PADI Open Water Diver

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If you’ve always wanted to take scuba diving lessons, experience unparalleled adventure and see the underwater world, this is where it starts. Get your scuba diving certification with the PADI^® Open Water Diver course – the world’s most popular and widely recognised 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 enrol in a PADI Open Water Diver course (or Junior Open Water Diver course):

- You must be 10 years old or older.

- Live in or near the Gauteng (South Africa) province, to be able to do the practical dives.

- You need adequate swimming skills and need to be in good physical health.

- No prior experience with scuba diving is required.

Course Standards

Certification Requirements

The PADI Open Water Diver course consists of four main sections:

Complete five knowledge development segments, including quizzes and a final exam (online, independent study) to understand the basic principals of scuba diving.
Complete Confined Water Dives 1-5. Here we will apply and learn all the basic scuba skills.
Meet water skills assessment requirements.
Complete Open Water Dives 1-4. Use the skills you have learned and explore.

Depth

Open Water Dives 1 and 2 – 12 metres/40 feet
Open Water Dives 3 and 4 – 18 metres/60 feet
When conducting three dives in one day, the maximum depth for the last dive is 12 metres/40 feet.
Excursion dives taken before Dive 3 – 12 metres/40 feet

Diver Prerequisites

10 years old

* Note: 10-14-year-old divers earn a Junior Open Water Diver certification.

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.

Getting Started

As soon as you sign up (added the course to your cart and payment cleared) with Phoenix Divers to do your PADI Open Water Diver Course, you will receive an email with the e-learning information you need to start with PADI's home-study materials.

Your Phoenix Divers PADI Instructor will then contact you about scheduling time for in-water training. Your instructor will also answer any questions you have along the way and check your progress to make sure you understand important scuba diving information.

This Course Requires 4-5 Practical Days
Normally Over Weekends

Your Phoenix Divers - PADI Open Water Diver Course includes:

Full gear rental & air fills for entire Course
E-touch Open Water Diver Manual
Lectures
4-5 Confined Water Pool Sessions
4 Open Watter Sessions
First-rate Certification & E-Card

* Excludes R170 entrance fee at Miracle Waters.

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