PADI Courses
The PADI Open Water Scuba diving course
Get Certified! Take a Scuba Lesson with the PADI Open Water Diver Course
Get your PADI scuba certification. If you’ve always wanted to learn how to scuba dive, discover new adventures or simply see the wondrous world beneath the waves, this is where it starts.
The PADI Open Water Diver course is the world’s most popular scuba course, and has introduced millions of people to the adventurous diving lifestyle.
The PADI Open Water Diver course consists of three main phases:
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Knowledge Development to understand basic principles of scuba diving
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Confined Water Dives to learn basic scuba skills
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Open Water Dives to review your skills and explore!
Prerequisites
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Be 10 years or older
PADI’s Open Water Diver materials cover what you need to know about basic scuba diving skills, terminology and safety procedures. For each concept you’ll read a description and watch a video demonstration. Then you’ll jump in the pool (or pool-like environment) to practice these skills with your instructor. Later, as a certified diver, use the course materials as a reference guide for future diving adventures and to review what you learned.
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The PADI Advanced Open Water
Scuba diving course
The PADI Adventure Diver course helps you get more out of diving by introducing you to new types of scuba diving adventures. It’s a great opportunity to work with your instructor to build your scuba diving skills and gain more confidence.
Have you always wanted to try digital underwater photography? How about wreck diving? Here's your chance because you can sample three dives of your choice, get a taste of what you like, and feel more at ease in the water, strengthening your underwater skills and letting you enjoy scuba diving more than ever.
PADI’s Adventures in Diving Manual and video on DVD provide information on more than 16 types of specialty diving. You’ll use them as a guidebook to improve your diving skills and prepare for new experiences and adventures.
Prerequisites
To take the Adventure Diver course, you must be
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A PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver certification (or qualifying certification from another organization)
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Minimum age: 15 years old (10 years old for PADI Junior Adventure Diver)
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The PADI Rescue Diver
“Challenging” and “rewarding” best describe the PADI Rescue Diver course. Building upon what you’ve already learned, this course expands on what you already know about how to prevent problems, and how to manage them if they occur.The fun part about this course is rising to challenges and mastering them. Most divers find this course both demanding and rewarding, and at the end, say it’s the best course they’ve ever taken.
What You Learn
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•Self rescue
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•Recognizing and managing stress in other divers
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•Emergency management and equipment
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•Rescuing panicked divers
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•Rescuing unresponsive divers
The Learning Materials You Need
The PADI Rescue Diver crewpak includes all materials required to complete the PADI Rescue Diver course – including a pocket mask. You’ll learn how to think like a rescue diver and preview skills you’ll practice with your PADI Instructor. Once your Rescue Diver course is complete, you can review the DVD to refresh your dive safety skills as needed. This tool box of knowledge and technique will give you the expertise to handle almost any emergency situation.
Prerequisites
To enroll in the PADI Rescue Diver course, you must
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Be 12 years or older
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Have a PADI Adventure Diver certification (or have a qualifying certification from another organization)
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Be trained and current for first aid and CPR within the previous two years
PADI Divemaster Scuba diving course
Do you have a deep and abiding passion for diving? Or, do you merely love it with all of your heart? If so, you should consider doing what you love for a living: become a PADI Divemaster.
When you Join the Tribe™ by becoming a PADI Divemaster, you align yourself with the largest and most respected dive tribe in the world—that of PADI Professionals. These are PADI Divemasters and Instructors sharing a passion for diving and an active concern for the health of the world’s underwater habitats.
PADI Divemaster Course
Looking for the first step in working with scuba as a career? Your adventure into the professional levels of recreational scuba diving begins with the PADI Divemaster program. Working closely with a PADI Instructor, in this program you expand your dive knowledge and hone your skills to the professional level. PADI Divemaster training develops your leadership abilities, qualifying you to supervise dive activities and assist instructors with student divers. PADI Divemaster is the prerequisite certification for both the PADI Assistant Instructor and PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor certifications.
What You Learn
During the PADI Divemaster program, you learn dive leadership skills through both classroom and independent study. You complete water skills and stamina exercises, as well as training exercises that stretch your ability to organize and solve problems as well as help others improve their scuba. You put this knowledge into action through a structured internship or series of practical training exercises.
As you progress through your Divemaster course, you’ll expand your diving knowledge, hone you skills and increase your confidence. Then, as a PADI Divemaster, you’ll use these attributes to lead, mentor and motivate other divers and experience the joy of seeing them transformed by the majesty of the the acquatic realm.
The Learning Materials You Need
The PADI Divemaster crewpak includes everything you’ll need to start the PADI Divemaster program. The complete set of materials includes:
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•The Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving - a comprehensive overview of diving physics, physiology, and equipment.
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•Divemaster slates
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•PADI Divemaster Manual
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•PADI Instructor Manual
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•RDP Table or eRDPMLTM with associated instructions for use booklets
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•PADI's Guide to Teaching (Optional)
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•PADI Diving Knowledge Workbook (Optional)
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•Scuba Tune-Up Guidebook (Optional)
Prerequisites
To take this course, you must be:
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•18 years old
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•A PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organization)
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•A PADI Rescue Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organization)
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•An Emergency First Response Primary and Secondary Care (or qualifying first aid and CPR training from another organization) course completion within the past 24 months.
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•Have at least 40 dives to begin the course and 60 for certification
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•Be fit for diving and submit a Medical Statement (PDF) signed by a physician within the last 12 months.
