Get your PADI
The PADI Open Water course is the first PADI course and is for people that would like to learn to dive and get a licensed certification.
Overview
The PADI Open water license allows you to dive with another diver to a depth of 18 metres.
The PADI Open water course has 3 sections.
1. Knowledge Development: with PADI e-learning
2. Swimming pool or confined water training: you will practice the basic scuba diving skills.
3. Open Water diving: where you will putting the knowledge and skills that you learnt to 4 fun coral reef dives at the Pattaya coral islands.
Private PADI Open water courses with group discounts.
The course dives are completed at the Pattaya coral islands on our 12 metre speedboat where we will have fun exploring the coral reefs and train you to be a scuba diver, beware it can become addictive. We also run
Description
The knowledge side of the course is completed online with PADI elearning which we send to you. PADI elearning allows you to study at your own pace and you can study offline and then update once you are back online. All exams are completed online so when you come to the dive center there is 3 days of in water training.
Our pool sessions take place at a private pool which is nice and means there’s no interference from swimmers or holiday makers so you can train without disturbances.
PADI Open water course schedule
- DAY 1…Pool 9.30am – 2.30pm. learning the essential skills of how to be a diver.
- DAY 2…Ocean 9.30am – 2.30pm. 2 open water dives and dive planning.
- DAY 3…Ocean 9.30am – 2.30pm. 2 open water dives and dive planning.
PADI Open water course pool session
PADI Open water course ocean dives
Now it is time to do what you came here to do, dive in the ocean. The following 2 days are fun days out on our 12-metre speedboat at the Pattaya coral islands exploring the coral reefs.
You get to use the knowledge and skills you have learnt and use them on the dives you will be planning. On the dives we will explore the reef which is full of colourful fish and marine life, you have a great chance of seeing large hawksbill turtles as the Pattaya reefs are renowned for them.
Your first 2 dives with the Instructor are to a maximum of 12 metres and dives 3 and 4 max depth 18 metres.
On the dives you have the chance of seeing angelfish, butterflyfish, pufferfish, stingrays, and large turtles these are seen on almost every dive.
If you would like to carry on your training your next course is the PADI Advanced open water course where you get to dive the shipwrecks HTMS Khram, HTMS Kood and the HTMS Mataphon all ex US Naval ships. The Advanced course takes only 2 days to complete and also comes with PADI elearning.
PADI Open Water Course Prices (no hidden costs)
| PADI Open water Budget Course Package 14,500B |
| PADI PDF e-manual (no video) |
| Pool Session |
| Speedboat trip plus 4 ocean dives |
| Certification |
| Rental Dive equipment |
| Rental Dive computer |
| Lunch/snacks/drinks |
| PADI Open water Deluxe Course Package 15,500B |
| PADI e-learning (with video) |
| Pool Session |
| Speedboat trip plus 4 ocean dives |
| Certification |
| Rental Dive equipment |
| Rental Dive computer |
| Lunch/snacks/drinks |
| PADI Open water & Advanced course Gold Package 25,500B |
| PADI PDF e-manuals |
| Pool Session |
| Speedboat trip plus 9 ocean dives |
| Certification |
| Rental Dive equipment |
| Rental Dive computer |
| Lunch/snacks/drinks |
| PADI Advanced Open water course |
TO BOOK Pattaya PADI Advanced Open Water Course
Dive Shop – 038-232-476
Neil – 087-602-1411
Kat – 093-594-9191
realdiverspattayathailand@gmail.com
Contact details plus map to the dive center
Directions to the dive center in Thai show a taxi driver. ซอยโรงแรมเวลคัม2 จอมเทียน ถนน เลียบชายหาดจอมเทียน ระหว่างซอย 11-12
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you are doing 2 dives you will need 18 hours after your last dive before flying for safety reasons and 12 hours after 1 dive. If in doubt e-mail us.
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