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Open Water: Full Scuba Certification (Cost Savings!)

eLearning, Confined (Pool) & Open Water

Our full Open Water Scuba Certification is where you gain the knowledge and skills to earn your full open water certification. This certification level is recognized world wide and allows you to rent or buy scuba gear, dive with boat charter operators and explore an amazing world that only a small percentage of people know.  There is a lot of information below (we are thorough) but if you have any questions at all please contact us.

This class includes your online e-learning material, 9 in-water training sessions over 4 days with a certified instructor, gear rental, tanks, your certification card (C-Card) and the superpower to breathe underwater. If you have already obtained your e-learning through PADI or SDI, please contact us so we can provide you with a discount code.

Please choose START YOUR E-LEARNING TODAY (on the "start date" below) if there is no class currently scheduled, the classes we have scheduled won't work for you OR you would like a private class* (*additional fees may apply). We will contact you to get a course scheduled that works for you.

Starting from
$574.95

Availability: In Stock

What to expect in this course:

Earning your open water certification is easy but there are multiple steps to go through. Once you have finished your e-learning, you’ll start off in a shallow pool (shallow enough to stand) to start learning your in-water, and underwater skills. Your instructor methodically explains and demonstrates each skill before having you repeat it. The pool/confined water sessions are where you learn the majority of your skills which enable you to be a safe diver. Once you’ve finished your pool sessions, we’ll head out to our local quarry for your open water certification dives. Here you’ll get a review of how to do a skill before repeating it. The goal is to show the instructor you have mastery of the needed skills.

Once you demonstrate the skills for that dive, the instructor will guide you for actual dive time. We insist each instructor spends time diving with students, not just sitting on a platform doing skills.

Who this class is for:

  • Anyone interested in exploring the underwater world safely.
  • Anyone who wants to learn safe diving practices.
  • Honestly, anyone who has ever been interested in scuba diving.

Our open water diving class fees includes:

  • Your e-learning, tests, & instructor review.
  • Your orientation session either in-person or on webinar.
  • In-person gear fitting, orientation, how to setup & tear down your gear.
  • 5 confined water/pool dives where you learn your skills (done over 2 days).
  • 4 open water dives where you work on buoyancy and show off what you learned in confined water (done over 2 days).
  • Rental BCD, Regulator, Tanks, & Wetsuit

What you will learn:

  • The aquatic environment: vision, light, sound, heat loss, tides, currents, waves, surge, etc.
  • Physics and physiology: buoyancy, pressure, air spaces, breathing compressed air, mixed gases, etc.
  • Dive equipment selection, assembly, use, and maintenance
  • Dive planning
  • Underwater problem solving
  • Basic scuba skills including mask and regulator skills, swimming underwater, buoyancy control, basic rescue techniques, and emergency procedures

Course Requirements:

Open Water certification prerequisites:

  • 10 years or older (Under 18 requires parental consent)
  • Approved diver medical form
  • Liability waiver

Gear requirements:

  • Standard scuba gear (Regulators, BCD, Weights, Tanks, wetsuit – provided).
  • Personal scuba gear (mask, fin, snorkel, boots – student must purchase.
  • Learn more about personal scuba gear costs.

Class requirements:

  • Demonstrate mature and sound judgment concerning dive planning and execution.
  • Satisfactorily complete the online learning course.
  • Complete all open water requirements safely and efficiently.
  • Upload a photo to the certifying agency's website (no hats or sunglasses)

Time Requirements:

  • 4-6 hours for online learning
  • 8 hours of confined water training
  • 8 hours of open water training

Start your elearning today!

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