PADI JUNIOR OPEN WATER DIVER
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. The PADI open water course is PADI's first Diver cetification level.
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: 12 for Junior Open Water Diver (UK). 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.
Pool Dives are provided at James Brindley High School on a Friday evening, however, we can with prior knowledge schedule for other nights or weekends.
All open water dives are conducted at Capernwray, near Lancaster, junction 34 of the M6. (map) (10 to 11 years at Vivian Quarry, North Wales)
Course Cost
The course price is £280.00.00 which includes your Theory training/exams, pool sessions and open water dives. All equipment hire is included in the price. Price does not include Manual, Log Book, and Certification which we provide at a pack price of £60.00. The only other cost is your Dive Site entry fees which are currently £14.00 per day at Capernwray.
