Dive Courses

PADI Open Water

The first certification level of scuba diving, the most widely recognised and respected rating in the world, the minimum qualification to dive without direct professional supervision. Can be completed in as little as five weeks.

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Course details:

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 (lake, quarry) getting the background knowledge along the way.

The Open Water course includes:
* self-studying by book with checking knowledge by instructor and exam in the end.
* 5-6 pool sessions practicing in-water skills with instructor.
* 4 final open water dives in real diving environment. In England this dives are usually completed in a quarry or sea.

All equipment and materials you'll need during the course are provided

10 years old for Junior Open Water Diver and 15 - for Open Water Diver

 

Reefers and Wreckers offer full Open Water Courses as well as Referral Open Water Courses.

A Referral Course is the same, but a student diver completes part of his/her training at Reefers and Wreckers (theory and pool sessions, for example) and then finishes training at a different location with a different instructor – usually abroad in a warm climate country with another PADI dive centre.

Why you may choose a referral course option?

  • Because you may not want to complete the 4 open water dives in the UK and prefer to do it in warm and nice waters of, for instance, Red Sea.
  • Because you may not want to spend some of your holidays studying theory and learning to dive. It is an excellent idea just to finish the 4 open water dives abroad, being already prepared by Reefers and Wreckers.
  • As soon as you’ve done well with the 4 dives – you become a certified diver (the certification card will be delivered later) and you can just enjoy diving for the rest of your holiday.

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.

 

For details and booking call 01254 82 5555