Open Water Scuba Diver

Learn How to Dive!

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 and be an ambassador for the underwater world.

Take This Course If You Want to

  • Explore the other 70 percent of our planet

  • Support ocean protection

  • See things you've never seen before

  • Learn from a scuba diving expert

  • Carry the world's most recognized scuba certification

Learn How to

  • Be a confident and skilled diver

  • Assemble and use scuba gear

  • Manage your buoyancy

  • Respectfully approach marine life

  • Handle common problems

Prerequisites: Able to swim; medically fit for diving

Minimum age: 10 years or older

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