Tauchschule tauchmalab
Egestorffstraße 5, 30449 Hannover, Alemanha, Hannover, Niedersachsen, DEU
About the Center
Tauchschule tauchmalab is a young dive center located in Hannover, driven by a profound passion for diving. They aim to share their enthusiasm for the silent, vast, and colorful underwater world with their students in Hannover and the surrounding region, firmly believing that anyone can learn to dive.
This SSI and TDI certified dive center offers a comprehensive range of courses catering to all levels, from introductory 'Discover Scuba Diving' to advanced and specialized training. Their curriculum includes essential certifications like Open Water Diver, Advanced Open Water, Enriched Air Nitrox, Rescue Diver, and the Instructor Development Course. For those interested in technical diving, tauchmalab provides TDI-certified courses such as TDI Nitrox Diver, TDI Intro to Tech, TDI Advanced Nitrox Diver, TDI Decompression Procedures, and TDI Trimix Diver.
Tauchschule tauchmalab boasts excellent facilities, including a swimming pool for training, equipment rental services, and a dedicated dive shop. They also provide air fills with Nitrox and Trimix. Furthermore, the center facilitates boat diving, night diving, and guided dives. Beyond local training, tauchmalab organizes exciting dive trips to international destinations like Egypt, Spain, and France, leveraging partnerships with local dive bases to offer unforgettable underwater experiences.
Available Courses
10 cursosCurso Open Water Diver
The OWD at tauchmalab is run under either SDI or SSI — you decide which certification you want when you register. Both meet current ISO standards and are accepted worldwide, so the practical difference comes down to…
Curso Advanced Open Water
The AOWD at tauchmalab consists of four specialty modules: Navigation and Deep Diving are mandatory, and you select two more from the specialty list they offer. The school covers a wide range of options — nitrox, night…
Enriched Air Nitrox
The Nitrox course at tauchmalab covers mixes from 22% to a maximum of 40% oxygen, with the focus on computer-based planning — how to programme a nitrox computer and apply it to real dive planning. It runs under SSI…
OWD & Nitrox Kombikurs
This is tauchmalab's standard entry course — the OWD and Nitrox Diver combined into a single programme. The logic is straightforward: if you're learning to dive, you may as well learn to use enriched air from the start…
Ferienkurs zum OWD & Nitrox Diver
The holiday-format version of the OWD and Nitrox combined course runs over four full days (plus two buffer days for weather or logistics), covering theory, confined water, open water, and the nitrox module in a…
Referral Diver
The Referral Diver course covers the theory and pool components of the OWD in Hannover, with the four open water dives deferred to a future trip abroad. It's a practical option if you want to start the process during…
Try Scuba – Schnuppertauchen
The Try Scuba session at tauchmalab is where most people in the Hannover area first put a regulator in their mouth. It runs in their in-house pool, with a theory introduction followed by your first practical session…
Bootstauchen / Boat Diver
The Boat Diver course (SDI or SSI) at tauchmalab is explicitly oriented towards dive travel preparation. The course covers entry and exit techniques, on-board procedures, and dive safari planning — practical knowledge…
Scuba Skills Update – Refresher
The Refresher at tauchmalab is open to any certified diver regardless of which agency certified them — OWD or higher, from any organisation. If you haven't been in the water for an extended period, this gets you back in…
Diver Propulsion Vehicle (DPV)
The SDI DPV course teaches planning, organisation, technique, and hazard management for underwater scooter use. Overhead environment diving is explicitly excluded from this course — this is open-water DPV use only. The…
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They teach under three agencies: SDI, TDI, and SSI. For recreational diving you choose between SDI and SSI. TDI covers the technical diving track. All three certifications are ISO-compliant and recognised worldwide.
From 10 years old with parental consent, you can do a Try Scuba session or start the Junior OWD. The standard OWD minimum without the Junior designation is 15.
Courses are individually scheduled — once you register they work with you to find dates that fit. There are no fixed course dates to slot into for most programmes.
€425 per person covers rental equipment (except mask, fins, and snorkel), pool sessions, four open water dives, a digital logbook, dive insurance, and digital certification on passing. Study materials are extra.
Yes — that's exactly what the Referral Diver course is for. You do theory and pool work at tauchmalab, then complete the four open water dives at a partner school abroad. They'll help you find a suitable partner base if needed.
Yes, they run regular dive trips. One mentioned trip goes aboard the M/Y Independence III on the Strait of Tiran route. If you book a Boat Diver course in combination with a tauchmalab trip, you get 10% off the course fee.
Yes. Phil, the owner, is certified to teach divers with physical disabilities, and the DPV course page specifically notes that underwater scooters are well suited to this type of diving.
Yes — the Inactive Diver / Refresher course is open to any certified diver regardless of which agency issued their certification. It costs €79 and includes eLearning, rental gear, and one refresher dive.