clear, warm water (28°C on average), home to numerous tropical fish and coral. If they are lucky, they might even come across some turtles!
With the comfort of the centre's boats specially fitted out for diving (rear launching platform, stowage for the bulk of the diving equipment, etc.), the professionalism and friendliness of the team and the beauty of the Caribbean seabed, this first dive for children in the Cousteau Reserve has everything you need to introduce youngsters to scuba diving in Guadeloupe. So if your children aged 6 to 11 are interested, don't wait any longer and book them in for this unforgettable underwater adventure in Bouillante!