Become a PADI Diver
If you've always wanted to take scuba diving lessons,
experience unparalleled adventure and see the world beneath the waves, this is where it starts.
If you've always wanted to take scuba diving lessons,
experience unparalleled adventure and see the world beneath the waves, this is where it starts.
Course Costs & Optional Add-ons
$389 — Class & Pool
$227 — E-Learning Code (Online Course Only)
$289 — E-Learning (Pool Session Only)
$477 — E-Learning (Pool &
E-learning code)
$249 — Deluxe Class & Pool Review
$259 — Open Water Training Dives (4)
$135 — Add-on Dry Suit Specialty Course
$150 — Private Fee, Add-on for any class
Prices may change without warning, all in-store prices will be considered the most current. Prices do not include GST.
Forms
As with all things, of course there is paperwork to be completed before your course can start. Please note any "Yes" on the medical form requires a doctor sign off prior to you entering the course. Both forms, the Medical and the form appropriate to your course, must be completed prior to the start of any course.
Dive Computer
During your open water class, both classroom and certification dives you can purchase a dive computer for this special price.
Oceanic VEO 2.0
OW Class Special - $325.00
(Reg $425.00)
Dive Online with PADI E-Learning
If you’re looking for a flexible way to fit a scuba certification into your busy schedule or if you just prefer web based learning, then PADI’s online scuba courses are the way to go. You can get started immediately with scuba knowledge development and work at your own pace using the PADI learning system. Once you have completed your online classroom, call The Dive Shop to complete you pool sessions.
PADI Open Water Diver
If you've always wanted to take scuba diving lessons, experience unparalleled adventure and see the world beneath the waves, this is where it starts. Get your scuba diving certification with the PADI Open Water Diver course – the world’s most popular and widely recognized scuba course. 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), you must be 10 years old or older. You need adequate swimming skills and need to be in good physical health. No prior experience with scuba diving is required.
What will I do?
Throughout the course, You'll learn fundamentals of scuba diving, including dive equipment and techniques. You earn this rating by completing five pool dives and knowledge development sessions and by making four open water (ocean or lake) dives.
How long will it take?
The PADI Open Water Diver course is incredibly flexible and performance based, which means we can offer the program on a wide variety of schedules, and paced according to how fast you progress. It’s possible to complete your confined and open water dives in as few as three or four days (provided you take care of reading the manual and watching the video ahead of time).
However, many people prefer a more leisurely schedule, for this we offer semi-private or private courses. Contact us for further information.
1. Knowledge Development – This develops your familiarity with basic principles and procedures. You learn things like how pressure affects your body, how to choose the best gear and what to consider when planning dives.
You complete Knowledge Development on your own, reading each of five sections of the PADI Open Water Diver Manual and watching the corresponding section of the PADI Open Water Diver Video (which also previews skills You'll learn). If you like learning with a personal computer, you can also get the Open Water Diver Manual and Video together as a CD-ROM You briefly review what you studied in each section with your instructor and take a short quiz to be sure you’re getting it. At the end of the course, you take an exam that makes sure you've got all the key concepts and ideas down.
2. Confined Water Dives – This is what it’s all about – diving. You develop basic scuba skills in a pool. Here You'll learn everything from setting up your gear to how to easily get water out of your mask without surfacing. You'll also practice some emergency skills, like sharing air – just in case. Plus, you may play some games, make new friends and have a great time.
There are five confined water dives, with each building upon the previous. Over the course of these five dives, you attain the skills you need to dive in open water.
3. Open Water Dives – After your confined water dives, you and the new friends you've made continue learning during four open water dives with your PADI Instructor at a dive site. This is where you have fun putting it all together and fully experience the underwater adventure – at the beginner level, of course. You may make these dives near where you live or at a more exotic destination on holiday.
What is a Dive Computer?
Scuba Diving has been around for 50+ years and computers have not, so odiously the traditional approach of using tables that stipulate the maximum allowable time for given depths works. But, computers have become standard equipment because they provide several HUGE advantages over tables. They're easier to use, help offset human error, allow for more underwater time and various computers offer extra feature.
Our class rooms use the PADI Computer Diving Simulator (access code is supplied with your open water crew pak) for you to learn how to use a computer and access at home. For certification dive a computer is supplied at no charge and we have special pricing to purchase your own during class.