PADI Open Water Diver - £349

Get your PADI scuba certification. If you’ve always wanted to learn how to scuba dive, discover new adventures or simply see the wondrous world beneath the waves, this is where it starts.

The PADI Open Water Diver course is the world’s most popular scuba course, and has introduced millions of people to the adventurous diving lifestyle. Start your scuba certification online.

What You Learn

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

• Knowledge Development (online, home study or in a classroom ) to understand basic principles of scuba diving
• Confined Water Dives to learn basic scuba skills
• Open Water Dives to review your skills and explore!

If you’ve tried diving through a Discover Scuba Diving experience or resort course, the skills you learned may be credited towards a portion of the full PADI Open Water Diver course certification.

Prerequisites
To enrol in the PADI Open Diver course or Junior Open Water Diver course, you must

• Be 10 years or older (PADI eLearning requires a minimum age of 13 years due to international internet laws)

The Fun Part

The fun part about this course is . . . well, just about all of it because learning to dive is incredible. You breathe underwater for the first time (something you’ll never forget) and learn what you need to know to become a certified diver. During the course, you’ll make at least five pool dives and four dives at local dive sites under the supervision of your PADI Instructor.

The Scuba Gear You Use

In the PADI Open Water Diver course, you learn to use basic scuba gear including a dive computer, and standard accessories. The equipment you wear varies somewhat, depending upon whether you’re diving in tropical, temperate or cold water 

 

The Learning Materials You Need

PADI offers a variety of home-study materials for the Open Water Diver course. While eLearning is the most convenient option, you may also chose a book and DVD package or a multimedia DVD-ROM.

PADI’s Open Water Diver materials cover what you need to know about basic scuba diving skills, terminology and safety procedures. For each concept you’ll read a description and watch a video demonstration. Then you’ll jump in the pool (or pool-like environment) to practice these skills with your instructor. Later, as a certified diver, use the course materials as a reference guide for future diving adventures and to review what you learned. 

Note: Enrol in the PADI Open Water Diver Course Online for immediate computer-based access to the manual and video integrated into seamless, guided online learning.

Start Now

You don’t have to wait to get going. With PADI eLearning and the PADI Open Water Diver Course Online, you can start right now. The PADI Open Water Diver Course Online lets you learn the background information you need before each dive at your own pace through friendly, interactive learning. It even helps you choose the PADI dive shop where you’ll make those dives.

 

PADI Scuba Diver - £275

Short on time and long on the urge to become a certified diver? The PADI Scuba Diver certification might just be for you. This course requires less time than the PADI Open Water Diver course, covering only the first three of five sections of knowledge development, the first three of five pool sessions, and the first two of four open water training dives, resulting in a limited certification. Particularly if you expect to go scuba diving primarily in the company of a dive guide or if you have limited time to devote to scuba certification, consider becoming a PADI Scuba Diver.

This certification allows for ample dive experience and is a good warm-up for the Open Water Diver course, if that’s your ultimate goal. PADI Scuba Divers are qualified to:

• Dive under the direct supervision of a PADI Divemaster, Assistant Instructor or Instructor to a maximum depth of 12 metres / 40 feet
• Obtain air fills, rent or purchase scuba equipment and participate in other diving activities as long as they have the required supervision
• Continue their dive training and complete PADI Open Water Diver certification and other courses such as Project AWARE and equipment speciality courses

The Fun Part

The Scuba Diver certification opens the door on the underwater world for anyone who’s thought that a course would take too long or be too difficult.

• Upgrade to Open Water Diver whenever you want! With less time than the Scuba Diver course takes, you can make the jump to Open Water Diver certification and start scuba diving independently whenever time allows or you’re up for more

What You Learn

All the basics of scuba diving through knowledge development, a set of scuba skills in the pool that you’ll use again during open water dives, and an appreciation for the underwater world that will keep you coming back for more bottom time every chance you get!

During the course you’ll cover material and practice skills related to topics such as:

• Buoyancy skills including comfortable ascents and descents, and breathing underwater.
• Staying warm underwater, streamlining your swimming skills and buddy diving techniques.
• Diving environments and aquatic life you’re likely to encounter.
• Preventing common problems underwater.
• An introduction to boat diving. 

The Learning Materials You Need

PADI offers a variety of home-study materials for the Scuba Diver. While eLearning is the most convenient option, you may also choose a book and video on DVD package or a multimedia DVD-ROM.

PADI’s Scuba Diver materials provide a comprehensive overview of basic scuba diving skills, terminology and safety procedures. For each concept you’ll read a description and watch a video demonstration. Then you’ll jump in the pool (or pool-like environment) to practice these skills with your instructor. Once you’re a certified diver, use the course materials as a reference guide for future diving adventures. 

The Prerequisites for This Course

To take this course, you must be:

• 15 years old (or 10 years old for Junior Scuba Diver certification)

Your Next Adventure

You may want to step up to Open Water Diver certification at your first opportunity but as a PADI Scuba Diver you also qualify to take:

Equipment Specialist and Project AWARE Specialist certification courses.

PADI Open Water Diver referral option - £199

The PADI Certification is recognised in more countries around the world than any other diving certification and is your ticket to discover what the underwater world has to offer!! From beautiful coral reefs, historical ship wrecks to swimming with graceful manta rays.

The PADI Open Water Referral is perfect for those who want to dive on holiday & ensures you do not waste your time inside a classroom or training pool whilst on holiday. It allows you to complete all the theory and swimming pool sessions here with us, freeing up your holiday to enjoy the fabulous wrecks and reefs.

So if you are a total beginner with a thirst for adventure, and want to get the best diving opportunities whilst on holiday, then the PADI Open Water Referral program could be the program for you.

Let Adventure College take you to an underwater world that is so close, yet so very different and exciting compared to ours!

We think teaching diving is an important responsibility and it should be done properly.

We are living today in a world of shortcuts, where everything has to be easier, faster, cheaper but still better than before. As we have learnt, there is no shortcut to quality training whatever activity you might choose. Don't choose the cheapest or fastest course - choose the best course, taught by enthusiastic and experienced professionals who care about you and your future diving safety and enjoyment.

Some of those offering training want volume and are more business orientated, some prefer to stay more modest and design their courses with more requirements, making courses more thorough and complete. Your instructor is far more important that your certification card and you should be more aware of the experience and background of your trainer than all the advantages and freebies you may get by taking any specific course.

Any instructor can teach a diving course badly, but only an educator will take the time and effort to train you thoroughly and to a safe level of knowledge. We emphasise this because we have seen so many badly run courses - please take your time in choosing your Dive Centre and instructor.

As for us, we are diving nuts. We have marvelled at the explosions of vibrant colour and activity under the sea; we've felt the exhilaration of swimming with dolphins; we've seen the satisfied expressions on people's faces when they master new skills. It's all pretty cool stuff.

Quite simply, we're passionate about diving and about teaching diving - and we want to share our passion, experience and knowledge with you and take you to places others can only dream about.

We believe the experience is something everybody should be able to try. From complete beginner to scuba nut, from family tuition sessions to group business incentives - our rigorous professional standards ensure that we can bring your underwater experience to life safely, expertly, and with value for money at a pace that you feel comfortable with.

All our staff are current, renewed PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors) Professional Members with broad experience, and meet all current Medical and Safety requirements as stipulated by the UK Health & Safety Executive.

All our courses are organised and run to either meet or exceed all current UK Health & Safety Executive requirements to ensure you are taught to dive safely and competently. Our staff are always on hand to offer impartial, expert advice on techniques, courses, equipment and holidays - almost anything you want to know, we can help with.

The sea is one of our greatest natural attractions, so it's no wonder that scuba diving is proving more popular than ever with more and more people taking the plunge, and learning to dive. If you want to escape from it all, experience total freedom, feel the wonder of being weightless and see some of the most intricate corals and brightly coloured fish, then diving is definitely for you.

Every time you dive in, a different world of adventure awaits you! Dive in to our course list, and you'll discover a fantastic new world. Whether you're a beginner looking for your first underwater experience, or are a more experienced diver looking to enhance and increase your dive skills with advanced courses, Adventure College can provide everything you need.

If you are shopping around for your dive course, be sure to select your course provider and instructor carefully and aim to choose the BEST course for you rather than the cheapest course or the one with the most freebies or gimmicks. You want to be taught by experienced, enthusiastic and patient instructors - people who dive and teach diving because they want to, not because they have to.