PADI Bubblemaker

PADI Bubblemake

Bubblemaker focuses on simple, shallow dives where kids can enjoy blowing bubbles and learning the basics of scuba gear in a controlled setting. For those looking for more adventure, the PADI Seal Team offers structured AquaMissions, teaching essential scuba skills and specialty activities like navigation and search-and-recovery diving. Completing the initial AquaMissions grants recognition as a PADI Seal Team Member, while mastering all ten specialty missions leads to becoming a PADI Master Seal Team Member. Both programs include fun gear packs and mementos to make the experience even more memorable. Contact your local PADI Dive Center to get started!

Who should take this program?

Bubblemaker is as fun as it sounds – a chance for kids to blow bubbles by scuba diving. Children who are at least 8 years old can use scuba gear to breathe underwater and swim around in shallow water. Have a party or celebrate a birthday by throwing a memorable, exciting Bubblemaker event with friends and family at your local PADI Dive Center or Resort.

A child must be 8 years old or older. Kids must be comfortable in the water, but no prior experience is necessary. Parental approval is required.

What will your child learn?

Bubblemakers get a chance to:

  • Experience scuba diving under the direct care and supervision of a PADI Pro.
  • Take their first breaths underwater in water shallower than 2 metres/6 feet.
  • Learn about and use scuba diving equipment made for children – not adults.
  • Have lots of fun.

How can you start having fun now?

Contact your PADI Dive Center or Resort to schedule a Bubblemaker program or to organize a Bubblemaker party. The Bubblemaker Crew-Pak contains mementos of the experience and is full of fun surprises, such as a kid-sized beach towel, logbook, certificate, temporary tattoo, decal and the adorable and popular Bubblemaker water toy. Adults love them, too.

What scuba gear will you use?

In the Bubblemaker program, participants get a basic introduction to how to use scuba gear, how to clear a regulator and mask, and an overview of breathing do’s and don’ts. Your local dive shop will advise you about anything else you need.

PADI Seal Team

The PADI Seal Team is for young scuba divers who are looking for action-packed fun in a pool by completing exciting AquaMissions.

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to dive with flashlights, take digital pictures underwater, or float effortlessly like an astronaut? Beyond learning basic scuba skills, there are specialty AquaMissions, such as wreck diving, navigation, buoyancy, environmental awareness, and more. The PADI Seal Team includes doing some cool stuff in the pool, meeting friends, and sharing in the adventure of the underwater world.

Who should take this program?

To join the PADI Seal Team, a child must be 8 years of age or older. No prior experience with scuba diving is necessary, but kids should be comfortable in the water. Parental approval is required.

What will you learn?

The PADI Seal Team program teaches responsibility and respect for the aquatic realm. It’s broken into two parts:

  • Part one: AquaMissions 1 – 5
    Covers basic scuba diving skills, such as:

    • Breathing underwater
    • Clearing a mask of water
    • Recovering a regulator
    • Swimming around and experiencing the sensation of being weightless

    Each session takes about an hour. Complete these AquaMissions and become a recognized PADI Seal Team Member. Your experience may also count toward the PADI Open Water Diver course when you’re old enough to participate.

  • Part two: 10 Specialty AquaMissions
    Includes adventures like:

    • Creature identification
    • Search and recovery diving
    • Skin diving

    Complete all of these and you’ll become a PADI Master Seal Team Member – joining an elite group of young scuba divers.

How can you start learning now?

Contact your PADI Dive Center or Resort to enroll in the program and get started with a PADI Seal Team Crew-Pak. Your pak includes everything a PADI Seal Team Member needs to prepare for AquaMissions including a fun video, activity book with puzzles, and log book pages to track your adventures.

What scuba gear will you use?

In the PADI Seal Team program, you learn to use basic scuba gear, including a mask, snorkel, fins, regulator, buoyancy control device, dive gauges and a tank. 
Visit your local dive center to ask about gear and get advice about how to prepare from your PADI Seal Team Leader (a.k.a. PADI Instructor).

Next Step

Breathing underwater for the first time is really cool, so get going!