Open Water Course

If this is the course you have selected then you've decided to join the world's fastest growing fun recreational sport, Congratulations! Scuba Diving will open the way for you to discover the underwater environment in a safe and fun way, you will be able to see many interesting and colourful fish, explore sunken wrecks and basically - just have fun in the water! Learning to Scuba Dive is easy; it's great fun and with the correct training, is among the safest of all recreational activities. You learn through the PADI system, which is the largest recreational scuba teaching organisation in the world! PADI is recognised in over 80 countries and teaches in excess of 75% of the world's scuba divers using the safe and correct techniques of diving. Upon completion of your course, the world will become your oyster - you will be able to dive almost anywhere.

The PADI Open Water Diver course has introduced millions of people to the adventurous diving lifestyle. Start your scuba certification online.

What's so good about this course? . . . well, just about all of it because 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. You will learn: -

• How much fun scuba diving is
• Scuba diving equipment considerations for your local diving environment
• How to plan, and execute actual dives
• How to prevent and manage problems

The PADI Open Water Diver course consists of three main phases:

• Knowledge Development (online, home study or in a classroom ) to understand basic principles of scuba diving
• Confined water/pool dives to learn basic scuba skills
• Open Water Dives to review your skills and explore!

If you've tried diving through a Discover Scuba Diver Course, the skills you learned may be credited towards a portion of the full PADI Open Water Diver course certification. In the PADI Open Water Diver course, you learn to use basic Scuba gear including a dive computer, and standard accessories. The equipment you wear varies somewhat, depending upon whether you're diving in tropical, temperate or cold water. 

Course content:   Self-study, classroom theory, pool dives, practical skills and open water (sea) dives.

The course is usually run over 3-4 consecutive days or 2 consecutive weekends, depending on diver/ instructor commitments. You need to provide the dive medical (you can download a copy of the medical form and requirements from our dive site home page) at the first session stating that you are fit to Scuba Dive as per the Australian Standard AS4005.1.