Description

PADI Open Water Diver is the first scuba certification level of the Open Water Certs.

I will teach you how to scuba dive in a relaxed and supportive learning environment. By the end of the course, you'll have the skills and knowledge to dive at home or abroad, and be a skilled and safe explorer of the underwater world.

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Practice using scuba gear in a pool (or pool-like environment) until you're comfortable with your skill level and at your pace we will build you up to your certification.

• Prerequisites: Able to swim; medically fit for diving

• Total time commitment: 4 days

• Minimum age: 10 years or older

• Depth: expect shallow dives (12m/40ft), the maximum allowed depth is 18m/60ft

Academic

• Classroom Learning

• Pool Sessions

• Open Water Sessions

by the end of this course:

• Be a confident and skilled diver

• Assemble and use scuba gear

• Manage your buoyancy

• Respectfully approach marine life

• Handle common safety problems

• Explore the other 70 percent of our planet

• Support Water Life Protection

• See things you've never seen before

• Learn from a scuba diving expert

• If additional days are needed outside of the scheduled course then there will be a $150 charge per day.

Dive Gear

During your class consultation, I will provide you with the information you will need to be fitted for your dive gear. At the end of your class, if you love the gear you used during your certification process you can purchase that gear to start your adventure with!

• Mask

• Snorkel

• Fins

• Regulator

• Buoyancy Control Device

• Dive Gauges

• Tank

*Note: Scheduling with your instructor during your consultation is important as this is a custom gear set up to ensure your gear fits you during your class and can take up to two weeks for processing. This course is also not refundable. You have one year to complete the program starting from when you pick up class materials.