The PADI Open Water Diver course is incredibly flexible and performance based, AquaAmy offers the program on a wide variety of schedules, and paced according to how fast you progress. It’s possible to complete your confined and open water dives in as few as three or four days (provided you take care of reading the manual and watching the video ahead of time).
Knowledge Development – This develops your familiarity with basic principles and procedures. You learn things like how pressure affects your body, how to choose the best gear and what to consider when planning dives.
Confined Water Dives – You develop basic scuba skills in a pool or off the beach with pool-like conditions. Here you’ll learn everything from setting up your gear to how to easily get water out of your mask without surfacing. You’ll also practice some emergency skills, like sharing air – just in case. Plus, you may play some games, make new friends and have a great time.
There are five confined water dives to help you attain the skills you need to dive in open water.
Open Water Dives – This puts it all together and fully experience the underwater adventure.
Number of Dives: Five Confined Water Dives and Four Open Water Dives
Prerequisites: You must be at least 10 years old for Junior Open Water Diver and 15 years old for Open Water Diver. You must have good health, reasonable fitness and comfort in the water.
Materials You’ll Need: PADI Open Water Crew-Pak, PADI Open Water Video or DVD, Log Book.
Equipment you’ll use during the course includes: mask, fins, snorkel, tank, regulator, buoyancy compensator, submersible pressure gauge and exposure protection as required by the local environment.
This product was added to our catalog on Friday 17 October, 2008.
