If you’ve always wondered what lies beneath the surface, now’s the time to find out. Start the journey of a lifetime with the PADI Open Water Diver course. It will change you forever.

In the PADI Open Water Diver course, your PADI Instructor takes you through the basics of learning how to scuba dive. You start in a pool or pool-like conditions and progress to the open water (ocean, lake, quarry, etc.) getting the background knowledge along the way.

Earning your PADI Open Water Diver certification is just the beginning. As a certified diver, fabulous dive destinations, exciting people, unparalleled adventure and uncommon tranquility await you. And, as you continue your adventure and gain experience through higher training levels, your opportunities expand.

• Number of Dives: Five Confined Water Dives and Four Open Water Dives

• Knowledge Development: Five sessions

• Prerequisites: 10 for Junior Open Water Diver and 15 for Open Water Diver. 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.

Becoming a diver opens a door to a whole new world. Open yours and step through.

Scuba Diving with Enriched Air Nitrox
The PADI Enriched Air (Nitrox) Diver course is PADI’s most popular specialty scuba diving course, and it’s easy to see why. Scuba diving with enriched air nitrox gives you more no decompression dive time. This means more time underwater, especially on repetitive scuba dives.

The Fun Part
You can typically stay down longer and get back the water sooner. No wonder many divers choose this as their very first specialty.

What You Learn

• Techniques for getting more dive time by using enriched air nitrox

• Enriched air scuba diving equipment considerations

• Enriched air considerations, including managing oxygen exposure, how to tell what’s in your scuba tank and how to set your dive computer
  

The Scuba Gear You Use
You use all the basic scuba gear. Your dive regulator. must be enriched air compatible.
Check with your local dive shop about gear rentals and packages offered with this course.
To purchase these products, contact your local PADI dive shop.

Prerequisites
To enroll in the PADI Enriched Air Diver course, you must

• Be 15 years or older

• Have a PADI Open Water Diver certification (or have a qualifying certification from another organization)