PADI Open Water Diver course
Now is the time to dive into the PADI Open Water Diver course, the most popular dive program in the world!
This is your ticket to a lifetime of intense adventure with PADI, the dive company that sets the
standards in the global diving community.
Why PADI Open Water?
As a certified PADI Open Water Diver, the most widely recognized and respected rating in the world,
you have the freedom to dive with a buddy independent of a professional.
If you already tried a PADI Discover Scuba Diving experience or are PADI Scuba Diver certified,
check with your instructor to see how credit from these courses may apply to the open water program.
PADI Adventure Diver
The Adventures in Diving program offers both the Adventure Diver and Advanced Open Water Diver
certifications. If you complete any three adventure dives, you can earn your PADI Adventure Diver
certification. If you complete your Deep Adventure Dive, Underwater Navigation Adventure Dive and
three Adventure Dives for a total of five, you can earn your Advanced Open Water Diver certification.
Why PADI Adventure Diver?
Have you always wanted to try underwater photography? How about wreck diving? Here's your chance
because you can sample three dives of your choice, get a taste of what you like, and feel more
comfortable in the water, strengthening your underwater skills and letting you enjoy diving more
than ever.
What will I do?
This certification includes three of the following Adventure Dives:
Specialties Available to divers 10 years old and older:
- AWARE-Fish Identification Underwater Naturalist
- Boat Underwater Navigator
- Peak Performance Buoyancy
- Underwater Photography
Additional Specialties Available to divers 12 years old and older:
- Altitude Multilevel
- Deep Night
- Dive Propulsion Vehicle (DPV)
- Search and Recovery
- Drift Diving
- Underwater Videography
- Dry Suit
- Wreck
PADI Rescue Diver
Why PADI Rescue Diver?
The PADI Rescue Diver will expand your knowledge and experience beyond purely recreational level
because you'll learn to look beyond yourself and consider the safety and well being of other divers.
Although this course is serious, it is an enjoyable way to build your confidence.
What will I do?
Rescue Diver training will prepare you to prevent problems and, if necessary, manage dive emergencies.
During the five open water sessions, you'll cover:
- Self-rescue and diver stress
- dive first aid
- emergency management and equipment
- swimming and non-swimming assists
- panicked diver response
- underwater problems
- missing diver procedures
- surfacing the unconscious diver
- inwater artificial respiration
- egress (exits)
- first aid procedures for pressure related accidents
- dive accident scenarios
Divemaster
Take the first step in your dive career and become a PADI Divemaster. Working closely with a PADI
Instructor, you'll expand your dive knowledge and hone your skills as you become a dive professional.
PADI Divemaster training develops your leadership abilities by training you to supervise dive activities
and assist instructors with student divers.
What can PADI Divemasters do?
- Work at local dive centers, on live-aboard dive boats, yachts and at exotic resort locations
- Assist PADI Instructors with students
- Lead PADI Scuba Divers on guided dive tours
- Teach and certify PADI Skin Divers
- Teach PADI Discover Snorkeling programs
- Conduct PADI Scuba Review programs for certified divers
- Lead certified divers on Discover Local Diving experiences
- Teach Emergency First Response programs after successful completion of an Emergency First Response Instructor course.
What will I do?
- Learn dive leadership through classroom and independent study sessions
- Complete water skills and stamina exercises in confined and open water
- Training exercises to test organizational and problem solving abilities
- An internship or series of practical training exercises
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