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4.5(17 reviews)

PADI Open Water course

From€495
72 hours

About this activity

If you’ve always wanted to experience unparalleled adventure and enjoy the world beneath the waves, this is where it starts. The eLearning option makes the most of your time - you'll complete your theory online before you travel.

Highlights

  • Become a licensed scuba diver in just a few days, no prior experience required.
  • Breathing underwater for the first time is something you'll never forget.
  • Meet like-minded people who care about the ocean and see our ocean planet with new eyes.
  • Enjoy the underwater world here in Malt

Full description

The PADI Open Water course consists of three main phases:

1) Knowledge development: you will complete this at your leisure at home, using PADI's eLearning system. This will cover everything you need to know about basic techniques, terminology, and safety procedures in scuba diving. For each concept, you read the explanations and watch the demonstration on a video. The eLearning takes about 8-9 hours in total to complete and needs to be completed prior to arriving at the dive centre. 

2) Confined water dives: these are training sessions conducted confined open water, such as on our house reef. You’ll learn and practice the basic skills of diving as well as techniques to keep you safe and you’ll run through how to deal with a range of emergency situations should they occur. The sessions in confined water are a lot of fun and give the opportunity to get familiar with the gear and techniques in a safe environment.

3) Open water dives: This is what it’s all about – making your first dives in the ocean! During the four open water dives, you will perform various dive skills both underwater and at the surface to make sure that you are a competent and safe diver. The training portion usually only takes up the first part of the dive, meaning that you will get to spend a big part of your time diving with your instructor and exploring the underwater world. As soon as your open water training dives are approved by your instructor you will be certified as a PADI Open Water Diver! This means you will be allowed to rent diving equipment and dive anywhere in the world down to 18 meters, lifelong.

The course includes 5 confined dives and 4 open water dives throughout 3 full days. At the dive centre you will meet your dive instructor and have a briefing showing you the equipment. Here we will answer any questions you might have.

Usually we are finished by 3pm on each day, however the end timing is flexible depending on the progress on the course. 

Included / Excluded

  • PADI eLearning (includes certification fees)
  • Open water dives
  • Scuba equipment rental (full set)
  • Confined water dives

Cancellation policy

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the activity starts

Up to 24 hours before the beginning of the activity: full refund Less than 24 hours before the beginning of the activity or no-show: no refund

Reviews

4.5(17 reviews)
GetYourGuide
GetYourGuide traveler
Apr 2025
5.0

The tour was amazing. Alejandro knew so much about San Jose history. He knew fun facts that will stick in my mind! A very enjoyable evening!

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Rafael Kindlein
Apr 2025
4.0

A guia Mariana foi muito simpática e instrutiva. O tour passa pelos principais pontos relevantes do centro de San José. A comida servida no final do tour é o ponto alto. Poderiam cobrar um pouco menos para termos um melhor custo benefício aqui. Mesmo assim vale a pena, pois andar por conta própria no centro de San José pode ser perigoso.

GetYourGuide
GetYourGuide traveler
Apr 2025
5.0

Very informative, my guide was very kind and helpful, she was one of the best guides I’ve ever had. And even thought it was just me and her she made it very memorable in so many ways, food and drinks were amazing 10/10 would do this tour again!

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