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PADI Open Water Course
The Open Water Course includes video, reading the book, lectures, quizzes, water activities and a final examination. The following information presents the subjects to be covered in each module, and dive events which may be moved around by the Instructor according to logistics.
Open Water Certification, all dives from shore: $260.00 USD
Open Water Certification, with 2 tank boat dive: $360.00 USD
PADI Open Water Book : $45.00 USD
Note: Junior Open Water and people under 18 require Parent/Guardian approval.
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Module One
- Introduction
- The Underwater World
- Diving Equipment
- The Buddy System
- Confined-Water Training:
- Scuba equipment assembly
- Equipment preparation
- Donning equipment
- BCD inflation and deflation
- Introduction to scuba
- Regulator clearing
- Regulator recovery
- Mask clearing
- Use of fins
- Neutral buoyancy at the surface
- Equalization and underwater swimming
- Descending under water
- Ascending
- Exiting from the water
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Module Two
- Adapting to the Underwater World
- Respiration
- Diving Equipment
- Buddy System Procedures
- Confined-Water Training:
- Pre-dive Safety Drill
- Controlled Seated and Giant Stride Entry
- Snorkel Breathing and Clearing
- Snorkel/Regulator Exchanges
- No-mask Breathing
- Mask Replacement Under Water
- Proper Weighting
- Surface Snorkeling
- Cramp Removal
- Tired-Diver Tow
- Deep-Water Exit
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Module Three
- The Diving Environment
- Dive Planning
- Boat-Diving Procedures
- Problem Management
- Confined-Water Training:
- No-mask swimming
- Neutral Buoyancy Under Water
- Use of an Alternate Air Source
- Free-flow Regulator Breathing
- Controlled Emergency Swimming Ascent
- Open-Water Training Dive 1:
- Briefing
- Equipment preparation
- Don and adjust equipment
- Pre-Dive safety check
- Entry
- Buoyancy/weight check
- Controlled descent (max 12 m/40 ft)
- Underwater exploration
- Ascent
- Exit
- Debrief and log dive
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Module Four
- Nitrogen Narcosis
- Decompression Sickness
- Dive Tables and Dive Computers introduction
- Using the Recreational Dive Planner or The Wheel
- Open-Water Training Dive 2:
- Briefing
- Equipment preparation
- Don and adjust equipment
- Pre-Dive safety check
- Entry
- Buoyancy/weight check
- Cramp removal self and buddy
- 25 meter/yard tired diver tow
- Snorkel/regulator exchange
- Controlled descent (maximum 12 meters/40 feet
- Buoyancy control fin pivot, low pressure inflator
- Partial and complete mask flood and clear
- Regulator recovery and clearing
- Alternate air source use stationary and AAS assisted ascent
- Underwater exploration and buoyancy control
- Ascent
- Weight removal at the surface
- Exit
- Debrief and log dive
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Module Five
- Be a S.A.F.E. Diver - Making Safety Stops
- Emergency Decompression
- Altitude Considerations for Divers
- Using the RDP Table: Finding Minimum Surface Interval; or, Using the Wheel: Finding Minimum Surface Interval and Calculating a Multilevel dive
- Computer Dive Planning
- Open Water Dive 3:
- Briefing
- Equipment preparation
- Don and adjust equipment
- Pre-Dive safety check
- Entry
- Buoyancy/weight check
- 50 meter/yard straight line surface swim with compass
- Free descent with reference to 6-9 meters/20-30 feet (max dive depth 18 meters/60 feet)
- Buoyancy control neutral buoyancy on bottom, fin pivot oral
- Complete mask flood and clear
- CESA(Controlled Emergency Swimming Ascent)
- Buddy breathing stationary and ascent from 6-9 meters/20-30 feet (optional)
- Underwater exploration
- Ascent
- Remove and replace weight system at the surface
- Remove and replace scuba unit at the surface
- Exit
- Debrief and log dive
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- Open Water Dive 4:
- Briefing
- Equipment preparation
- Don and adjust equipment
- Pre-Dive safety check
- Entry
- Buoyancy/weight check
- Free descent without reference no deeper than 18 meters/60 feet
- Buoyancy control hovering
- Mask removal, replacement and clearing
- Underwater navigation with compass
- Underwater exploration
- Ascent
- Exit
- Debrief and log dive
- Optional Skin Dive:
- Briefing
- Equipment preparation
- Suiting up
- Equipment inspection
- Entry
- Buoyancy/weight check
- Surface swim
- Surface dives and underwater swimming
- Displacement snorkel clear
- Underwater exploration
- Exit
- Debrief and log dive
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