Open Water Course

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 recognised scuba course. Whether you have a holiday booked somewhere nice and warm and wanted to try the local diving scene or you are interested in diving in the UK, where we have the best wreck diving in the world. To enrol in a PADI Open Water Diver course (or Junior Open Water Diver course), you must be 10 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.

What the course entails

The PADI Open Water Diver course consists of three main phases:

First Weekend Knowledge Development (independent home study prior to the course commencement) to understand basic principles of scuba diving Confined Water Dives to learn basic scuba skills, which also included dry suit orientation (if completing your course in the UK).

Second Weekend Open Water Dives at an inland dive centre to use your skills and explore the underwater world.
All dives completed sign off as a fully qualified Open Water Diver.

How to get started