DIVING COURSE
BECOME A PADI PRO AND START LIVING YOUR DREAM!
There are many reasons to become a PADI Divemaster or Scuba Instructor: to work and travel, to share your love of the underwater world with others, or simply for the personal challenge. Along the way, you’ll hone your scuba diving skills and emerge as a leader in the world’s largest community of divers bound together by a shared passion for adventure and ocean conservation.
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We have other diving teaching organizations around the world
DISCOVER
SCUBA DIVING
ABOUT THE COURSE
Want to find out what scuba diving is like before deciding to get your PADI Open Water Diver scuba diving certification? During a Discover Scuba® Diving experience, you can try scuba diving for the first time in a pool or calm water environment.
A highly-trained PADI® Professional will provide scuba gear, explain basic scuba diving skills and answer any questions you may have.
TAKE THIS COURSE IF YOU WANT TO
LEARN HOW TO
If you’re interested in scuba diving, but unsure if you want to enroll in a scuba certification class, Discover Scuba Diving is the perfect way to test the waters. In a very short time, you’ll learn basic scuba skills and take your first breaths underwater.
PADI E-LEARNING®
Prepare for your Discover Scuba Diving experience with PADI DSD eLearning™. Use your computer or mobile device to learn diving safety fundamentals before you get in the water.
Contact a PADI Dive Shop or PADI Professional for access to DSD eLearning and to schedule your first scuba diving experience.
- eLearning time commitment: 20-30 min
WITH YOUR INSTRUCTOR
A PADI Professional will fit you with scuba gear and explain how to use it. In a pool or calm water environment. You’ll practice basic diving skills followed by free time to play underwater or go on a guided open water dive.
- Prerequisites: None
- Total time commitment: 2-3 hours
- Minimum age: 10
50 $
BUBBLE MAKER
COURSE !
150 $
EMERGENCY
FIRST RESPONSE
Emergency First Response® primary and secondary care training teaches you what to do in the critical moments between when a life-threatening emergency occurs and when emergency medical services arrive.
Learn how to perform CPR, provide first aid that eases pain, assess a variety of injuries and illnesses and practice bandaging and splinting.
TAKE THIS COURSE IF YOU WANT TO
LEARN HOW TO
EMERGENCY FIRST RESPONSE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY CARE TRAINING
The Emergency First Response® Primary Care (CPR) and Secondary Care (First Aid) course combines flexible online self-study and in-person training. It’s your course at your pace. Practice a skill until you feel confident before moving on to the next one.
- INDEPENDENT STUDY
PADI ELEARNING®
Online training makes it easy to fit a CPR and first aid course into a busy schedule. Watch videos of different first aid techniques and learn what steps to take in an emergency. Study online or offline, using a computer or mobile device. Connect with your instructor if you have questions.
eLearning time commitment: 2-4 hours
2. AT THE DIVE SHOP
- Prerequisites: Desire to help others
- Total time commitment: 4-8 hours
- Minimum age: None
200 $
OPEN WATER
COURSE
PADI® Open Water Diver is the first scuba certification level. A highly-trained PADI Instructor will teach you how to scuba dive in a relaxed, supportive learning environment.
By the end of the course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge to dive at home or abroad and be an ambassador for the underwater world.
HOW TO EARN YOUR SCUBA DIVING CERTIFICATION
Learn about scuba diving principles and terminology (either offline or online), then learn basic scuba skills in a pool (or pool-like environment) with a highly trained PADI Instructor. When you’re ready, make four dives in an open water environment (the ocean, a lake) with your instructor supporting you every step of the wa
1. PADI ELEARNING®
PADI eLearning makes it easy to fit scuba lessons into a busy schedule. Learn about scuba diving principles and terminology whenever, wherever it’s convenient for you.
It’s your course on your time. Study offline, or online using a computer or mobile device. Connect with your instructor whenever you have a question.
eLearning time commitment: 5-10 hours
Practice using scuba gear in a pool (or pool-like environment) until you’re comfortable. PADI training includes practice “mini dives” to help you build confidence in your new abilities before making four dives in open water
- Prerequisites: Able to swim; medically fit for diving
- Total time commitment: 4-7 days
- Minimum age: 10 years or older
- Depth: expect shallow dives (12m/40ft), the maximum allowed depth is 18m/60ft
350 $
RESCUE DIVER
COURSE
The PADI® Rescue Diver course will change the way you dive – in the best possible way. Learn to identify and fix minor issues before they become big problems, gain a lot of confidence and have serious fun along the way.
Discover why countless divers say Rescue Diver is their favorite scuba course.
TAKE THIS COURSE IF YOU WANT TO
LEARN HOW TO
HOW TO BECOME A RESCUE DIVER
Online learning makes it easy to fit scuba lessons into a busy schedule. Complete the knowledge development section of your course whenever, wherever it’s convenient for you.
Work at your own pace, online or offline, using a computer or mobile device. Connect with your instructor for inwater training, or whenever you have a question.
- eLearning time commitment: 8-12 hours
- Prerequisites: Adventure Diver/Junior Adventure Diver (or qualifying certification) with completed Underwater Navigation Dive; EFR Primary and Secondary Care training (or qualifying training) within 24 months
- Total time commitment: 4-7 days
- Minimum age: 12 years or older
- Depth
280 $
ADVANCED OPEN
WATER COURSE
The Advanced Open Water Diver course is all about advancing your skills. You’ll practice navigation and buoyancy, try deep diving and make three specialty dives of your choosing (it’s like a specialty sampler platter). For every specialty dive you complete, you can earn credit toward PADI® specialty certifications.
Here are a few of the many options: Deep, Digital Underwater Photography, Dive Against Debris, Dry Suit, Enriched Air Nitrox, Fish Identification, Night, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Search & Recovery, Underwater Naturalist, Underwater Navigation, and Wreck Diver.
Check out the Frequently Asked Questions section for a complete list of specialty dive options.
TAKE THIS COURSE IF YOU WANT TO
- Gain more diving experience
- Practice navigatio
- Sample different types of diving
LEARN HOW TO
- Explore below 18m/60ft
- Improve your buoyancy
- Use a compass
HOW TO BECOME AN ADVANCED OPEN WATER DIVER
PADI ELEARNING®
Advanced Open Water Diver eLearning includes interactive lessons on 13 popular specialty dives: altitude, boat, digital underwater imaging, drift, dry suit, fish ID, night, buoyancy, search and recovery, underwater naturalist and wreck diving.
You’ll study deep and navigation diving plus three specialties of your choosing.
- eLearning time commitment: 6-8 hours
- Prerequisites: Open Water Diver/Junior Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification)
- Total time commitment: 2-3 days
- Minimum age: 12 years or older
- Depth: The maximum depth depends on your age, but maximum depth is up to 30 metres/100 feet
300 $
DIVE MASTER
COURSE
Learn how to lead underwater tours, assist with scuba classes and inspire others to care about the ocean. Hone your skills and be the diver everyone admires.
PADI Divemaster is the most popular and most recognized professional scuba certification in the world. PADI Divemasters enjoy abundant career opportunities, get paid to scuba dive and share their love for the ocean.
- Gain professional-level dive skills
- Start your scuba diving career
- Share your passion for the ocean
- Mentor other divers
- Lead guided dives
- Assist with classes
- Give a dive briefing
- Conduct refresher training
Are You Ready To Start PADI Divemaster?
Before purchasing the eLearning course, confirm you meet the course prerequisites and contact your preferred PADI Dive Center or Resort to confirm course availability and scheduling.
INDEPENDENT STUDY
PADI eLearning®
Interactive lessons cover divemaster-led programs and activities, diver safety and risk management, the aquatic environment and more. Study online or offline using a computer or mobile device. Connect with your instructor whenever you have a question.
Additional training materials are required. Please contact your dive shop or instructor for pricing.
- eLearning time commitment: 8-12 hours
AT THE DIVE SHOP
Gain practical experience giving dive briefings, assisting with classes and leading underwater tours. Learn how to anticipate problems and provide assistance, create an Emergency Assistance Plan and improve your navigation and problem-solving skills through practical workshops.
- Prerequisites: PADI Rescue Diver certification (or qualifying certification); completion of Emergency First Response® Primary and Secondary Care training (or qualifying training) within 24 months; minimum 40 logged dives; medically evaluated and cleared for diving by a physician within 12 months.
- Total time commitment: Varies, contact dive shop
- Minimum age: 18 (15 for Junior Divemaster)
700 $
REACTIVATE
COURSE
It is an interactive and effective way to refresh your diving knowledge and underwater diving skills, moving quickly through topics you know well and delving into topics you may have forgotten.
Your diving certification never expires, but if you haven’t dived in a while, it’s better to be more prepared than to risk getting in trouble because you forgot something important.
With only reviewing the information with a professional diving instructor, in order to feel comfortable and reassured, and even to practice diving activity in a sustainable manner, diving centers always ask about reactivating the diving course.
PADI ELEARNING®
PADI eLearning makes it easy to fit scuba lessons into a busy schedule. Learn about scuba diving principles and terminology whenever, wherever it’s convenient for you.
It’s your course on your time. Study offline, or online using a computer or mobile device. Connect with your instructor whenever you have a question.
- eLearning time commitment: 5-10 hours
The diving professional will review basic skills, including reviewing the equipment and its underwater skills
- Prerequisites: Able to swim; medically fit for diving
- Total time commitment: 1 days
- Minimum age: 12 years or older
- Depth: Depending on the level of the trainee’s diving course