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

 

Diver 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

  • Pisces Divers Log book

  • All required diving equipment for duration of course

  • 5x Theory session

  • 5x Pool Sessions

  • 4x Sea Dives (Shore Based)

  • 1x Extra Sea Dive (Boat Based)

  • PADI online registration couldn’t be easier.

  • MPA Permit

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  Very friendly and professional staff and an amazing dive! Absolutely the best choice if you want to dive on the Cape Peninsula.

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    December 6, 2018
  • star rating  I experienced friendly, welcoming interactions with all the staff who are extremely accommodating and always willing to help. Very professional and the instructors are absolutely amazing on the dives and... read more

    Keegzbazil
    September 11, 2019
  • star rating  Awesome shore and boat dives at the Octopus Teacher dive sites. It was my goal to follow the steps of filmmaker - So far the best, absolutely the best diving school I was diving with. Im travelling the world and dive at different destinations with different school. This school offering great... read more

    vodz0001_Toronto
    February 21, 2022
  • star rating  Super professionel dive center! Definitely 5 stars! A local diver adviced me to go there if I wanna go diving in Cape Town - and I did not regret... read more

    Annika E
    December 1, 2021
  • star rating  A well organized and professional operation. Friendly, helpful and knowledgeable staff . The centre was well equipped and set up and the shop stocks a good selection of gear to... read more

    Julia T
    September 1, 2021
  • star rating  Great experience! - A very well organised dive shop. We did the seal and kelp dive, which was a great experience especially if you've not done anything similar before. Everyone was very welcoming,... read more

    AlejandroBorg
    September 20, 2022
  • star rating  Enjoyable Experiances with a Great Staff - A great dive centre, run by a lovely staff, good equipment and always had an enjoyable time with upbeat and friendly dive-masters, skippers and instructors.

    Highly recommended for... read more

    Hamish S
    December 29, 2022
  • star rating  The whole team was really nice and did their best to accomodate us also regarding the fact that we had to catch our flight back to Europe the same evening.... read more

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    January 25, 2023
  • star rating  Pisces Capetown located in Simonstown was recommended to us by Anna. We experienced a very good service to get us diving on short notice by Jacqui. The material was... read more

    vincentMldr
    July 10, 2019
  • star rating  So far the best, absolutely the best diving school I was diving with. Im travelling the world and dive at different destinations with different school. This school offering great... read more

    ella Wo
    February 1, 2022

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