PADI Open Water Diver Course
If you’ve always wanted to take scuba diving lessons, experience unparalleled adventure and see the world beneath the waves, this is where it starts. Get your scuba diving certification with the PADI® Open Water Diver course – the world’s most popular and widely recognized scuba course. Millions of people have learned to scuba dive and gone on to discover the wonders of the aquatic world through this course.
Options
OPEN WATER COURSE E-LEARNING
Pickup included
What's included in PADI Open Water Diver Course
(Subject to Option Inclusions)*Please note that the PADI Fee (for the PADI Open Water Diver Manual and PADI certification costs) of total 70 Euros is not included in the course fee. If you want to take the theory of the course online by PADI OWD eLearning you have to purchase it on the PADI website and register for PADI OWD eLearning with our diving centre Divinguru Unawatuna, PADI 5 Star Dive Resort, S-36133. Minimum Certification Age is 10 Yrs+ Course Content: The PADI Open Water Diver course consists of three main phases: 1. Five Knowledge Development sessions (online, independent study or in a classroom) to understand basic principles of scuba diving 2. Five Confined Water Dives to learn basic scuba skills and demonstrate confidence in the water (10-minute swim/float and 200m swim) 3. Four Open Water Dives to use your skills and explore! Schedule: The course takes around 3.5 to 5 days and you start every day at 8.30 am, the knowledge development and confined water training takes 1-2 days (depending on your skills) and for the open water dives 2-3 days.
Inclusions
- Private transportation
- Bottled water
- Use of SCUBA equipment
- Snacks
- Coffee and/or Tea
- Lunch
- Doesn't include certificate&teaching materials(expect PADI eLearning),price for PADI Card&Manual=70€
- PLEASE NOTE PADI FEE OF 70 EUROS IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE OWD COURSE WITHOUT ELEARNING
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- INFANTS NOT ALLOWED.
Meet
Pickup and Dropoff
You can choose to be picked up from a list of locations, or alternatively, have the choice to make your own way to the meeting points
Please arrive at the pick up point 30 minutes before departure time.
Additional Information
We offer free pick up between the distance from Hikkaduwa to Mirrisa. (Hikkaduwa, Boosa, Gintota, Galle, Unawatuna, Dalawella, Mihripenna, Talpe, Habaraduwa, Koggala, Ahangama, Midigama, Weligama, Mirrisa.)
Meeting / End Points
- 5 kilometers south of Galle at the main road, A2, next to the restaurants "Summer Garden" and "Banana Garden", beachside, at the end of Unawatuna in direction to the south.
