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OPEN WATER 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.

Course prerequisites: able to swim, medically fit for diving, comfortable in the water


During the Open Water Diver course, your instructor will ask you to:

  • Float or tread water without aids for 10 minutes

  • Swim 200 metres/yards with no aids or 300 metres/yards with mask, fins and snorkel


Minimum age: 10


Divers certified between the ages of 10-14 earn a Junior Diver certification

Junior Open Water Divers automatically become Open Water Divers at age 15. Any replacement certification card or eCard purchased the day after the diver's 15th birthday will automatically show an Open Water Diver (not Jr. Open Water Diver) certification.


Children eight or older can try scuba diving in a pool (or pool-like environment). Ask us about a Bubblemaker experience.

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