PADI Open Water Diver Course Phuket : PADI Scuba Diving Courses : Phuket Thailand

The PADI Open Water Diver course is the most popular dive program in the world! This is your ticket to a lifetime of fun & adventure in every corner of the world where your travels may take you.

As a certified 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 dive guide.

If you already tried a PADI Discover Scuba Diving experience or are PADI Scuba Diver certified, your instructor may credit these courses to the open water program.

Virtually anyone who is in good health, reasonably fit, and comfortable in the water can earn a PADI Open Water Diver certification. If you are between 10 and 14 or have a child between these ages, there is a PADI Junior Open Water Diver program available.

A PADI Junior Open Water Diver between the ages of 10 and 12 years may only dive with a PADI Professional, a certified parent or certified guardian to a maximum depth of 12 metres/40 feet.

Throughout the course, you’ll learn fundamentals of scuba diving, including dive equipment and techniques. You earn this rating by completing five pool dives and knowledge development sessions and by making four open water ocean dives.

PADI programs are performance based. You proceed as you demonstrate mastery of the course skills. This allows you to work at a pace that is comfortable for you and our course is usually completed over a 4 day period.

After completion of this course you are able to continue the adventure with PADI’s Adventures in diving program, your next step in exploring the underwater world of excitement

Check out the different options available for this course

Gold package includes includes 1 day academic training & testing in the classroom, 1 day pool training covering 5 training sessions, 4 open water coral reef dives over 2 days from a purpose built dive boat on one of Phuket's surrounding islands where the waters are clearer and have a larger diversity of marine life. Gold Package also includes the Open Water Diver Manual, Recreational Dive Planner (Table version), Open Water Diver Certificate and Open Water Diver Embroidered Emblem.

Platinum package includes all of the gold package except the Open Water Diver Manual, which is replaced by the Open Water Diver inter-active CD ROM, with virtual classroom, swimming pool and dive shop.