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PADI® Open Water Referral

$450.00

Can’t decide whether to get your PADI® Scuba certification before you go on vacation or before? Here is an option for you. With the PADI® Open Water referral option, you can get the best of both worlds. First, in the comfort of your own home, complete a PADI eLearning® course, which we will assign you. When finished, you will complete your “pool dives” learning all (and more) the skills to become a certified open water diver. Finally, with the referral we provide you, it tells the instructor where you’re going to be completing your certification what you have successfully completed at home and what they will need to do to finish it.

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About the Course: You’ll complete some or all of the two phases (knowledge development and confined water) with an open water referral before leaving home. You can finish the final part of your scuba course, the open water dives, aka ‘check out dives,’ anywhere. A PADI® Open Water Referral allows you to complete most of your scuba training at home and then finish your certification dives anywhere in the world. This means you can support your local dive shop and avoid studying during your vacation at the same time. You’ll complete all of the classroom theory in advance, and while you are on holiday, you get to enjoy the fun part underwater! Now, let’s get into the details.

Becoming a certified diver has three phases

  • Phase one: Knowledge development. This is the theory part of the PADI® Open Water Course, and you can opt to learn in the classroom or with PADI® eLearning at your own pace from home or wherever you are.
  • Phase two: Confined water. This is where you get to go underwater for the first time! You’ll practice using scuba gear in a pool (or pool-like environment) until you’re comfortable. During the confined water sessions, you’ll learn the basic scuba diving skills in a progressive order, where each skill builds on the ones previous to it. PADI® training includes practice “mini dives” to help you build confidence in your new abilities and practice your skills in various scenarios.
  • Phase three: Open water dives. This is the best part – it’s what you’ve been waiting for! The open water portion includes four dives in open (unrestricted water), including bodies of water such as the sea, lake, or flooded quarries.

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