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OPEN WATER
Course overview
The PADI Openwater Diver course teaches you the basics of Scuba Diving and upon certification enables you to sample the delights of the underwater world in almost any country around the world. The amount of time required to complete the course is based on class size, student aptitude, logistical considerations and student performance. The course consists of 16 sessions (6 classroom, 6 confined water and 4 openwater dives)
Academic sessions
The classroom sessions consist of five lessons each lasting a period of approximately two hours.
Pool sessions
The confined water sessions consist of five sessions in a swimming pool. We recommend the wearing of a T-shirt in the pool to prevent the equipment causing discomfort.
Open Water
The openwater sessions consist of one surface session and four dives in the sea or fresh water site.
Personnel tuition
Totally flexible course, which consists of a maximum of two students for the classroom, pool and openwater.
Weekend Sessions
The weekend courses run over a period of four weekends with an average class of one to five students in the classroom and one to five students in the pool and openwater.
Includes
Openwater Crew Pack
All Scuba equipment except mask fins and snorkel.
Availability
Please contact me to arrange a start date.
What the openwater certification give you.
The purpose of the Openwater Diver Course is to provide you the student with the elemental knowledge and skills to safely gain experience in the diving environment and ultimately to dive independently. The course is performance based and is designed to take you through from simple to more complex diving objectives, such as entering the water to achieving neutral buoyancy. Initial openwater training is based on mastering skills and gaining diving experience at gradually increasing depths.
Any diver who is certified to Openwater level must understand that they are qualified to:
- Apply the knowledge and skills they are taught during the Openwater course.
- Procure air, equipment and other services
- Engage in recreational diving without supervision
- Plan, conduct and log openwater dives
- Participate in the PADI Advanced Course as well as various Specialty Courses
Openwater course prerequisites
To qualify for the Openwater Diver training an individual must:
- Be 10 years of age or older
- Procure air, equipment and other services
- Have signed the PADI Liability Release
- Completed the Medical History form
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