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Open Water Diver (OWD)


PADI OPEN WATER DIVER COURSE

Knowledge Development - Five Sessions

This develops your familiarity with basic principles and procedures. You learn things like how pressure affects your body, how to choose the best gear and what to consider when planning dives. You complete Knowledge Development on your own, reading each of five sections of the PADI Open Water Diver Manual and watching the corresponding section of the PADI Open Water Diver Video (which also previews skills you'll learn). You briefly review what you studied in each section with your instructor and take a short quiz to be sure you're getting it. At the end of the course, you take an exam that makes sure you've got all the key concepts and ideas down.

Number of Dives

Five Confined Water Dives

This is what it's all about, diving. You develop basic scuba skills in a pool or in a body of water with pool-like conditions. Here you?ll learn everything from setting up your gear to how to easily get water out of your mask without surfacing. You'll also practice some emergency skills, like sharing air ? just in case. Plus, you may play some games, make new friends and have a great time. There are five confined water dives, with each building upon the previous. Over the course of these five dives, you attain the skills you need to dive in open water.

Four Open Water Dives

After your confined water dives, you and the new friends you?ve made continue learning during four open water dives with your PADI Instructor at a dive site. This is where you have fun putting it all together and fully experience the underwater adventure ? at the beginner level, of course. This may include dives nearby, or at a more exotic destination.

Materials Provided

  • PADI Open Water Crew-Pak, PADI Open Water DVD, Log Book.
  • All materials needed based on the local diving environment.

Upon Successful Completion

You will earn your International PADI Open Water certification card

Price Includes

  • Use of facility equipment
  • Premium Open Water Gear Package - the same gear used by our instructors!
    • Mask: Tusa mask* (you pick the color)
    • Fins: Tusa SF-6 (you pick the color)
    • Snorkel: SP-170 (you pick the color)
    • Gloves: Tilos G3636, 3mm (available in sizes XS to XL)
    • Boots: Tilos B5803, 5mm (available in sizes 4 to 15)
    • Boat Bag
  • Unlimited practice time in our pool
  • Standard Class Sizes: 4 to 6 students maximum.

*Popular Women's Masks: M-16 Serene and TM 7500Q Splendive II; Popular Men's Masks: M-24 Powerview, M-31 Visio Tri Ex, and the M-30 Pano Geo

Optional Gear Upgrades

  • -Mask: -Visio Pro $25.00 -Visio Uno $15.00 -Fins: SF-15 Split Fin $59.00 -Snorkel: -Gloves: Waterproof Crux 5mm $22.00 -Boots: Waterproof Orion 6.5mm $23.00

Standard Class: $625.00 per person plus tax

SPECIALITY COURSES


Freedom SCUBA USA also offers a variety of specialty courses for every experience level, from snorkeling to SCUBA review. Contact us today to find out more!


SEA-THE-WORLD PROGRAM


Our highly acclaimed Sea-the-World program invites children with disabilities to experience the joys of SCUBA diving. Certified divers and volunteers from all around will ensure that your child leaves with a smile and a lifetime of memories.

If you have a child with a disability or know a child with a disability, Freedom SCUBA USA wants to help make a difference in that childs life. Contact us today to learn more about this wonderful opportunity.


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