You will watch the PADI Open Water Diver video during your course, which works in conjunction with the PADI Open Water Diver manual. There are five chapters in the PADI Open Water Diver manual, with five Knowledge Reviews (one per chapter), four quizzes and one final exam. We have a general schedule that we like to follow, but we personalize each course to match our students' strengths and needs. Most days will start at 9AM, but it all depends on performance. We like to create variety in each day, so each day we will combine classroom work, confined water work, and open water dives. This course certifies you to dive to a maximum depth of 18 m/60 feet.Īs with all PADI courses, our PADI Open Water Diver course is performance based and not time based, meaning we will spend the time needed to make sure you will be a competent, safe diver at the end of the course. The PADI Open Water Diver course normally takes 3-5 days to complete. There are four components to the PADI Open Water Diver course: theory, confined water work, waterskills asessement, and open water dives. Congratulations, you've come to the right place! We get a lot of questions regarding what makes up a PADI Open Water Diver course, so we thought we would lay it all out to give you a better idea of what to expect. You have decided that you want to embark on a scuba certification course.
