The PADI Open Water Diver course is the most popular dive program in the world! This is your ticket to a lifetime of intense adventure and freedom. Once qualified as a PADI Open Water Diver, the most widely recognized and respected rating in the world, you have the freedom to dive with a buddy independent of a professional to a depth of 18m. During the course you will feel the exhilaration of weightlessness underwater, be a part of and breath with the abundance of marine life. You will truly be amazed at how close you will get to so many species in the underwater world.

The PADI Open Water Diver course consists of:

(Max 5 students per Instructor)

(Minimum age 14)

Knowledge development Sessions;
These are instructor led sessions where students will learn dive planning, equipment handling, safety checks and procedures, and go through actual dive scenarios in the open air. There are dvd segments, and knowledge reviews during each session to prepare you for each confined water session.

5 x Confined Water training sessions;
Here the students learn and practice every skill needed in order to dive in open water. A wide array of skills are learnt in the crystal clear water of the private beach and house reef where you can enjoy the beauty of the Red Sea. The sessions are entirely performance based so you progress as you master the skills, not before.

*The knowledge development and confined water training sessions are designed to work together and mirror each other. So for example after completing the first knowledge development session the group can get straight in the water for the first confined water session.

4 x Open Water Dives;
Here students complete 4 Open water dives on the house reef or one of the resorts dive boats taking us to various dive sites in the Red Sea. Demonstrating to their instructor all the skills they have acquired along the way.
A normal day starts around 8am with a short walk to the boat on the private jetty. On the journey to the dive site your instructor will brief you about the site and the various safety procedures. After the first dive a delicious hot buffet lunch is provided on board before moving to a second site for the afternoon dive. The boats normally arrive back at the jetty between 4 and 5 in the afternoon.
You can expect to see coral gardens, pelagic fish, sharks and rays to mention a few. The beautiful dive sites of Ras Nasrani and Ras Gamilla are only 15 minutes away. The national park of Ras Mohammed is within easy reach of the day boats and the wrecks of the Thistlegorm and Dunraven are only a few hours away.

Included with the course and yours to keep;

Also includes full equipment rental for the duration of the stay and air fills. < Back to the top.

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