Open Water: eLearning & Confined Only
eLearning & Confined Open Water (Pool)
This course can get you started in getting your Open Water certification. The cost includes your PADI Open Water eLearning as well as your Confined Water (pool) sessions. Your Open Water certification dives are scheduled separately for your scheduling convenience. Please make sure to sign up for your Open Water dives ASAP!
Confined Water is the second of the three phases where you actually get into the water with scuba gear, an instructor, and actually take your first breaths underwater! This is also where you will learn about assembling and disassembling your rented (or personal) gear, caring for the gear, and many other skills that you will actually use in your diving adventures to come.
To maximize your confined water experience, we require having your eLearning completed prior to beginning your Confined Water sessions.
Don't forget to also register for your Certification Dives! The third of three phases and is required for certification but may also be done on a trip or in a resort area.
- All classes may be subject to a minimum and/or maximum number of students.
- Students of or under the age of 16 may have additional restrictions
- Students between 10 and 11 years old are subject to additional charges due to reduced student-to-instructor ratios allowed. Please call us at 919-596-3000 option 4 during regular business hours, or call/text us at 919-438-1364 during off-hours to get you and/or your child signed up today!
Please choose NO COURSE DATE (on the "start date" below) if there is no class scheduled, the classes we have scheduled won't work for you OR you would like a private class* (*additional fees may apply).
Availability: In Stock
What to expect in this course:
This course is designed for those who want to start their Open Water Certifications here, but finish off at another PADI dive shop (usually someplace tropical). Once you have completed your e-learning, you'll begin your confined water (pool) training. Our 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 provide a referral form for you to take to ANY PADI dive shop in the world to complete your open water dives.
Who this class is for:
- Anyone interested in exploring the underwater world safely.
- Anyone who wants to learn safe diving practices.
- Those who have trips planned where they want to finish their dive certifications.
Our eLearning & Confined water 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).
- 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
- Basic 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, computer – provided).
- Personal scuba gear (mask, fin, snorkel, boots – student must purchase/provide).
- 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 - 10 hours of confined water training
- 8 - 16 hours of open water training
