PADI Open Water Diver course Roatan

Scuba diving requires a minimum level of health and fitness. Chronic health conditions, certain medications and/or recent surgery may require you to get written approval from a physician before diving.

Avoid disappointment, download and review the Diver Medical form to ensure you won’t need a physician’s approval to dive before enrolling in a scuba course. Instructors, divemasters and dive shop staff are not physicians and should not be asked for medical advice; only medical professionals can give medical clearance to dive.

If you (or your physician) have questions about medical fitness to dive, contact the experts at Divers Alert Network (DAN).

Course prerequisites: able to swim, medically fit for diving, comfortable in the water

During the Open Water Diver course, your instructor will ask you to:

Float or tread water without aids for 10 minutes

Swim 200 metres/yards with no aids or 300 metres/yards with mask, fins and snorkel

Minimum age: 10

Divers certified between the ages of 10-14 earn a Junior Diver certification

Junior Open Water Divers automatically become Open Water Divers at age 15.

Any replacement certification card or eCard purchased the day after the diver's 15th birthday will automatically show an Open Water Diver (not Jr. Open Water Diver) certification.

Children eight or older can try scuba diving in a pool (or pool-like environment).

Ask your PADI Dive Shop about a Bubblemaker experience or birthday party.

Children who are comfortable in the water can participate in the PADI Seal Team program, a multi-day pool diving experience.

Using eLearning, or in a classic classroom) to understand the basic principles of scuba diving.

1. The Underwater World

2. Adapting to the Underwater World

3. The Dive Environment

4. Dive Accessories

5. Special Dive Table and Dive Computer Procedures

PADI eLearning: 5-10 hours

Entire course: 3-4 days

A) Mornings option:

• Day-1 8 am Paperwork review and Theory quick-review; Confined Water # 1; Open Water # 1 (ends at 12:30 pm-ish)

• Day-2 8 am Confined Water # 2 & 3; Open Water # 2 (ends at 12:30 pm-ish)

• Day-3 8 am Confined Water # 4 & 5; Open Water # 3 & 4 (ends at 12:30 pm-ish)

B) Afternoons option:

• Day-1 12 pm Paperwork review and Theory quick-review; Confined Water # 1; Open Water # 1 (ends at 4:30 pm-ish)

• Day-2 12 pm Confined Water # 2 & 3; Open Water # 2 (ends at 4:30 pm-ish)

• Day-3 12 pm Confined Water # 4 & 5; Open Water # 3 & 4 (ends at 4:30 pm-ish)

PADI Open Water Diver course with Full eLearning (including streaming videos):

Part-1: You need to purchase the PADI eLearning (US$ 202) from https://www.padi.com/courses/open-water-diver?irra=22247

Part-2: Training in Roatan

Included:

• e-Learning quick review at the shop

• gear rentals during the course

• 5 Pool/Confined water modules

• 4 open water training & certification dives

• PADI Open Water Diver certification

The Dive shop/Instructor tuition, Part-2, costs US$ 320

PADI Open Water Diver course Standard with eLearning Lite version (without videos)

Included:

• eLearning Lite (similar to the Full eLearning from PADI but without videos, and you need to watch the videos in the classroom)

• Gear rentals during the course

• 5 Pool/Confined water training modules

• 4 open water training & certification dives

• PADI Open Water Diver certification

• The Dive shop/Instructor tuition costs US$ 450

• (No extra costs with PADI)

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If you plan to be somewhere without internet access, use the PADI Training app to download course content and study offline.

Content can be downloaded in small sections with a total file size of approximately 1.10 GB.

When you get back online, upload your progress so you can resume your training right where you left off.

The PADI Training app is available for Android™ and Apple® iOS devices. For the ideal experience, devices should be no more than three models old and running with the most current OS (operating system).

Experience new adventures with a PADI Instructor by your side. PADI continuing education courses like Advanced Open Water Diver and Night Diver will help you develop your skills as a diver. Learn more about PADI Specialty courses to become a more comfortable, competent and confident diver!

Not sure which specialty to try first? Try the Advanced Open Water Diver course, it's like a specialty sampler platter.

Improve your navigation and buoyancy skills while you try new activities like wreck diving, night diving, or digital imaging.

Choose from more than 20 specialty diving options.

An Advanced Open Water Diver certification also opens the door to dive sites deeper than 18m/60ft.