Open Water Dive Course
Diver certification begins here. Start with PADI's online eLearning course. Move to the pool and practice your new skills. Then experience four open water (ocean/lake) dives.
Description
If you’ve always wanted to take scuba diving lessons, experience unparalleled adventure and see the world beneath the waves, this is where it starts. Get your scuba diving certification with the PADI® Open Water Diver course – the world’s most popular and widely recognized scuba course. Millions of people have learned to scuba dive and gone on to discover the wonders of the aquatic world through this course. To enroll in a PADI Open Water Diver course (or Junior Open Water Diver course), you must be 14 years old or older. You need adequate swimming skills and need to be in good physical health. No prior experience with scuba diving is required.
Academic
The PADI Open Water Diver course consists of three main phases:
- Knowledge Development ( online, independent study or in a classroom) to understand basic principles of scuba diving
- Confined Water Dives to learn basic scuba skills
- Open Water Dives to use your skills and explore!
You may be able to get college credit for the Open Water Diver course.
Short on time? The PADI Scuba Diver course might be right for you.
Equipment
In the PADI Open Water Diver course, you learn to use basic scuba gear, including a mask, snorkel, fins, regulator, buoyancy control device and a tank. The equipment you wear varies, depending upon whether you’re diving in tropical, temperate or cold water.
Check with our shop about the gear you’ll use during this course and get advice about everything you need from your PADI Instructor.
Getting Started
Please contact us today to regist interest.
We at DEEP BLUE DIVING have been part of the Canterbury dive industry for well over a decade and have a passion and excitement for all things diving that we want to share with you!
We have everything you need to enjoy the underwater world - from entry level right through to top of the line. All the brands including Cressi, Atomic, Sherwood, Rob Allen, Tusa, Mares, Suunto, Garmin and MANY more.
Come in and see us in our Christchurch shop - we do everything you could possibly need for diving including equipment servicing, gear hire, PADI courses... you need it - we've got it!