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PADI Open water course

Open Water Diver

Prerequisites: To enroll in the PADI Open Diver course or Junior Open Water Diver course, you must be ten years or older.
Minimum age: 10 years old. For the e-learning course 13 years (due to international internet laws)
Time: 8 am - 2 pm

About the Class

Get your PADI scuba certification. If you’ve always wanted to learn how to scuba dive, discover new adventures or simply see the wondrous world beneath the waves, this is where it starts.

The PADI Open Water Diver course is the world’s most popular scuba course, and has introduced millions of people to the adventurous diving lifestyle.

What You Learn

How much fun scuba diving is
Scuba diving equipment considerations for your local diving environment
How to plan, and execute actual dives
How to prevent and manage problems

The PADI Open Water Diver course consists of three main phases:

Knowledge Development (online, home study or in a classroom) to understand basic principles of scuba diving
Confined Water Dives to learn basic scuba skills
Open Water Dives to review your skills and explore

What’s included in the class:

The fun part about this course is . . . well, just about all of it because learning to dive is incredible. You breathe underwater for the first time (something you’ll never forget) and learn what you need to know to become a certified diver. During the course, you’ll complete confined water skills and make four boat dives at local dive sites under the supervision of your PADI Instructor.

All Instruction with a PADI Instructor
All gear use
Beverages and lunch on the boat
Books and materials

Diver's Checklist:

The Learning Materials You Need: PADI offers a variety of home-study materials for the Open Water Diver course. While elearning is the most convenient option, you may also chose a book and DVD package or a multimedia DVD-ROM.

PADI’s Open Water Diver materials cover what you need to know about basic scuba diving skills, terminology and safety procedures. For each concept you’ll read a description and watch a video demonstration. Then you’ll jump in the pool (or pool-like environment) to practice these skills with your instructor. Later, as a certified diver, use the course materials as a reference guide for future diving adventures and to review what you learned.