Fifteen sharks glide slowly through the salt water.

"Are you ready, Michael?" calls Canberk Üstündağ, managing director and founder of the Munich diving school High-Life-Divers.

After another safety check of the equipment, guest diver Michael Pellkofer and he make a sign before diving down into the "ocean tank" of Sea Life Munich.

In 2006, Sea Life began cooperating with the diving school, which has developed into a unique attraction in Germany.

The diving school took care of the care of the pool and the animals anyway.

Outside divers now got the opportunity to dive down to admire the fascinating animals up close.

This is offered every Saturday and Sunday between 11 a.m. and 12 p.m.

On special occasions, divers dress up as Easter Bunny, Santa Claus or skeleton to please the young visitors of Sea Life.

According to the managing director, diving takes place all year round because the animals have to be cared for.

Guests join about a third of the dives.

"Our annual turnover from shark diving is in the four-digit range," reports Üstündağ.

The money also has to cover the maintenance of the compressor, the divers' wages and other costs.

159 euros for an hour

Shark diving in the wild is preferred in places like Cape Town and around the coast of Australia.

For experiences of this kind, amounts in the low four-digit range must be planned per dive and diver.

"On the other hand, our one-hour dives for 159 euros are comparatively cheap," says Üstündağ.

"Because we care about the well-being of the animals, I choose the divers very carefully," he explains.

"If a diver registers, I call him personally and check whether he is suitable." Applicants should be able to demonstrate at least 30, but preferably around 100 dives and be able to move in a targeted manner and with fine motor skills.

The two founders Canberk Üstündağ and Anton Ennerst met in a diving school.

"We had the same passion and were both diving instructors, which is why we were able to set up our own diving school," reports Üstündağ.

In addition to the diving school, he works as a business IT specialist, and Ennerst works in the public sector.

Since Üstündağ occasionally worked as a technician at Sea Life, the newly founded diving school of the two took on the task of maintaining the pools.

"We had fun diving with these unique animals right from the start," says Üstündağ.

The Ocean pool is the only pool where diving takes place.

In the other 39 pools, the divers are used for repair and decoration work.

If the pools need to be cleaned, the water is simply drained.

This is not possible in the Ocean pool with its 400,000 liters, a base area of ​​100 square meters and a depth of 5.60 meters.