PADI/SSI Open Water Diver Course for Beginners

If you want to become a certified diver, the Open Water Diver is exactly what you need! With this certification you can rent equipment from all over the world, go on diving excursions and dive to 18 meters with your friends. Get to know the feeling of breathing underwater and discover the extraordinary underwater world.

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Goal of the course
After the course, you will know important theory and can apply it during your dives. You will learn to assess the diving environment correctly and avoid common problems underwater. You will also be able to equalize underwater pressure and dive to 18 meters.

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Meeting & Preparation
We meet punctually at the booked time in our base, where you first get to know your diving instructor. Afterwards you will get an introduction into the theory, where you will learn the important things about the equipment, the risks of diving, the correct breathing and much more. Then we will hand you the equipment, whose handling will be explained and practised. Then we start our training in the pool to prepare you for the sea.

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Course content
- Theory (Equipment, risks of diving, correct breathing, pressure compensation underwater, ...)
- Techniques of buoyancy control & underwater breathing
- Improve your swimming skills and buddy diving techniques
- Information about the diving environment and the aquatic life
- Avoid frequent problems underwater

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Included Activities
- E-learning from home
- 5 Practice Dives in the pool/ confined water
- 4 Practice Dives in the Open Water

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Included Services
- Certified PADI diving instructor
- High-quality diving gear (all you need for your dive: wetsuit, mask, fins, octopus, weights)
- Scuba tank
- E-Learning material
- PADI/ SSI registration fee & certificate

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Requirements
- Minimum age: 10 years
- Physical health
- Swimming ability
- Medical certificate which is less than 2 years old