Open Water

Start the journey of a lifetime with the PADI Open Water Diver course. It will change you forever. In the Open Water Diver course, your Instructor takes you through the basics of learning how to scuba dive. You start in a pool or pool-like conditions and progress to the open water (ocean, lake, quarry, etc.) getting the background knowledge along the way.

Earning your Open Water Diver certification is just the beginning. As a certified diver, fabulous dive destinations, exciting people, unparalleled adventure and uncommon tranquility await you. And, as you continue your adventure and gain experience through higher training levels, your opportunities expand.

Number of Dives: Five Confined Water Dives and Four Open Water Dives
Knowledge Development: Five sessions
Prerequisites: 10 years of age. Good health, reasonable fitness and comfort in the water.
Materials Supplied: PADI Open Water Crew-Pak, PADI Open Water Video or DVD, 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.
The course consists of three parts

Classroom Sessions - these are kept to a minimum, whilst leaving nothing out. Concluding in a short talk and a multiple choice test. These are done to make sure you have a full understanding of the theory behind Scuba Diving and any questions you have can be answered there and then.
Pool Sessions - here you will try out the techniques you learnt in the classroom. You will be surprised how much confidence is gained through these sessions.
Open Water Sessions - at last, you do everything you did in the pool, but now in the open water - and there is lots more to see!

You can also do an open water referal course that allows you to do all the pool and classroom work here and do your open water dives abroad, for those of you who dont wish to spend your holidays in a classroom.