Now is the time to dive into the PADI Open Water Diver course, the most popular dive program in the world! This is your ticket to a lifetime of intense adventure with PADI, the dive company that sets the standards in the global diving community.

Why PADI Open Water?
As a certified PADI Open Water Diver, the most widely recognized and respected rating in the world, you have the freedom to dive with a buddy independent of a professional. If you already tried a PADI Discover Scuba Diving experience with Looe Divers or are PADI Scuba Diver certified, check with your instructor to see how credit from these courses may apply to the National Geographic Diver program.

What do I need to start?
Virtually anyone who is in good health, reasonably fit, and comfortable in the water can earn a PADI Open Water Diver certification. Looe Divers' regular schedule is for anybody over the age of 15. If you are between 10 and 14 or have a child between these ages, there is a PADI Junior Open Water Diver program available and Looe Divers can offer a Personalised Family Open Water Course, tailored just for you - contact centre for details.

• A PADI Jr Open Water Diver between the ages of 10 and 12 years may only dive with a PADI Professional, a certified parent or certified guardian to a maximum depth of 12 metres/40 feet.

What will I do?
Throughout the course, you’ll learn fundamentals of scuba diving, including dive equipment and techniques. You earn this rating by completing five pool/confined water dives and knowledge development sessions and by making seven open water/sea dives.

How long will it take?
PADI programs are performance based. You proceed as you demonstrate mastery of the course skills. This allows you to work at a pace that is comfortable for you. At Looe Divers, we schedule our National Geographic Diver courses to run over evenings and weekends, allowing you to complete the course without having to take time from work.

What will I need?

• National Geographic Diver Crew-Pak. Your quest for adventure can’t begin without the wealth of knowledge you will need to navigate through the waters. The Crew-Pak is an all-encompassing tool kit that will provide you with educational information and pictorials within the National Geographic Diver Almanac and the PADI Open Water Diver Manual. Travel through towering kelp forests and over iridescent coral reefs as you learn about the underwater ecosystems from National Geographic explorers with the National Geographic Diver DVD.

• PADI Open Water Diver DVD

Where can I go from here?
Continue the adventure with PADI’s Adventures in diving program, you next step in exploring the underwater world. Stop by Looe Divers or explore the Training Section and Packages of Looe Divers' website, for more information on the PADI Adventures In Diving program. Upgrade to PADI Advanced Open Water by completing two more Adventure Dives the day after your National Geographic Diver Course - Dive the Scylla!

Learn to Scuba Dive in Looe’s beautiful Marine Reserve, just 15 metres in front of the dive centre and Looe Island, just 200 metres off shore.  You can up-grade to our Advanced Open Water Course, during your Open Water course and enjoy the adventure of diving the Scylla - Europe's First Artificial Diving Reef.

Participant Price: £425 including National Geographic Diver crew pack with National Geographic Diver Almanac, National Geographic Diver DVD, PADI GO DIVE colour manual, PADI Go Dive Open Water Diver DVD (on loan), PADI dive tables & log book with deluxe National Geographic Diver log book binder.

QUALITY TRAINING / QUALITY DIVE TEAM / QUALITY DIVE EQUIPMENT / QUALITY EXPERIENCE

...with LOOE DIVERS, the South West's only PADI 5 Star Career Development Centre and National Geographic Dive Centre ( the sign of a professional establishment ).

Plan now... once certified you can join our Dive Club - membership to Looe Diver's Dive Club with every Open Water course (NB. membership expires 31/12)

All equipment is provided free of charge, however for personal hygiene reasons, most candidates purchase a mask, snorkel and hood from our fantastic dive store.