Dive center

A diving as well as Dive Center (English for diving center ) is a facility that offers commercial support, equipment and courses for learning and performing dives. Many dive centers operate according to the guidelines of the Standard ISO 24803 standardized the requirements to a service provider for recreational diving.

Offer

A dive center offers logistical support in all activities to recreational diving. This includes rent, maintenance and repairing of diving equipment and filling the compressed air bottles. Most bases entertain a diving school with a separate meeting room for mediation of the diving theory. Furthermore mediated by instructors courses and guided by dive guides trips are organized and carried out. In many dive centers taster course, to facilitate the customers to enter the scuba diving. Some dive centers are located in the diving area and maintain boats or rafts. Many bases have showers and offer the possibility to change clothes and place to exchange experiences. Most bases continue to have an affiliated business for the sale of diving equipment. Diving centers are often the starting point to explore the dive sites in the region and this led by a dive guide to explore.

Organization

In resort areas diving centers are often affiliated to hotels or resorts. Most dive centers are connected diving organizations or diving associations. This offer according to ISO 24801-1 to 24801-3 to standardized diving courses. The most important international organizations are PADI, SSI and CMAS.