Open Water.
In the PADI Open Water Diver course, your PADI 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.
Becoming a diver opens a door to a whole new world. Open yours and step through.
- Number of Dives: Five Confined Water Dives and Four Open Water Dives
- Knowledge Development: Five sessions
- Prerequisites: 10 for Junior Open Water Diver and 15 for Open Water Diver. Good health, reasonable fitness and comfort in the water.
- Average dive depth is 6 metres/20 feet (18 metres/60 feet is the maximum depth)
- 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.
Basic Courses
| Discover Scuba | Open Water | Advanced Open Water |
| Rescue Diver | Master Scuba Diver | Divemaster |
Speciality Diver Programs*
| Boat Diver | Deep Diver | Photographer |
| Drift Diving | Dry Suit | Multilevel |
| Night Diving | Peak Buoyancy |
*Speciality courses can be subject to conditions and time of year.