PADI Scuba Diver

Learn to dive in as little as two days of face to face training.

Includes approximately half of the PADI Open Water Diver course training and allows you to learn the basics to get diving in half the time.

At the end of the course, you can easily continue your training to become a certified PADI Open Water Diver.

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About the Course

Learn about scuba diving principles and terminology, then learn basic scuba skills in a pool with a highly trained PADI Instructor. When you're ready, make two dives in an open water environment with your instructor supporting you every step of the way.

Take This Course If You Want To:

Learn to dive in as little as 2 days
Get certified to dive up to a maximum depth of 12m
Get certified to dive in a guided environment under the supervision of a PADI Professional

Learn How To:

Be a confident and skilled diver
Assemble and use scuba gear
Manage your buoyancy
Respectfully approach marine life
Handle common problems

How to Earn your Scuba Diving Certification

INDEPENDENT STUDY

1

PADI eLearning

PADI eLearning makes it easy to fit scuba lessons into a busy schedule. Learn about scuba diving principles and terminology whenever, wherever it's convenient for you.

Study offline, or online using a computer or mobile device. Connect with your instructor whenever you have a question.

eLearning time commitment: 2-5 hours

AT THE DIVE CENTRE / POOL

2

With Your Instructor

During your orientation session you will get fitted with the very latest dive gear to use during your course, then move on to the pool to practice using scuba gear until you're comfortable. PADI training includes practice "mini dives" to help you build confidence in your new abilities.

Prerequisites: Able to swim; medically fit for diving
Time commitment: 1 day
Minimum age: 10 years or older
Depth: swimming pool up to 5m

AT OPEN WATER

3

With Your Instructor

You will spend 1 day at an open water dive site, putting into practice the skills you have mastered in the swimming pool, and exploring the exciting attractions and interesting life below the water.

Time commitment: 1 day
Total time commitment: 2 days
Depth: expect shallow dives (12m)

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Scuba diving requires a minimum level of health and fitness. Chronic health conditions, certain medications and/or recent surgery may require you to get written approval from a physician before diving.

Avoid disappointment, download and review the Diver Medical form to ensure you won’t need a physician’s approval to dive before enrolling in a scuba course. Instructors, divemasters and dive shop staff are not physicians and should not be asked for medical advice; only medical professionals can give medical clearance to dive.

If you (or your physician) have questions about medical fitness to dive, contact the experts at Divers Alert Network (DAN).

Course prerequisites: able to swim, medically fit for diving, comfortable in the water

During the Open Water Diver course, your instructor will ask you to:

Float or tread water without aids for 10 minutes
Swim 200 metres with no aids

Minimum age: 10

Divers certified between the ages of 10-14 earn a Junior Diver certification

Junior Open Water Divers automatically become Open Water Divers at age 15. Any replacement certification card or eCard purchased the day after the diver's 15th birthday will automatically show an Open Water Diver (not Jr. Open Water Diver) certification.

Children eight or older can try scuba diving in a pool. Children who are comfortable in the water can participate in the PADI Seal Team program, a more in-depth pool diving experience.

This course requires both knowledge development and in-water training for certification.

Below are the additional costs to complete your certification.

We always require students to provide their own mask and snorkel. We sell these in our dive centre and you can purchase these on our online shop or during your orientation session at the dive centre. If you already own a mask and snorkel, bring them to your instructor before your first in-water session as some snorkelling masks are inadequate for scuba diving.
Use of basic scuba gear, including a regulator, buoyancy control device (BCD), fins, wetsuit, boots and cylinder, are included with the course cost.
The inland open water dive sites we use charge an entry fee ranging from £15 - £24 per day.