PADI SCUBA DIVER CERTIFICATE
If you really want to become a scuba diver, but time is short, the PADI Scuba Diver Course and Certificate may be right for you! This course is half way to earning an Open Water Diver certification.
PADI Scuba Divers are qualified to:
Dive under the direct supervision of a PADI Professional to a maximum depth of 12 meters/40 feet.
Obtain air fills, rent or purchase scuba equipment and participate in dive activities as long as properly supervised.
Continue dive training by completing the PADI Open Water Diver certification and taking certain specialty diver courses.
To enroll in a PADI Scuba Diver course (or Junior Scuba Diver course), you must be 10 years old or older. You need adequate swimming skills and need to be in good physical health. No prior experience with scuba diving is required.
PADI OPEN WATER DIVER CERTIFICATE
The PADI Open Water Diver course is the first scuba certification level, and it is the most popular dive program in the world. A highly-trained PADI Instructor will teach you how to scuba dive in a relaxed, supportive learning environment.
By earning the PADI Open Water Diver certificate, you’ll have the skills and knowledge to go scuba diving with a certified scuba diving buddy at home or abroad.
Requirements:
Able to swim; medically fit for diving
Minimum age 10 years
Good physical health
Expect shallow dives (12m/40ft), the maximum allowed depth is 18m/60ft
Duration Time is 3-4 days
PADI ADVANCED OPEN WATER DIVER CERTIFICATE
Advancing your scuba diving skills with the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course. You’ll practice navigation and buoyancy, try deep diving and make three specialty dives of your choosing (it’s like a specialty sampler platter). For every specialty dive you complete, you can earn credit toward PADI® specialty certifications.
Here are a few of the many options of specialty dives: Deep, Digital Underwater Photography, Fish Identification, Night, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Search & Recovery, Underwater Naturalist, and Underwater Navigation.
Requirements:
Open Water Diver/Junior Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification)
Minimum age 12 years
Good physical health
The maximum depth depends on your age, but maximum depth is up to 30 metres/100 feet
Duration Time is 2-3 days
PADI RESCUE DIVER CERTIFICATE
The PADI® Rescue Diver course will change the way you dive – in the best possible way. Learn to identify and fix minor issues before they become big problems, gain a lot of confidence and have serious fun along the way.
Discover why countless divers say Rescue Diver is their favorite scuba course.
Requirements:
Adventure Diver/Junior Adventure Diver (or qualifying certification) with completed Underwater Navigation Dive; EFR Primary and Secondary Care training (or qualifying training) within 24 months.
Minimum age 12 years
Good physical health
Duration Time is 5-7 days
PADI DIVEMASTER CERTIFICATE
Learn how to lead underwater tours, assist with scuba classes and inspire others to care about the ocean. Hone your skills and be the diver everyone admires.
PADI Divemaster is the most popular and most recognized professional scuba certification in the world. PADI Divemasters enjoy abundant career opportunities, get paid to scuba dive and share their love for the ocean.
Requirements:
PADI Rescue Diver Certificate, completion of Emergency First Response Primary and Secondary Care Training within 24 months.
Minimum age 18 years (15 years for Junior Divemaster)
Medically evaluated and cleared for diving by a physician within 12 months.
A minimum of 40 logged dives
EMERGENCY FIRST RESPONSE TRAINING
Emergency First Response® primary and secondary care training teaches you what to do in the critical moments between when a life-threatening emergency occurs and when emergency medical services arrive.
Learn how to perform CPR, provide first aid that eases pain, assess a variety of injuries and illnesses and practice bandaging and splinting.
Duration Time is 2 days