Which PADI course should you choose?
Whether you’re looking for the first breath experience underwater of the Open Water Diver Course or the next specialty course to earn your Master Scuba Diver degree, you’ll find what you’re looking for right here.
DISCOVER SCUBA DIVING
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to breathe underwater? If you want to find out but don’t feel ready to jump into a certification course just yet, Discover Scuba Diving will allow you to try diving to find out if you like it. Most PADI dive shops offer a version of this program, either in a pool or in a reservoir. You could try it near your home, or when you’re on vacation.
Although this is not a true certification course, during the Discover Scuba Diving experience, you will learn how to use scuba equipment in shallow water and get a quick and easy introduction to what underwater exploration is all about.
The fun aspect
There’s nothing quite like breathing underwater for the first time ever. It doesn’t take long – after all, humans weren’t “designed” to do it – and, after a few dazzling minutes of wonder, most participants understand how easy scuba diving really is. The biggest challenge that Discover Scuba Diving Instructors face is not to flatter participants into the water, but to get out when the program is over. The fun part? Well… all of it!
- Besides, you can get a credit! If your Discover Scuba Diving program includes a real open water dive, the experience can be credited towards the Scuba Diver or Open Water Diver certification; An advantage for when you decide to do a complete course.
What you learn
Learn the basics of diving under the direct supervision of a PADI Professional. One of the things you’ll learn is that you can actually breathe underwater, whether you like to do it or not.
- You will discover how it feels with the diving equipment on, how easy it is to move underwater thanks to it
- What it’s like to breathe underwater and how you can do it easily
- You’ll learn some basic skills and safety rules that, when you take the next step, will serve you well in your comprehensive certification course.
The diving equipment you use
Normally, your Discover Scuba Diving experience includes all the equipment you need. You will use all the basic diving equipment, including mask, snorkel and pipes
About the scuba equipment you will be using where you have planned to participate in your Discover Scuba Diving program, inquire at the dive shop.
The learning materials you need
- Just your enthusiasm and normal attention
Prerequisites
To participate in Discover Scuba Diving, you must:
- Be at least 10 years old
Your Next Adventure
Once you’ve completed your Discover Scuba Diving program, you’ll want to continue with the Scuba Diver and Open Water Diver certification courses.
BUBBLEMAKER (AGES 8 AND UP)
The PADI Bubblemaker Experience
What a fantastic way to introduce children to scuba diving in a pool up to two meters deep. Celebrate a birthday by hosting an unforgettable and exciting “Bubblemaker party” with friends and family at our place – it’s fun, easy and safe.
The fun aspect
Younger ones can share the diving fun with their family or even start a “trend”! Obviously, children must be comfortable in the water, but not be swimming champions and, for this, the maximum depth is limited to 2 meters.
- Normally, sessions last about an hour (registration, dressing, and fun included)
- The experience can also be conducted in open water (maximum depth of 2 meters)
What you learn
Children have the opportunity to:
- Experience what scuba diving is like under the direct supervision and care of a PADI Instructor
- Taking their first underwater breath
- Learn how to use diving equipment made for them – not for adults
The diving equipment you use
Kids use all basic scuba gear made for their size and stature.
Find out more with us, and sign up for the Bubblemaker experience today.
The learning materials you need
Ready to make bubbles? The Bubblemaker “crewpak” gives children a souvenir of their visit to the underwater world and is full of fun surprises. The package contains a beach towel of a suitable size for them, a log book, the diploma, a temporary tattoo depicting the emblem and the adorable and popular mascot Bubblemaker , which will also appeal to adults.
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Prerequisites
The PADI Bubblemaker program is for children 8 years and older.
- No pre-training required
Bubblemakers can continue the adventure by completing the AquaMissions of the Seal Team program; those who are 10-14 years old can enroll in the PADI Junior Open Water Diver course and want to participate in other advanced children’s courses.
SEAL TEAM (8 YEARS AND OLDER)
The PADI Seal Team Program
The PADI Seal Team is for those young divers who, looking for action in the form of fun, participate in exciting “AquaMissions”.
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to dive with an underwater flashlight, take digital photographs, or float effortlessly like an astronaut? These are the AquaMissions that introduce you to wrecks, navigation, buoyancy, underwater photography, environmental consciousness and more.
Here’s your opportunity to do something thrilling in the pool, meeting friends and sharing the adventure of the underwater world with them.
The fun aspect
The best part about Specialty AquaMissions is that they strengthen the skills of safe diving while kids have fun. The PADI Seals allows you to try a wide variety of dives.
In addition, it provides parents with a well-structured program, which allows their children to develop skills, discover the underwater environment and, of course, have a lot of fun in a “clean” way. It’s also an excellent way to introduce them to diving before a full Open Water Diver course.
What you learn
The PADI Seal Team program is divided into two parts:
Part One, AquaMissions 1 through 5, teaches kids the basics of diving – things like buoyancy control, mask emptying, regulator retrieval, etc.
After the children have mastered the basic diving skills, they move on to Part Two, which consists of many Specialty AquaMissions.
The PADI Seal Team
- Help little ones take responsibility
- Educates the little ones about the aquatic environment
- It’s a fun experience conducted only in the pool
- It is conducted by trained and certified PADI Professionals
The diving equipment you use
Children use all the basic diving equipment, which is specially made for their size.
Find out from us which equipment is available for rent and which is included in the course package. You’ll find just about everything at a dive shop.
The learning materials you need
Notice to all Seal Team recruits: The Seal Team crewpak includes everything PADI Seal Team members need to participate in their AquaMissions. Video on DVD? Present! Activity book? Present! Pages for the Log book? Present!
Now you’re ready for an underwater adventure. . .
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Prerequisites
To join the PADI Seal Team, a child
- Must be at least 8 years old
Your Next Adventure
After successfully completing the first five AquaMissions, students become PADI Seal Team Members. The successful completion of 10 other special Aqua Missions qualifies them as Master Seal Team Members
When children reach the age of 10, they can participate in the course and obtain the Junior PADI Open Water Diver certification.
THE PADI SKIN DIVER COURSE
Learn to snorkel and freedive!
Explore the underwater world from the surface.
PADI Skin Diver certification helps you keep your fins wet. While snorkeling you just peek at the surface, freediving allows you to venture deeper, interacting with underwater life more closely and in a more personal way.
What you learn
The course offers basic information about freediving equipment, diving science, the environment, troubleshooting, and how to freedive safely. In-water training includes various useful techniques for putting on and adjusting equipment, entering the water, checking buoyancy, swimming at the surface, emptying the water from the snorkel (the snorkel), and returning to the surface effortlessly.
Prerequisites
To enroll in the PADI Skin Diver course, you must:
- Be at least 8 years old
- Feel comfortable in the water.
The fun part
The best part is learning how to use a mask, fins and snorke
The equipment you use
The PADI Skin Diver course teaches you how to use basic snorkeling equipment: it includes a mask, snorkel,
Ask your local dive center what equipment you’ll be using during the course – they’re sure to have everything you need at their disposal.
The Study Materials You Need
The PADI Skin Diver course doesn’t require the use of any special materials, but you’ll love watching the PADI “Discover the Underwater World” video, which shows you all the wonderful reasons for jumping into the water, and includes tips that will be very useful once you’ve dived. A good course companion is the booklet “The Snorkeler’s Field Guide”: it illustrates the different underwater environments and the aquatic life connected to them.
SCUBA DIVER
The PADI Scuba Diver Course
Short time and a lot of hurry to get your diving license? Then, the PADI Scuba Diver certification might be for you. This course takes less time than the PADI Open Water Diver course, as it covers only three of the five knowledge development sections, three of the five pool sessions, and the first two of the four open water dives, leading to limited certification. Especially if you assume you are essentially diving with a dive guide or have little time to devote to the certification course, consider becoming a PADI Scuba Diver.
This certification gives you extensive diving experience and is a great warm-up for the Open Water Diver course, which is your ultimate goal. PADI Scuba Divers are qualified to:
- Dive under the direct supervision of a PADI Divemaster, Assistant Instructor or Instructor up to a maximum depth of 12 meters
- Obtain refills, rent or purchase diving equipment, and participate in other diving activities, as long as they are under the required direct supervision
- Continue their scuba training and complete the PADI Open Water Diver course, as well as other specialty courses, such as: Project AWARE and equipment.
The fun aspect
The Scuba Diver certification opens the doors to the underwater world to anyone who thinks a course is too time-consuming or too difficult.
Advance to the Open Water Diver whenever you wish! With less time than the Scuba Diver course requires, you can make the leap, and earn the Open Water Diver certification: you will start diving independently as many times as you want and can.
What you learn
All the fundamentals of diving through the development of knowledge, a set of diving skills in the pool that will still serve you well in open water diving and appreciating the underwater world to such an extent that you will want to return to it whenever you can!
During the course, you will learn the knowledge and practice related skills, such as:
- Buoyancy skills including comfortable descents/ascents and breathing underwater.
- Staying warm underwater, the skills to become as hydrodynamic as possible and the techniques of diving in pairs.
- The underwater environments and aquatic life you’re likely to encounter.
- Prevention of common diving problems.
- An introduction to diving from the boat.
The diving equipment you use
You will use all the basic diving equipment and some part of it may be included in the course. You may want to invest in your own mask, snorkel and fins, as it’s diving is much more fun if this equipment is yours and your exact size. You’ll also use a buoyancy vest – to carry your tank, a regulator – that gives you air, a ballast system, and instrumentation to control depth and air supply. Depending on the underwater environment, you may also want to wear a wetsuit.
Ask the dive shop where you plan to participate in your Scuba Diver course what diving equipment you will use.
The learning materials you need
PADI offers a variety of materials for independent Scuba Diver study.
The PADI Scuba Diver materials provide a comprehensive overview of essential diving skills, terminology and safety procedures. For each concept, you’ll read the description and see the demonstration in the video, then “jump” into the pool (or similar environment) to practice those skills with your Instructor. After being certified as a diver, you will use the course materials as a reference for future diving adventures.
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Prerequisites for this course
To participate in the course, you must:
be 15 years old (or, for Junior Scuba Diver certification, at least 10 years old)
Your Next Adventure
At the first opportunity, you may want to achieve the Open Water Diver certification but, as a PADI Scuba Diver, you are also qualified to enroll in:
Equipment Specialist and Project AWARE Specialist certification courses.
OPEN WATER DIVER
Take scuba diving lessons with the
PADI Open Water Diver Course
Get your PADI scuba certification. Whether you’ve always wanted to learn how to dive, discover new adventures, or simply see the incredible world beneath the waves, it all starts here.
The PADI Open Water Diver course is the most popular scuba course in the world, and has introduced millions of people to the adventurous lifestyle of divers.
The fun aspect of this course is . . . well, all of it… Because learning to dive is incredible. You learn to breathe underwater for the first time (something you’ll never forget)
and everything you need to know to receive the patent.
During the course, you will do at least five dives in the pool and four in sites in the area, all under the supervision of your PADI instructor.
Get School Credit
You could get school credit for the PADI Open Water Diver course!
What you learn
- How much fun it is to dive
- Diving Equipment Considerations for the Local Dive Environment
- How to plan and execute real dives
- How to Prevent and Manage Problems
The PADI Open Water Diver course is divided into three main phases:
- Knowledge development (online, with self-study or in the classroom), to understand the basic principles of diving
- Confined water dives, to learn basic diving skills
- Open water dives, to brush up on your skills and explore!
If you have already tried diving with a Discover Scuba Diving Experience or a resort course, the skills you have already learned can be credited to you in one of the parts of the entire Open Water Diver Diving Certification Course.
The diving equipment you use
In the PADI Open Water Diver course, you learn the use of basic diving equipment, including a dive computer and standard accessories
Find out from us, what equipment you rent and include in the course package; You’ll find just about everything with us.
The learning materials you need
For the Open Water Diver course, PADI offers a variety of materials for self-study. The PADI Open Water Diver course materials cover everything you need to know about basic diving skills, terminology, and safety procedures. For each concept, you will read its description and see the demonstration in the video; Then, you will jump into the pool (or similar environment) to practice these exercises with your Instructor. Finally, as a certified diver, you will use the course materials as a reference for your future diving adventures and to review what you have learned.
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Prerequisites
To enroll in the PADI Open Diver or Junior Open Water Diver course, you must
- Be at least 10 years old (for PADI eLearning, due to international internet laws, you must be at least 13 years old)
ADVENTURE DIVER
The PADI Adventure Diver Course
The PADI Adventure Diver course helps you get more out of diving by introducing you to new types of diving adventures. It’s a great opportunity to work with your Instructor to improve your diving skills and become even more confident.
The fun aspect
Have you ever felt like trying underwater photography? And what do you think about wreck diving? This is your opportunity, as you can taste three types of diving of your choice, try what you like and feel safer underwater, improving your diving skills and making your dives fun like never before.
- Get Credits! Each Adventure Dive can be credited towards the first dive of the corresponding PADI Specialty Course. This means that you will be on the right path to becoming a Master Scuba Diver.
What you learn
You can choose what you prefer to learn. Do you want to improve your set-up? Try the Buoyancy Peak Performance Adventure Dive. Want to recognize what you’re looking at underwater? Try the AWARE-Fish Identification Adventure Dive. Choose three Adventure Dives from the following:
Adventure dives for children from 10 years old:
- AWARE-Fish Identification
- Underwater Naturalist
- Boat Diver
- Underwater Navigator
- Peak Performance Buoyancy
- Underwater Photography
Additional Adventure Dives for divers from 12 years old:
- Altitude Diver
- Multilevel Diver
- Deep Diver
- Night Diver
- Diver Propulsion Vehicle
- Search and Recovery Diver
- Drift Diver
- Underwater Ideograph
- Dry Suit Diver
- Wreck Diver
The diving equipment you use
You use all your basic diving equipment, including your diving compass. Depending on the three Adventure Dives you choose, you may also want to try underwater camera equipment, a DPV (underwater scooter), a diving torch, a dry suit, lifting balloons, an underwater/floating flag, or other special equipment.
Find out at the Dive Planet shop which equipment is available for rent and which is included in the course package. You’ll find pretty much everything at our dive shop.
The learning materials you need
The Adventures in Diving Manual and PADI DVD provide you with information on more than 16 types of specialty dives. You will use them as a guide to improve your diving skills and prepare you for new experiences and adventures.
Are you curious about night diving? Skip to the specific chapter. Once you have reviewed the skills, your Instructor will guide you on your first night diving adventure. Do you have any problems with underwater navigation? Review the dedicated section, and sign up for the Underwater Navigation Adventure with Dive Planet.
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Prerequisites
To enroll in the Adventure Diver course, you must:
- be a PADI Open Water Diver, or Junior Open Water Diver (or hold an equivalent certification issued by another training organization)
- be 15 years old (10 years old for the PADI Junior Adventure Diver course)
Your Next Underwater Adventure
After earning your PADI Adventure Diver certification, you can take the next step by completing two or more more Adventure Dives. When you’ve completed at least five of them, including deep diving and navigation, you’ll become a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver.
PADI Adventure Dives can also count towards PADI Diving Specialty certifications. For example, if you enjoyed your Night Diving Adventure so much that you wanted to complete the PADI Night Diver Specialty course, your Night Diving Adventure could count as your first dive in this specialty.
ADVANCED OPEN WATER DIVER
The PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course
Exploration, Excitement, Experiences:
that’s what the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course is all about!
And you don’t have to be “advanced” to attend it – it’s designed so that you can do it immediately after the PADI Open Water Diver.
The Advanced Open Water Diver course helps you boost your self-confidence and improves your diving skills so that you feel much more comfortable in the water.
It’s an excellent way to do more diving while continuing to learn under the supervision of your PADI Instructor.
Get School Credit
You may get school credit for the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course
This course builds on what you’ve already learned and develops new skills by introducing you to new activities and new ways to have fun underwater. You’ll hone your skills by completing five Adventure Dives that introduce you:
- To underwater navigation
- Deep dive (usually between 18 and 30 meters)
- A taste of three or more Adventure Dives of your choice
The fun part: you can choose
One of the reasons you’ll love the Advanced Open Water Diver course is that you and your Instructor will choose the Adventure Dives you need to complete the course from a list of 15 different ones. You could try underwater digital photography, wreck diving, night diving, underwater scooter diving, maximum buoyancy execution, and many more.
- Earn credit: Each Adventure Dive in the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course can be credited as the first dive in the corresponding PADI Specialty course.
What you learn
The theoretical knowledge and skills you acquire with the Advanced Open Water Diver course vary depending on your interests and the adventures you choose, but include:
- The Practicalities of Deep Diving
- the physiological effects of deep diving.
- Other Ways to Use Your Dive Compass
- How to Navigate Using Kicks, Visual References, and Time
- how to make the best use of your dive computer and the electronic Recreational Dive PlannerTM (eRDPmlTM)
- And much, much more, depending on the Adventure Dives you choose
The diving equipment you use
You use all your basic diving equipment, including your diving compass. Depending on the three Adventure Dives you choose, you may also want to try underwater camera equipment, a DPV (underwater scooter), a diving torch, a dry suit, lifting balloons, an underwater/floating flag, or other special equipment.
Find out at your local dive shop which equipment is available for rent and which is included in the course package. You’ll find just about everything at a dive shop.
The learning materials you need
The Adventures in Diving Manual and PADI DVD provide you with information on more than 16 types of specialty dives. You will use them as a guide to improve your diving skills and prepare you for new experiences and adventures.
Are you curious about night diving? Skip to the specific chapter. Once you’ve reviewed the skills, your Instructor will guide you on your first deep dive adventure. Do you have any problems with underwater navigation? Review the dedicated section, and sign up for the Underwater Navigation Adventure with Dive Planet.
To purchase these products, please contact us 054121506.
Prerequisites
To participate in the course, you must:
- be a PADI Open Water Diver (or hold an equivalent certification issued by another training organization)
- be 15 years old (12 for the Junior Advanced Open Water Diver course)
Your Next Adventure
Once you’ve tasted one in the Advanced Open Water Diver course, chances are you’ll want to complete the entire course and learn more about the specialties:
altitude diving, AWARE-fish identification,
EFR Emergency First Response
Description
Emergency First Response training aims to increase lay rescuers’ self-confidence and willingness to intervene in medical emergency situations. Course participants learn easy steps to follow in emergency care, and practice applying the skills in a low-stress learning environment. All courses are based on self-study thanks to manuals, videos and quick reference schemes, which optimize your learning and allow you to start studying right away.
EFR courses meet the CPR and first aid requirements for the PADI Rescue Diver course and all professional levels. Most PADI Instructors also hold the rank of Emergency First Response Instructors.
The following EFR courses are based on internationally recognized medical guidelines for emergency care
Academic
- Primary Care (CPR) – This course teaches you the steps and techniques to handle emergencies that put victims’ lives at risk. You’ll practice eight skills to help patients who aren’t breathing, don’t have a heartbeat, may have a spinal cord injury, be in shock, or have severe bleeding. You will learn how to perform CPR and continue monitoring the patient, so that they have every chance of survival while waiting for EMS.
- Secondary Care – Because many medical conditions are not life-threatening and medical services are sometimes delayed or unavailable, this course teaches you how to provide first aid that calms pain and reduces the risk of further damage. You’ll learn to assess a variety of injuries and illnesses, and practice bandages and splints.
- Care for Children – This course allows participants to learn, practice, and apply emergency medical care skills specific to infants and children. It is designed for those who work closely with children or may have to respond to emergencies involving young people. This course is often integrated into the Primary Care (CPR) and Secondary Care (First Aid) courses.
- CPR & AED – This course focuses on CPR training and teaches participants how to use an AED (Automatic External Defibrillator). When workplaces or government requirements specify this training, the CPR & AED course satisfies them. This course is often integrated into First Aid at Work programs.
- First Aid at Work – In some areas, such as Great Britain, Australia, and Canada, government laws require CPR and first aid training for workplaces. First Aid at Work programs are designed for these areas and, while they allow you to follow the simple educational approach to EFR training, they include additional topics and skills to meet these requirements.
- EFR Refresher – Reviewing your CPR and First Aid skills every 24 months is a good idea, and that’s what the EFR Refresher course does: by focusing on key skills, it allows you to stay up to date and ready to help in times of need.
Rescue Diver
You will learn how to prevent and manage problems in the water,
as well as to gain more awareness as a diver.
The course is challenging, but well worth it.
Description
Divers describe the PADI Rescue Diver course as the most challenging, but also the most satisfying, they’ve ever done. Because? Because you learn how to prevent and manage problems in the water, and you become more confident in your skills knowing that, in case of need, you can help others. During the course, you will learn how to become a better dive buddy, practicing problem-solving skills until they become instinctive. In addition, the course is pure fun: that is, it is serious, but between the training sessions it will allow you to have fun.
If you are a PADI (Junior) Adventure Diver, are at least 12 years old, and have completed the Underwater Navigation Adventure Dive, you may enroll in the Rscue Diver course. In addition, you will need to have completed an Emergency First Response Primary and Secondary Care (CPR and First Aid) course within the previous 24 months. You will be able to complete this training during the Rescue Diver course. At the same time, your instructor may offer you the PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider specialty course.
Academic
Using a variety of techniques, the PADI Rescue Diver course prepares you to handle small and large diving emergencies. Through theoretical development and rescue exercises, you will learn what to notice and how to respond. During some rescue scenarios, you will put your knowledge and skills into practice. Among the various topics addressed:
- Self-rescue
- Recognize and manage stress in other divers
- Emergency management and equipment
- Rescuing a panicked diver
- Rescuing an unconscious diver
Thanks to the Rescue Diver course, you will be able to earn school credit. Ask your instructor how to do this.
Equipment
You will use your basic equipment and will need a pocket mask to practice resuscitation in the water. During the exercises, you will use an oxygen unit, buoys, diver marker buoys, and perhaps a CPR dummy. Your PADI Instructor will walk you through the equipment you’ll need, and may recommend additional equipment, such as a personal first aid kit that could be useful during your diving career.
To get advice on everything you need for your diving adventures, visit your dive center.
Begin
To get started right away, sign up for the Rescue Diver.
You will progress through five sessions of theoretical development thanks to a computerized system that, through an interactive and easy-to-use program, allows you to learn at your own pace. In addition, you will have access to an online version of the Rescue Diver Manual, for reference during and after the course.
If you prefer, you can choose to study with the Rescue Diver Manual and watch the Rescue Diver video (a package with book and DVD). To enroll in the course, pick up your material and start studying, ask Dive Planet. You will meet with your PADI Instructor to arrange a knowledge review along with your dives.
Master Scuba Diver
Description
Join the best of the best in recreational diving and live a life as a PADI Master Scuba Diver. The Master Scuba Diver level places you among an elite of highly respected divers who have earned it through great experience and training. Less than two percent of divers achieve this level. When you show off your Master Scuba Diver certification, people will know that you’ve dived in different environments and that you’ve had a good number of diving adventures.
Any diver, as long as they are at least 12 years old, should aim to become a Master Scuba Diver.
The journey begins with the PADI Open Water Diver certification, followed by the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver and the PADI Rescue Diver (or equivalent certifications). You must also have earned five PADI Specialty Diver certifications and logged at least 50 dives.
Talk to Dive Planet about how to start your journey to becoming a PADI Master Scuba Diver and how to continue your diving adventure.