PADI Open Water Diver
Dive With Turtles! after your Open Water you can!
Get your PADI scuba certification! If you’ve always wanted to learn how to scuba dive, discover new adventures or simply see the beatifull world beneath the waves, it all starts here: The PADI Open Water Diver Course.
The PADI Open Water Diver course — the world’s most popular scuba diving lesson — has introduced millions of people to the adventurous diving lifestyle. No previous experience is necessary. You’ll start our learning the theory of diving — either online via PADI eLearning or in a classroom — then take your first breaths underwater in the reassuring confines of a swimming pool. Then you’ll take the plunge with an instructor and put what you learn to the test in the aquamarine seas.
Once you “have your PADI,” you can dive up to 18 meters (65 feet) anywhere in the world with any other certified diver. And Open Water is just the first step. You can go on to Advanced Open Water Diver, Rescue Diver or, if you’re really impassioned, become a PADI professional divemaster or instructor!
What You Learn
The PADI Open Water Diver course consists of three main phases:
Prerequisites
To enroll in the PADI Open Diver course or Junior Open Water Diver course, you must be 10 years or older (PADI eLearning requires a minimum age of 13 years due to international Internet laws.)
The Fun Part
The fun part about this course is . . . well, just about all of it! Learning to dive is incredible. You breathe underwater for the first time — something you’ll never forget — and learn what you need to know to become a certified diver. During the course, you’ll make at least five pool dives and four dives at local dive sites under the supervision of your PADI instructor.
The Materials you need and Scuba gear you will use
PADI offers a variety of home-study materials for the Open Water Diver course. While eLearning is the most-convenient option, you may also choose a book and DVD package or a multimedia DVD-ROM which is available at any diveshop.
PADI’s Open Water Diver materials cover what you need to know about basic scuba diving skills, terminology and safety procedures. For each concept you’ll read a description and watch a video demonstration. Then you’ll jump in the pool to practice these skills with your instructor. Later, as a certified diver, use the course materials as a reference guide for future diving adventures and to review what you learned.
As for the equipment, in the PADI Open Water Diver course, you learn to use basic scuba gear and standard accessories. If prefered diveshop also can train you to use a dive computer and again most shops offer a discount when you buy one with your course. The equipment you wear varies somewhat, depending upon whether you’re diving in tropical, temperate or cold water Check with your local dive shop about the gear you’ll use during this course. You can find most everything at the scuba diving shop in your area.
Start Now!
You don’t have to wait to get going. With PADI eLearning and the PADI Open Water Diver Course Online, you can start right now. The PADI Open Water Diver Course Online lets you learn the background information you need before each dive at your own pace through friendly, interactive learning. It even helps you choose the PADI dive shop where you’ll make those dives.
The PADI Open Water Diver course — the world’s most popular scuba diving lesson — has introduced millions of people to the adventurous diving lifestyle. No previous experience is necessary. You’ll start our learning the theory of diving — either online via PADI eLearning or in a classroom — then take your first breaths underwater in the reassuring confines of a swimming pool. Then you’ll take the plunge with an instructor and put what you learn to the test in the aquamarine seas.
Once you “have your PADI,” you can dive up to 18 meters (65 feet) anywhere in the world with any other certified diver. And Open Water is just the first step. You can go on to Advanced Open Water Diver, Rescue Diver or, if you’re really impassioned, become a PADI professional divemaster or instructor!
What You Learn
The PADI Open Water Diver course consists of three main phases:
- Knowledge Development — Either online at home or in a classroom where you’ll learn the basic principles of scuba diving.
- Confined Water — You’ll do at least five short dives in a swimming pool or shallow, protected area in the sea to put what you learned in the classroom into practice.
- Open Water — You’ll do 4 dives to review your skills and explore!
Prerequisites
To enroll in the PADI Open Diver course or Junior Open Water Diver course, you must be 10 years or older (PADI eLearning requires a minimum age of 13 years due to international Internet laws.)
The Fun Part
The fun part about this course is . . . well, just about all of it! Learning to dive is incredible. You breathe underwater for the first time — something you’ll never forget — and learn what you need to know to become a certified diver. During the course, you’ll make at least five pool dives and four dives at local dive sites under the supervision of your PADI instructor.
The Materials you need and Scuba gear you will use
PADI offers a variety of home-study materials for the Open Water Diver course. While eLearning is the most-convenient option, you may also choose a book and DVD package or a multimedia DVD-ROM which is available at any diveshop.
PADI’s Open Water Diver materials cover what you need to know about basic scuba diving skills, terminology and safety procedures. For each concept you’ll read a description and watch a video demonstration. Then you’ll jump in the pool to practice these skills with your instructor. Later, as a certified diver, use the course materials as a reference guide for future diving adventures and to review what you learned.
As for the equipment, in the PADI Open Water Diver course, you learn to use basic scuba gear and standard accessories. If prefered diveshop also can train you to use a dive computer and again most shops offer a discount when you buy one with your course. The equipment you wear varies somewhat, depending upon whether you’re diving in tropical, temperate or cold water Check with your local dive shop about the gear you’ll use during this course. You can find most everything at the scuba diving shop in your area.
Start Now!
You don’t have to wait to get going. With PADI eLearning and the PADI Open Water Diver Course Online, you can start right now. The PADI Open Water Diver Course Online lets you learn the background information you need before each dive at your own pace through friendly, interactive learning. It even helps you choose the PADI dive shop where you’ll make those dives.