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 Scuba 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 Scuba 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

PADI eLearning: 3-6 hours

Entire course: 2-3 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, 4 & 5; Open Water #2 (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, 4 & 5; Open Water #2 (ends at 4:30 pm-ish)

***** Option-A *****

PADI Scuba Diver course eLearning

Included:

- e-Learning quick review at the shop

- gear rentals during the course

- 3 Pool/Confined water modules

- 2 open water training & certification dives

- PADI Scuba Diver certification

The Dive shop/Instructor tuition costs US$ 281

For this option you need to purchase the PADI eLeaning from https://www.padi.com/courses/open-water-diver?irra=22247

Optional PADI Night Adventure dive for first timers (flashlight included) - amazing experience to observe night creatures like the Caribbean Octopus and Caribbean Squids, costs US$ 120

*** Option-B ***

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

Included:

• eLearning

• Gear rentals during the course

• 3 Pool/Confined water training modules

• 2 open water training & certification dives

• PADI Scuba Diver certification

• The Dive shop/Instructor tuition costs US$ 422

• (No extra costs with PADI)