If you’ve always wondered what lies beneath the surface, now’s the time to find out. Start the journey of a lifetime with the PADI Open Water Diver course. It will change you forever.

In the PADI Open Water Diver course, your PADI Instructor takes you through the basics of learning how to scuba dive. You start in a pool or pool-like conditions and progress to the open water (ocean, lake, quarry, etc.) getting the background knowledge along the way.

At your own pace, you can complete the knowledge development portion of the PADI Open Water Diver course online with PADI eLearning.

Earning your PADI Open Water Diver certification is just the beginning. As a certified diver, fabulous dive destinations, exciting people, unparalleled adventure and uncommon tranquility await you. And, as you continue your adventure and gain experience through higher training. <<Back to courses.

Course Index | Discover Scuba | Open Water | Advanced Open Water | Rescue Diver | Peak Performance Buoyancy | Nitrox Enriched Air Speciality | Navigation Speciality | Wreck Speciality | Deep Speciality | Night Speciality | Altitude Speciality | Master Scuba Diver | Project Aware | Dive Master | Emergency First Response | Bubblemaker (8-10 yo) | Seal Team (8-10 yo) | Junior Open Water (10-15yo) | Advanced Junior Open Water (12-15 yo)