Kappi-Divers

Tucked into Hanover, Germany, Kappi-Divers is the small diving center with that certain something — and, as they put it, after the courses there's a sausage from the grill. As a PADI 5 Star CDC with 16 PADI Instructors, it punches well above its size, with crews welcomed in English, Spanish, German and Croatian.

Courses for every level

The training menu runs from PADI Discover Scuba Diving (a roughly three-hour first taste, from USD 105) and the PADI Open Water Diver Course all the way up to professional ratings like Divemaster and PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor. Continuing divers can add Advanced Open Water, Rescue Diver, Enriched Air, or knock the rust off with a PADI ReActivate refresher. An onsite training pool, classroom and retail shop keep everything under one roof.

Diving here means German lakes and quarries — Kreidsee in Hemmoor, Salzgittersee, Süplinger Canyon and Sundhäuser See among them — where freshwater fish, eels, molluscs and crustaceans turn up below the surface. With air fills, equipment sales and rental, plus a dive club and travel options, Kappi-Divers suits first-timers and certified divers alike.