The Open Water Diver Course is the first full certification course, which trains you from beginner to skilled diver. By the end of the course you will be qualified to dive to a maximum depth of 18 metres, with a buddy, diving in conditions similar to those in which you were trained (i.e. warm tropical water).

The course takes four days and consists of three elements - academics, confined water training and four open water dives. Courses are conducted with a maximum of four students per instructor and can be taught in your own language.

Starting with an academics session, we will cover all important principles such how a scuba unit functions, how pressure will affect your body, safe diving practices and the buddy system plus information about the aquatic environment. Next we will teach you how to use a dive table to plan how deep and long it is safe to dive for. Academic content is delivered by watching a DVD and then reviewing and discussing the content with your instructor. After each section you answer some simple review questions, but don't worry - the minimum age is 10 years old so you shouldn't find them too challenging. During one of the next days you will also make your final theoretical exam.

Next we get our scuba gear on and go for a shallow water skills session. We complete this in a swimming pool or in the sea (in a shallow bay). Next we'll demonstrate more than twenty skills which you will practice back to your instructor. This includes mask and regulator clearing, buoyancy skills and alternate air source procedures, these skills will get you feeling comfortable and confident in a confined water environment, before we proceed to deeper water.

The final section of the course is open water diving. The first two dives will be to a maximum depth of twelve metres. You'll repeat some of the shallow water skills a little deeper, building up your confidence. Most of each dive will be spent exploring the dive site, learning to control your buoyancy and enjoying the beautiful corals and aquatic life around the island.
For the final two dives of the course we head down to a maximum depth of 18 metres. By this point you should be pretty controlled in the water.

You'll then be issued with your Open Water Diver certification meaning you can enjoy diving anywhere in the world!

14.500.- THB