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ARE YOU LOOKING FOR AN ADVENTURE?

LEARN TO SCUBA DIVE TODAY

Course Cost: $129.95 USD

Start Diving the World in 3 Simple Steps.

Step 1

Get Smart

eLearning for Scuba Diving

Start your SDI Open Water Scuba Diver eLearning course and master all the important academic information. You can complete this phase through self-study, at your own pace, in the convenience of your home or office. Our eLearning courses work on mobile and tablet devices too.

Step 2

Get Wet

pool training for scuba

The next step in your diving adventure will be to complete your in-water skill-development training in a pool or similar body of confined water. An experienced SDI Instructor will supervise you as you practice the skills you will need to take your adventure to open water.

Step 3

Go Diving

Open Water Diver

The final step of your journey is to complete the required number of SDI Open Water training dives under the supervision of your SDI Instructor. Here you will apply what you have learned during your academic and skill-development sessions, while learning practical lessons that can only be gained through real-world experience in open water.

ELEARNING

GET SMART!

STEP 1

ELEARNING – GET SMART!

What you can expect to learn

The SDI Open Water Scuba Diver Course will cover all of the necessary skills and knowledge for open water scuba diving, including:

  • The aquatic environment: vision, light, sound, heat loss, tides, currents, waves, surge, etc.
  • Physics and physiology: buoyancy, pressure, air spaces, breathing compressed air, mixed gases, etc.
  • Dive equipment selection, assembly, use and maintenance
  • Dive planning
  • Basic scuba skills including mask and regulator skills, swimming underwater, buoyancy control, basic rescue techniques, and emergency procedures
  • And much more!

What’s in it for you

Upon successful completion of the SDI Open Water Scuba Diver course, graduates may:

  • Conduct open water dives in conditions similar to their training
  • Continue their dive education by enrolling in SDI Advanced Diver and Specialty courses

Minimum requirements

The SDI Open Water Scuba Diver Course will cover all of the necessary skills and knowledge for open water scuba diving, including:

  • Demonstrate mature and sound judgment concerning dive planning and execution
  • Satisfactorily complete the SDI Open Water Scuba Diver knowledge quests or equivalent online learning course
  • Complete all open water requirements safely and efficiently
  • Minimum age 18 or 15 with parental consent

If age (10-14) we offer SDI Junior Open Water Scuba Diver Course, so the whole family can dive.

eLearning Languages

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SDI Open Water eLearning Price: $129.00

CONFINED WATER

GET WET!

STEP 2

CONFINED WATER DIVES – GET WET!

Find a dive center

After your eLearning is complete you need to select a dive center. The dive center will take it from here. They place you with an instructor (unless you request one), and will reserve a pool for your confined water dives.

What does pool learning consist of

You will begin to practice everything that you have learned within the eLearning portion:

  • Swim Test
  • Setting up gear
  • Buoyancy
  • Underwater hand communication
  • Emptying water in your mask underwater
  • Underwater navigation
  • Emergency/Safety procedures

How long does it take

This question does not have a direct answer. You will practice skills with your instructor until he/she can confidently pass you.

OPEN WATER DIVES

GO DIVING!

STEP 3

OPEN WATER DIVES – GO DIVING!

Open water dives

You have finished all your open water learning & training, now it is time to go diving. You are four dives away from being certified. Depending on your location your dive center will have a location/boat booked to complete this step.

Now the fun begins, you get to explorer the underwater world! Enjoy!

Congratulations

You can dive anywhere in the world

After you complete your two open water dives you are now an SDI Open Water Diver. What are the benefits:

  • You can now dive anywhere in the world without going through any education.
  • You get to dive up to 60ft.
  • You have completed the entry level course, you can now advance you skills with more courses to go deeper, breathe longer, and even go into overhead environments.

The story of SDI

Want to know a little bit more about who we are? Watch this short video we created right here at our World Headquarters

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Course Cost: $129.95 USD
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