PADI Open Water Diver
Get your PADI Open Water 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.
The fun part about this course is . . . well, just about all of it because learning to dive is incredible. The PADI Open Water Course introduces you to breathing 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 make at least five pool dives and four dives at local dive sites under the supervision of your PADI Instructor.
What do I need to start?
- Be of 15 years of age or above (10 years of age for PADI Junior Open Water)
What will I do?
All the basics of scuba diving through knowledge development, a set of scuba skills in the pool that you’ll use again during open water dives, and an appreciation for the underwater world that will keep you coming back for more bottom time every chance you get!
During the course you’ll cover material and practice skills related to topics such as:
- Buoyancy skills including comfortable ascents and descents, and breathing underwater
- Staying warm underwater, streamlining your swimming skills and buddy diving techniques
- Diving environments and aquatic life you’re likely to encounter
- Preventing common problems underwater
During the course you will need to complete the following:
- Knowledge Develoment and Theory Parts 1-5 including quick quizzes and final exam
- Confined (Pool) Sessions 1-5
- Open Water Dives 1 - 4
What's included in the course fee?
- PADI (Pic) Certification Fee
- Full Equipment Hire
- All Air Fills
- Training
What's included in the course fee?
- PADI Open Water Diver Crewpack
PADI Advanced Open Water Diver
Exploration, Excitement, Experiences.
They’re what the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course is all about. And no, you don’t have to be “advanced” to take it – it’s designed so you can go straight into it after the PADI Open Water Diver course.
The Advanced Open Water Diver course helps you increase your confidence and build your scuba skills so you can become more comfortable in the water.
This is a great way to get more dives under your belt while continuing to learn under the supervision of your PADI instructor.
What do I need to start?
- PADI Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organisation)
- Be of 15 years of age or above (12 years of age for PADI Junior Advanced Open Water)
What will I do?
The PADI Advanced Open Water course consists of 5 adventure dives. These dives are designed to develop a divers abilities by introducing them to a number of exciting different diving experiences. The aim of the program is to have loads of fun underwater while learning new skills which will be used during many of your future dives. The PADI Advanced Open Water must include both the Deep Dive* and the Navigation Dives*. The complete list of PADI Adventure Dives is as follows:
- AWARE Fish Id
- Boat Diver
- Deep Diver*
- Drift Diver
- Dry Suit Diver
- Multilevel & Computer
- Night Diver
- Peak Performance Buoyancy
- Search & Recovery
- Underwater Naturalist
- Underwater Navigation*
- Underwater Photography
- Wreck Diver
Each of the Adventure dives completed during the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver program can be counted as the first dive of each corresponding PADI Specialty. For example, if you choose to complete the PADI Dry Suit Adventure dive during the course, you will only need to complete one more training dive to have earned yourself the PADI Dry Suit Specialty Certification. Its that easy.... Click the links above to give you more information about each of the PADI Specialty Diver programs.
The PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course is priced at only £240. The course fee includes your Adventures in Diving manual, slate, equipment hire (drysuit only included for Drysuit Adventure dives) and certification fee. A suggested PADI Advanced Open Water course could contain the following Adventure Dives:
- Day 1 (full day, starts 9am)
o Peak Performance Buoyancy or Dry Suit Diver
o Underwater Digital Photography
o Diver Propulsion Vehicle (DPV)
- Day 2 (full day, starts 9am)
o Deep
o Wreck
What's included in the course fee?
- Equipment Hire
- Air Fills
- Training
What's not included in the course fee?
- PADI Advanced Open Water Manual
What's next?
After you’ve tried a specialty in the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course, you’ll probably want to take the whole Specialty course, you may also want to further your diving skills with the PADI Rescue Diver course.