Diver certification begins here. Start with PADI online E Learning. Move to the pool and practice new skills. Then, experience four open water (ocean/lake) dives.
For those who want to take scuba diving lessons, experience unparalleled adventure and see the world beneath the waves, this is where it starts. Students earn a scuba diving certification with the PADI Open Water Diver course—the most popular and widely recognized scuba course in the world.
Millions of people have learned to scuba dive and gone on to discover the wonders of the aquatic world through this course.
To enroll in a PADI Open Water Diver course (or Junior Open Water Diver course), students must be 10 years old or older. Students need adequate swimming skills and must be in good physical health. No prior experience with scuba diving is required.
Academic
The PADI Open Water Diver course consists of three main phases:
Knowledge Development (independent study or in a classroom) to understand basic principles of scuba diving
Confined Water dives to learn basic scuba skills
Open Water dives to use skills and to explore
Equipment
In the PADI Open Water Diver course, students learn to use basic scuba gear, including a mask, snorkel, fins, regulator, buoyancy control device and a tank. The equipment that divers wear varies, depending upon whether nr not a diver is in tropical, temperate or cold water.
To talk with our PADI Course Director, contact Michael Casey by calling (267) 257-9782.
Students may be able to get college credit for the Open Water Diver course.
Requirements
10 years old
PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver
Adequate swimming skills
Good physical health
Getting Started
Enroll in E Learning—a desktop option—and start learning right away.
PADI Open Water Diver Online gives students the background information needed to dive safely and to allow students to study at their own pace through an interactive computer-based program. Get started, now.
Set an appointment with me to enroll in the in-water component of the course. I will personally oversee schedule time, check progress and make sure students understand important scuba diving information.