PADI Open Water Diver Course Details
Earning your PADI Open Water Diver certification is just the beginning. As a certified diver, fabulous dive destinations, exciting people, unparalleled adventure and uncommon tranquility await you. And, as you continue your adventure and gain experience through higher training levels, your opportunities expand.
Number of Dives: Five Confined Water Dives and Four Open Water Dives
Knowledge Development: Five sessions
Prerequisites: 10 for Junior Open Water Diver and 15 for Open Water Diver. Good health, reasonable fitness and comfort in the water.
Materials You’ll Need: PADI Open Water Crew-Pak, PADI Open Water Video or DVD, Log Book.
Equipment you’ll use during the course includes: mask, fins, snorkel, tank, regulator, buoyancy compensator, submersible pressure gauge and exposure protection as required by the local environment.
Becoming a diver opens a door to a whole new world. Open yours and step through.
If you’ve always wondered what lies beneath the surface, now’s the time to find out. Start the journey of a lifetime with the PADI Open Water Diver course. It will change you forever.
In the PADI Open Water Diver course, your PADI Instructor takes you through the basics of learning how to scuba dive. You start in a pool or pool-like conditions and progress to the open water (ocean, lake, quarry, etc.) getting the background knowledge along the way.
At your own pace, you can complete the knowledge development portion of the PADI Open Water Diver course online with PADI eLearning. Or choose the Instructor led program, with classroom training held at DiveTrainers.
PADI Open Water Diver Enrollment
There are four course structures below. Choose the one right for you.
Course Name | Course Description | Price | Order |
PADI Open Water Diver Complete Choose if you want classroom and pool training, and open water certification dives. Includes course materials. | Full Certification includes Classroom & Pool Training, Open Water Certification Dives, PADI Open Water crew Pack with eRDP, PADI Manual and other materials. Mask, Fin, Snorkel, Booties required. DiveTrainers PADI Certification GUARANTEE. DiveTrainers will work with you until you are able to fulfill all required standards by passing your tests, learning all skills and completing all Open Water Certification Dives. | $549.99 | |
PADI Open Water Diver Pool, Materials & Certification Choose if you want eLearning - not classroom training, pool training, and open water certification dives. Includes course materials. | Full Certification includes Pool Training, Open Water Certification Dives, PADI Open Water crew Pack with eRDP, PADI Manual and other materials. Mask, Fin, Snorkel, Booties required. (Requires PADI eLearning as a pre-requsite.) DiveTrainers PADI Certification GUARANTEE. DiveTrainers will work with you until you are able to fulfill all required standards by passing your tests, learning all skills and completing all Open Water Certification Dives. | $499.99 | |
PADI Open Water Diver Classroom, Confined Water and Referral Choose if you want classroom and pool training and need a referral for your open water certification dives. Includes course materials. | Partial certification. This program allows the student to complete the classroom and confined water pool training components necessary to qualify for and receive a referral to another PADI dive center, for completion of the Open Water certification dives. A good example is this would be good for someone anticipating travel to a warm water region, at which they would complete the certification dives. | $349.99 | |
PADI Open Water Diver Confined Water and Referral Choose if you want eLearning rather than classroom training, pool training and need a referral for your open water certification dives. Includes course materials. | Partial certification. This program allows the student to complete the confined water pool training components necessary to qualify for and receive a referral to another PADI dive center, for completion of the Open Water certification dives. A good example is this would be good for someone anticipating travel to a warm water region, at which they would complete the certification dives. The student must register for and complete the eLearning modules in addition. Register here. | $249.99 |