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PADI Open Water

Learn to Dive in August or September and Get a FREE Wetsuit valued at $350!

Victorian divers are renowned for being some of the best in the world due to both the level of instruction and the wide variety of dives and conditions experienced in Victorian waters. We are home to some of Australia's best temperate water diving from various reef dives to spectacular shipwrecks, to huge underwater walls and one of the largest range of pier dives in Australia. Learn to scuba dive in Melbourne!

Prerequisites:

You need to be comfortable in the water and have some basic swimming skills. The minimum age for scuba certification is 12 for the Junior Open Water Diver or Junior Scuba Diver certification (adult-supervised diving), and 15 for the Open Water Diver or Scuba Diver certification. Learning to dive is easy and lots of fun.

Prior to learning to dive in Melbourne you are required to obtain an approved Scuba Diving Medical Certificate. These medicals are available from selected practitioners, a list of which can be found on the SPUMS Website.

Course Details:

The Open Water Diver course is run over 4 days. For group sessions this is usually two consecutive weekends, although at certain holiday times we sometimes run 4 consecutive days. If you choose a personalised course we can run the four days in any schedule that suits you. Regardless of when the days are scheduled, they take the following format below.

  • Day 1 - You will spend today in the classroom going over the knowledge reviews that you completed at home, and learning the basic concepts you need to keep you safe when scuba diving. Your instructor will make sure you have the required level of knowledge in order to continue with your training.
  • Day 2 - It's time to put on the scuba gear! Today you'll head to the pool and be introduced to breathing underwater. You'll learn the skills that are necessary to keep you safe on your course ocean dives and during your own diving.
  • Day 3 - It's time to say g'day to those seahorses! You will do two dives today under Rye or Portsea Pier. It's a perfect training environment about 5m deep and has some spectacular life living around its pylons.
  • Day 4 - Today you will do a boat dive from Portsea. The sites is usually Portsea Hole or Pope's Eye, though may change depending on conditions. You'll go a little deeper today, which will prepare you for doing your own diving after the course. After your boat dive you will do another pier dive, so keep a lookout for the weedy seadragons.

That's it! After day 4 you will be certified to dive to 18m with a buddy, anywhere in the world! If you want to continue your training from here, it's time to go on to the PADI Advanced Open Water Course where you will be given an introduction to navigation, deep and other types of diving.

Course Pricing:

Do your course in July or August and get a FREE Wetsuit valued at $350

Option One - Get Diving Program $599
Run over two consecutive weekends, the Get Diving course will enable you to dive to 18m and receive the PADI Open Water Diver certification.

Option Two - Adventure Package $999
This program runs over three weekends - the first two are consecutive and the third may be up to three months afterwards - it's your choice. You will do NINE ocean dives and be trained not only in basic scuba diving, but also in deep diving, navigation, peak performance buoyancy, wreck and night diving. At the end of the course you will receive not one, but two PADI certifications: Open Water Diver and Advanced Open Water Diver. Not only that, but you will be certified to dive all over the world to 30m, and also means there are lots more local dive sites in Melbourne available to you.

Option Three One-on-One Program $1149
Do you work weekends, or prefer learning things without a group environment? Imagine having your own, personal PADI Dive Instructor teaching you to dive. You get four days of training and individual attention running on your schedule for only $1149, and if you bring a friend it becomes even cheaper.

Course Pricing Includes:

PADI materials including manuals and logbook, certification fees, pool session, pier dives, two boat dives (FIVE for the Gold Program) as well as the use of most equipment and all air fills for the duration of the course. Ask us for a group discount!

What will I need?

  • Your own personal items, that is Mask, Snorkel, Boots and Fins as well as bathers and a towel
  • A valid diving medical
  • Two passport-sized photos


You can even start today!

You can sign up right now for PADI e-Learning, where you do your entire knowledge development part of the course on the internet. It's interactive, gives you constant feedback on how you're going, and if you're ever stuck you can always call or email us. Click here for more information on PADI e-Learning.

Of course you can always call us, email us or drop in and we'll be happy to talk to you more about the course and book you in for one that suits you. Don't wait, now's the time to learn to dive. Contact us today!

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