PADI Open Water Diver

PADI Open Water Diver

If you’ve always wanted to take scuba diving lessons, experience unparalleled adventure and see the world beneath the waves, this is where it starts. Get your scuba diving certification with the PADI Open Water Diver course – the world’s most popular and widely recognized scuba course. Millions of people have learned to scuba dive and gone on to discover the wonders of the aquatic world through this course.

PADI Open Water Divers are qualified to:

• Dive to a maximum depth of 18 metres
• Obtain air fills, rent or purchase scuba equipment and participate in dive activities
• Continue dive training by completing the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver certification and taking certain speciality diver courses

What you will learn:

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

1. Knowledge Development (online, independent study or in a classroom) to understand basic principles of scuba diving
2. Confined Water Dives to learn basic scuba skills
3. Open Water Dives to use your skills and explore

Pre-requisites:

• You must be 10 years old or older
• You need adequate swimming skills and need to be in good physical health
• No prior experience with scuba diving is required