PADI COURSES

OPEN WATER DIVER

Beginner

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OVER 10 YEARS OF AGE

adequate swimming skills

good physical health

No prior SCUBA experience

takes 3 days TO COMPLETE

age
OVER 10 YEARS OF AGE

 

swimming skills
ADEQUATE SWIMMER

 

good physical health
GOOD PHYSICAL HEALTH

 

NO PRIOR DIVING SKILL
NO PRIOR DIVE EXPERIENCE

 

Course Duration
TAKES S DAYs TO COMPLETE

 

sDiver certification begins here. PADI Open Water Diver course starts with PADI’s online eLearning theory training. Then we move to the pool to practice your new skills. Finally, you will experience five open water training dives.

The PADI Open water course is where it all begins, this is your foundation course that will qualify you to dive anywhere in the world to a maximum depth of 18 meters. Millions of people all around the world have learned to SCUBA dive with the PADI Open water course and have continued to discover the wonders of the underwater world.

To enroll in a PADI Open Water Diver course (or Junior Open Water Diver course):

  • You must be over 10 years of age.
  • You need adequate swimming skills.
  • You need to be in good physical health.
  • No prior experience with scuba diving is required.
  • The PADI Open Water course takes 4 days and is run throughout the year.

With our onsite pool, easy access to our local training beach in Simonstown and full in-house facilities including a coffee shop, spacious classroom and warm shower completing your open water course couldn’t be easier.

INCLUDED

  • PADI Digital Materials

  • All required diving equipment for duration of course

  • 5x Theory sessions

  • 5x Pool sessions

  • 4x Sea Dives (Shore Based)

  • 1x Extra Sea Dive (Boat Based)

  • PADI online registration couldn’t be easier.

ITINERARY

This is a 4 day course.

Our maximum ratio for this course is four students per instructor to achieve personal attention and enjoyment.

We feel the Open Water course requires a full four days for maximum enjoyment and learning. It can be done in three days, but four is preferable.

The days start at 8:30 am and finish between 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm.

  • Day 1: We will get you set up with your equipment and have a session in our onsite swimming pool where you and your instructor will go through all the first two pool dive skills. After a lunch break, you will head down to the ocean for your first sea dive.
  • Day 2: We continue in the pool with more skills and practice, followed by your second ocean dive after a lunch break.
  • Day 3: Final skills are taught in the pool and when mastery is achieved, we head down to the beach for sea dive three.
  • Day 4: This is the day where it all comes together! We head out for a lovely shore dive to a new dive site, followed by an adventurous boat dive to a slightly deeper site, enabling us to bring you to your certification depth of a maximum of 18 metres.

Private Tuition: If you require or prefer a private course (one-on-one) and according to your availability, please note that this is available on request and at an additional cost.

 

PADI OPEN WATER DIVER 

R8,200.00

PADI OPEN WATER DIVER VIDEO

REVIEWS

  • star rating  Woke up this morning expecting 2 great dives and that’s exactly what we got!
    At the dive centre we were kitted out by Jack (I think was his name), he... read more

    Scubacase
    December 24, 2019
  • star rating  Well done to the Pisces dive centre. From the time I booked everything ran like clock work. The team was very organized and welcoming. If you planning on doing your... read more

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    February 10, 2019
  • star rating  So, I didn’t actually get to go on a dive with Pisces because of weather conditions but I’m still giving this shop 5 stars. I contacted the shop to schedule... read more

    F8388QDashleyd
    November 10, 2019
  • star rating  The people at Pisces are super nice and even as a RAID Diver they welcomed me. Even though my last dive was 3 years ago they gave me a nice... read more

    Sean G
    November 1, 2021
  • star rating  I started Diving at Pisces Divers Six months ago after my previous dive center let me down. I was happily surprised to find that the staff at Pisces were very... read more

    Sebastian
    December 1, 2021
  • star rating  Pisces divers is an amazing dive school the staff are incredibly friendly and helpful. I took the open water 1 dive course and with the help of the diving instructor... read more

    Dekiell
    November 4, 2019
  • star rating  The last three days were fantastic. The instructor for my open water diver course, Brett, was extremely friendly and really calm. He learned us everything we needed to know and... read more

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    March 18, 2019
  • star rating  Had a stunning 2 dives with them today. From arrival made to feel like family. Very friendly greeting from Jacky at reception and all staff explaining workings. Did a stunning... read more

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    December 1, 2018
  • star rating  Everything about our experience with Pisces was great. I highly recommend booking your diving experience in South Africa with Jacqui and the team at Pisces. My wife and... read more

    Pierre L
    February 1, 2020
  • star rating  Really well run operation. In an era of social distancing concerns, I really appreciated the effort of the owner, manager and majority of staff members to wear masks consistently... read more

    Flagg M
    September 1, 2020

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