Learning to Dive is Easy and Safe. No previous experience required.
PADI Open Water Diver is the most popular beginner certification level. A highly-trained PADI Instructor will teach you to scuba dive in a relaxed, supportive learning environment. You’ll complete your PADI eLearning, shallow water practice dives (in a pool or pool-like environment) and open water training dives (in the ocean, lake or quarry).
What You'll Learn
Benefit: By the end of the course, you will have the skills and knowledge to dive at home or abroad with another certified diver.
Scuba diving requires a minimum level of health and fitness. Chronic health conditions, certain medications, and/or recent surgery may require you to get written approval from a physician before diving.
Avoid disappointment—download and review the Diver Medical form to ensure you won’t need a physician’s approval before enrolling in a scuba course. Instructors, divemasters, and dive shop staff are not physicians and should not be asked for medical advice; only medical professionals can give medical clearance to dive.
If you (or your physician) have questions about medical fitness to dive, contact the experts at Divers Alert Network (DAN).
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.
Children eight or older can try scuba diving in a pool (or pool-like environment).
• PADI eLearning: 5-10 hours
• Entire course: In as little as 2-4 days. Timing can vary based on your Dive Shop's schedule and your progress and needs during the training.
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