点评:While staying at Club Med Kani, I introduced my two kids (aged 10 and 12) to scuba diving, and it ended up being one of the highlights of our holiday.
Our instructor, Minni, was wonderful. She took the kids through all the necessary safety skills and instructions to help them feel confident getting into the water, while also refreshing my own diving knowledge as I hadn’t dived for 14 years. She was calm, kind and incredibly patient throughout.
The ocean was a little choppy with some swell when the kids were doing their practice skills, and my son initially had some trouble equalising. Minni managed the situation really well and, despite the challenging conditions, got them both underwater and enjoying their first dive.
A couple of hours later they were back in the water and both successfully completed the Introduction to Scuba experience.
While this isn’t a formal PADI Open Water certification, it’s a fantastic introduction to scuba diving and life underwater. We saw turtles, stingrays, reef sharks, nurse sharks, lionfish and so many colourful reef fish. Kani has plenty of relatively shallow reefs, which meant we could dive to around 10 metres and still see some incredible marine life.
Minni was so good that I took the kids on another two dives in the subsequent days. We also dealt with Tom and Guillaume, who were both great, and the whole Eurodivers team at Kani was friendly and professional. They work with people of all ages, nationalities, abilities and confidence levels every day, and they’re clearly very experienced at making everyone feel comfortable.
A few things that might be helpful to know:
* Eurodivers provides all the equipment, including gear for children.
* The water is lovely and warm, so only a short wetsuit is needed, which they also provide.
* If English isn’t your first language the team speak a variety of other languages including French and Mandarin
* Club Med Kani requires all guests to do a short swim test off their jetty. It’s a v simple ~15m swim unaided around some buoys
* The whole operation is clean, efficient and very well run.
If you’re looking for a way to introduce your child to scuba diving without jumping straight into a full certification course and lots of theory, I’d highly recommend this experience. It was the perfect introduction for our kids and has definitely sparked a love of diving.
翻译:在Club Med Kani度假期间,我带着两个孩子(10岁和12岁)体验了水肺潜水,这成了我们假期中最难忘的体验之一。
我们的教练Minni非常出色。她耐心地向孩子们传授所有必要的安全技能与操作要领,帮助他们自信地下水;同时,由于我已有14年没潜水了,她也帮我重新温习了相关知识。整个过程中,她始终沉着冷静、和蔼可亲且极其耐心。孩子们练习潜水技能时,海面有些波涛起伏且浪花较大。起初,我的儿子在调节耳压方面遇到了些困难。不过米妮应对得相当出色——尽管条件颇具挑战性,她还是成功带领两人潜入水下,让他们享受了人生中第一次潜水体验。
几个小时后,他们再次下水,两人都顺利完成了“水肺潜水入门体验”。
虽然这并不算是正式的PADI开放水域潜水证书……这是一次极好的水肺潜水入门体验,让我们领略到了水下世界的魅力。我们看到了海龟、黄貂鱼、礁石鲨鱼、护士鲨、狮子鱼,还有无数色彩斑斓的珊瑚礁鱼类。卡尼岛上有许多水浅的珊瑚礁,因此我们能在水深约10米处潜水,依然能见到各种惊人的海洋生物。
Minni的表现实在出色,以至于在之后的几天里我又带孩子们进行了两次潜水。我们还与Tom和Guillaume打过交道,他俩也都非常棒。Kani店的Eurodivers团队十分友善且专业。他们每天都要与不同年龄、国籍、能力以及游泳水平各异的顾客打交道,显然在让每个人都能感到自在方面拥有丰富的经验。
以下几点或许对您有所帮助:
* Eurodivers会提供所有所需装备,包括儿童用的潜水设备。
* 这里的海水温暖宜人,因此只需穿一件短款潜水服即可,该装备他们也提供。* 如果英语不是您的母语,我们的工作人员还能说多种其他语言,包括法语和普通话。
* 在Club Med Kani,所有宾客都需在码头附近完成一次简短的游泳测试。其实就是沿着浮标无辅助游15米左右,非常简单。
* 整个服务流程干净、高效且组织得井然有序。
如果您希望让孩子接触水肺潜水,又不想立刻让他们参加完整的认证课程或学习大量理论知识,我强烈推荐这次体验。这对我们的孩子来说是一次完美的入门体验,绝对激发了他们对潜水的热爱。