PADI Open Water Diver Course
About the Course
PADI® Open Water Diver is the first scuba certification level. A highly-trained PADI Instructor will teach you how to scuba dive in a relaxed, supportive learning environment.
By the end of the course, you'll have the skills and knowledge to dive at home or abroad and be an ambassador for the underwater world.
What You'll Learn
To be a confident and skilled diver, to assemble and use scuba gear, to manage your buoyancy, to respectfully approach marine life and handle common problems. The Open Water Diver course is the skillset that all other courses are built upon and is the most important (AND FUN!) training you will ever receive.
Certification Requirements
Prerequisites: Able to swim; medically fit for diving (Complete a Medical Questionnaire)
Time: PADI eLearning: 5-10 hours; Skills Training: 7 hours or more; Open Water Check Out Dives: Two 1/2 Days
Entire course: In as little as 2-4 days
Age: 10 years of age or older; Ages 10 - 14 certify as JR Open Water Divers and automatically become Open Water Divers
Good physical health
Expect shallow dives (12m/40ft), during the course the maximum allowed depth is 18m/60ft
How to Earn your Scuba Diving Certification
Learn about scuba diving principles and terminology (either offline or online), then learn basic scuba skills in a pool (or pool-like environment) with a highly trained PADI Instructor. When you're ready, make four dives in an open water environment (the ocean, a lake) with your instructor supporting you every step of the way.
| STEP ONE: PADI eLearning |
PADI eLearning makes it easy to fit scuba lessons into a busy schedule. Learn about scuba diving principles and terminology whenever, wherever it's convenient for you. It's your course on your time. Study offline, or online using a computer or mobile device. Connect with your instructor whenever you have a question. |
| Time Requirement: 5 - 10 hours | |
| STEP TWO: Confined Water Training (Pool) | Practice using scuba gear in a pool (or pool-like environment) until you're comfortable. This means developing skill mastery through repetition of skills across multiple sessions of pool work. |
| Time Requirement: 6 - 8 hours | |
| STEP THREE: Open Water Dives (4 Total) | Completion of your PADI training includes FOUR dives in open water with a PADI Instructor. This can be finished with Aquasub locally during the summer dive season, on any of our Group Scuba Vacations or on any vacation to a location with a PADI dive shop (Referral Program). |
| Time Requirement: 10 - 15 hours (across two days minimum) |
Pricing:
PADI Open Water Diver Course - $498 + HST
What is included?
- PADI Open Water Diver eLearning
- Confined Water Training (pool skills)
- All processing fees
- All scuba gear in the pool
Extra costs:
- Skin Diving Equipment: Students should have their own mask, snorkel and fins. Snorkel packages start at $197 + HST.
- Scuba Diving Equipment: Scuba equipment for the 4 checkout dives is NOT included but is available to either rent or purchased. Rental gear packages start at $200
- Four Checkout Dives: You can complete your checkout dives anywhere in the world!
- With Aquasub Locally - $299 + HST
- With Aquasub in Cuba - $199 + HST
- With a Referral? What is a referral? A referral package is all the paperwork showing you have completed the eLearning and Pool training and are ready to complete your last FOUR dives with a PADI dive instructor at a destination you already have plans to visit. The price for this service will vary with each destination.
- Potential Extra Costs: Also not included are things like: parking fees, charter boat fees, dive permits, travel to and from dives sites, vacation package costs, overnight accommodation and food MAY or MAY NOT be required depending on the location of the dives. Any costs not SPECIFICALLY detailed on your invoice are NOT included. You will be informed of any possible extra charges before you enroll in that options.