Quick Refresh + 1 Dive
Skills feeling distant? A short refresher and one dive in Nilaveli's clear water, the easiest possible way back in, no judgement.
For certified divers who haven’t dived in a while and want to feel at home in the water again before hitting the reef. You run through the key skills and safety drills in controlled water with a PADI professional, then go diving the same day. It’s the honest, low-pressure way back in, and often it’s a requirement anyway if it’s been long enough.
What’s included
- Full equipment: regulator, BCD, wetsuit, mask, fins and a 12-litre tank of air
- An experienced instructor or guide
- Drinking water at the centre, plus tea and snacks after
- The refresh session
Not included
- GoPro photos and video (not included on Quick Refresh)
- DAN dive insurance (recommended)
Good to know
Existing certification required. This refreshes a cert you already hold; it doesn’t grant one.
Highlights
- Refresh your skills, then dive, same day.
- One PADI professional, no crowd, no re-certification.
- Choose one dive or two.
Requirements
- Existing certification required. This refreshes a cert you already hold, it doesn’t grant one.
- Minimum age 10.
- A diver medical questionnaire is required. You complete it during booking. A “yes” to any question means a physician must sign the medical form (bring the signed form on Day 1).
- If your last dive was long enough ago, or your logged dives are few, a refresh is required before fun diving. This product is exactly that.
Programme & duration
- 12:45Arrive and get ready: kit fitting
- 13:00Refresher session in confined water with your PADI professional (until 14:00)pool
- 14:00Briefing and boat out
- around 14:45Your dive, about 45 minutes
- around 15:45Boat back
- 16:00Back at the dive centre
Times on the water are approximate and follow the sea and the group on the day.
+1 Dive (afternoon): refresh session, then one dive. +2 Dives (morning): refresh session, then two dives.
Medical, flight & insurance
Most people answer “no” to every question on the diver medical questionnaire and are cleared to dive. A “yes” to any question means a physician must sign the medical form confirming you’re fit to dive. Bring the signed form with you on Day 1.
Planning to fly after diving? PADI and DAN recommend waiting at least 12 hours after a single dive, 18 hours after multiple dives, and ideally 24 hours for complete peace of mind.
We recommend DAN Europe (Divers Alert Network) dive insurance: recommended, not required, and no sign-up is needed to book. Dive safe, dive insured. Get covered with DAN →
What to bring
- Swimwear
- Towel
- Biodegradable sunscreen
- Your certification card or digital card
- Your logbook
Meeting & pick-up
- Arrive 15 minutes before your start time for registration, briefing and equipment fitting.
- Our centre is right on the beach. Most accommodation is a short walk or tuk tuk away. There is no tuk tuk pick-up service on the east coast.
- Your confirmation email carries the exact meeting point and time.
Who it’s for
For: Certified divers returning after a layoff.
Not for: Not a beginner course.
Dive sites & marine life
Reef sites such as Angel Rock, plus deeper sites around 6 km south (to 30 m). You’ll likely see blacktip reef sharks in the shallows, schooling barracuda, trevally, turtles, moray eels and octopus.