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Diver certification begins here. Start with PADI's online eLearning course. Move to the pool and practice your new skills. Then experience four open water (ocean/lake) dives.

 

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.

The PADI Open Water Diver course consists of three main phases:

• Knowledge Development ( online, independent study) to understand the basic principles of scuba diving
• Confined Water Dives to learn basic scuba skills
• Open Water Dives to use your skills and explore!

You may be able to get college credit for the Open Water Diver course.

In the PADI Open Water Diver course, you learn to use essential scuba gear, including a mask, snorkel, fins, regulator, buoyancy control device, and a tank. The equipment you wear varies, depending on whether you dive in tropical, temperate, or cold water. 

You can also start learning with PADI’s home-study materials – Open Water Diver (a tablet app) or the Open Water Diver Manual and Open Water Diver Video (a book and DVD package). Stop by your local PADI dive shop to enroll in the course, get your materials and start reading the book and watching the video. Your PADI Instructor will schedule time with you to check your progress and make sure you understand important scuba diving information.

Enroll in Open Water Diver – a desktop option – and you can start learning right away. PADI Open Water Diver Online gives you the background information you need to dive safely and allows you to study at your own pace through an interactive computer-based program. Get started now!

How Do You Get Started

• Be 10 years of age or older
  * Note: 10-14 year old divers may earn Junior Open Water Diver certifications

Course Setup

1. Self-study
2. Theory Sessions
3. Confined Water Sessions
4. Open Water Training Dives ( 4 Dives in at least 2 Days )

Theory and Confined water training (the open water dives can be done on referral)

1. PADI e-Learning Course - $ 230
2. Confined Water Training - $ 500
3. Openwater Training 2 Days Training - $400
4. Equipment Rental - $50/Training (Confined water or Openwater)

*Full price has to be paid before class. No same-day payment is accepted.

**Please make an appointment for theory one week before the class. Reschedule has to be done two days before the class. No additional fee is required. Fees apply for rescheduling two days before the class.

***Please make an appointment for Confined Water and Open Water Training 2 weeks before the class. Reschedule has to be done two weeks before the class. No additional fee is required. Fees apply for rescheduling two weeks before the class.

****Personal equipment requirement is the mask, snorkel, booties & SMB.

Big Blue upholds the highest standards in the diving industry.

 

 

Please call 1(516)869-1888 or email  info@bigbluescuba.com for more information.