Open Water Diver
Course Duration 2-3 Days
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This course gives you the Open Water Diver certification, which allows you to dive with any qualified diver to a maximum depth of 18m/60feet. This three-day course consists of five knowledge development sessions, five-confined water/pool sessions and four open water-qualifying dives to a depth of 18m/60feet. It is a prerequisite course for any further training.
This is your ticket to a lifetime of intense adventure with PADI, a dive company that sets the standards in the global diving community.
Throughout the course, you’ll learn fundamentals of scuba diving, including dive equipment and techniques. You will also earn a PADI Open Water Diver certification that is recognized worldwide. You earn this rating by completing five pool dives and knowledge development sessions and by making four open water (ocean or lake) dives.
As a certified PADI Open Water Diver you have the freedom to dive with a buddy independent of a professional. If you already tried a PADI Discover Scuba Diving experience or are PADI Scuba Diver certified, check with your instructor to see how credit from these courses may apply to the open water program.
Your underwater adventure can begin as soon as today with the new PADI Open Water Diver Video and interactive CD-ROM! You can view these materials at home, at your own pace and then meet with an instructor for further assistance. Open water learning options also include group or private instruction.
This course offers tremendous flexibility and lets you work out individual needs with your instructor.
Virtually anyone who is in good health, reasonably fit, and comfortable in the water can earn a PADI Open Water Diver certification.
At some point in the course, your PADI Instructor will ask you to demonstrate the ability to swim 200 metres/yards without swim aids or 300 metres/yards with mask, fins and snorkel and complete a bit of paperwork, to get you on your way.
If you are between 10 and 14 or have a child between these ages, there is a PADI Junior Open Water Diver program available. Please ask for more details.
This certification will be recognized at many diving centres and schools around the globe.
PADI Open Water Diver Course Details
If you’ve always wondered what lies beneath the surface, now is the time to find out. Start the journey of a lifetime with the PADI Open Water Diver course. It will change you forever.
In the PADI Open Water Diver course, your PADI Instructor takes you through the basics of learning how to scuba dive in a safe comfortable environment. You start in a pool or pool-like conditions (The Sea) and progress to the open water (The Mediterranean Sea) getting the background knowledge and skills along the way.
Earning your PADI Open Water Diver certification is just the beginning.
As a certified diver, you will travel to fabulous dive destinations, meet exciting people and instructors, unparalleled adventure and uncommon tranquility awaits you. When you continue your adventure and gain experience through higher training levels like the Padi Advanced Open Water Diver Course, your opportunities expand. For more details on the PADI Open Water Diver course, Please fill in our booking form.
- Number of Dives: Five Confined Water Dives and Four Open Water Dives
- Knowledge Development: Five sessions
- Prerequisites: 10 for Junior Open Water Diver and 15 for Open Water Diver.
- Good health, reasonable fitness and comfort in the water.
- Materials You’ll Need: PADI Open Water manual or Crew-Pak, Log Book.
Equipment you’ll use during the course includes: mask, fins, snorkel, tank, regulator, buoyancy compensator, submersible pressure gauge and exposure protection as required by the local environment
Becoming a diver opens a door to a whole new world. Open yours and step in?
