Open Water Diver

Open Water Diver certification allows you to dive anywhere in the world.

Similar to driving a car, scuba diving requires specific knowledge, skills and training.

A PADI Open Water Diver certification is your passport to underwater adventure.

What to expect

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    IMPORTANT

    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 up to a maximum depth of 18 meters.

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    e-Learning

    You will receive digital e-Learning material.

    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.

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    Theory Review

    Your PADI Professional will review your e-Learning progress

    and

    make sure you understand all information in e-Learning material.

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    Confined Water Dives

    You will make your first dives in confined water conditions at a maximum depth of 5 meters.

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    Open Water Dives

    You will practice and master your skills in open and deeper water.

    The max depth will increase gradually during the dives up to a max of 18 meters.

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    After this course

    Congratulations!

    You completed your education and training successfully and earned your Open Water Diver Certification.

    Once you receive your certificate you can dive anywhere in the world up to a maximum of 18 meters.

    You can enroll in a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver certification course if you want to learn advanced skills and dive up to a maximum depth of 30 meters.

What’s inside

Part 1 (e-Learning)

Knowledge Development covers the principles, concepts and terms that you need to know for safety and so you can enjoy diving. Short exercises, quizzes and knowledge reviews help you assess and confirm learning as you go. The time commitment for this part is 5-10 hours.

Part 2

Confined Water Dives

You will learn and practice scuba skills in water with pool-like conditions under direct instructor supervision. You also practice applying what you learn in Knowledge Development. You will learn and practice how to assemble and use scuba gear, manage your buoyancy, handle common problems and how to respectfully approach marine life. Maximum depth will be 5 meters.

Part 3

Open Water Dives

You make Open Water Dives with your instructor at sites suited to beginning divers. You practice, apply and demonstrate what you learn in Knowledge Development and the Confined Water Dives. Max depth will increase gradually up to 18 meters.

Part 4

Completion

You completed your education and training successfully and earned your Open Water Diver Certification.

You will receive digital and printed certificates athe end of the course.

Now you are a certified divers and you can dive anywhere in the world up to a maximum of 18 meters.

After this course, you can enroll in a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver certification course if you want to learn advanced skills and dive up to a maximum depth of 30 meters.

Frequently asked questions

  • 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 to dive 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.

  • You need to be able to swim, medically fit for diving, comfortable in the water.

  • Minimum age: 10 (Local regulations may vary. For example, in Turkey, you have to be minimum 14 yrs old to submerge with scuba equipment)

    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). Children who are comfortable in the water can participate in the PADI Seal Team program, a multi-day pool diving experience.

  • You just need to bring your swimming suit and a towel. You will be provided all the equipment for diving.

  • PADI eLearning: 5-10 hours

    Entire course: 3 days

    You can either complete all training in 3 consecutive days or arrange days that suit you best.

  • You can choose one of these locations.

    We can arrange another location if requested. Extra fees may apply.

€500

Open Water Diver

Education, Training and Certification

Included in the price:

6 dives + e-Learning + digital & printed certificates

You can choose one of these locations for dives.

We can arrange another location if requested. Extra fees may apply.

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