Scuba Diving Main Beach

INCLUDING ALL GEAR HIRE, LEARNING MATERIALS AND PADI FEES
Who should take this course?



PADI
(Junior) Open Water Divers who are at least 10 years old are ready to
step up and enroll in an Advanced Open Water Diver course. Young divers
(10-11) may only participate in certain Adventures Dives – check with your PADI
Instructor.
If you’re already an Adventure Diver, you only need to complete two more Adventure Dives to earn the Advanced Open Water Diver certification.








What will you learn?






You’ll plan your learning path with your instructor by choosing from a long
list of Adventure Dives. There are two required dives – Deep and
Underwater Navigation – and you choose the other three, for a total of
five dives.

During the Deep Adventure
Dive, you learn how to plan dives to deal with the physiological effects
and challenges of deeper scuba diving. The Underwater Navigation
Adventure Dive refines your compass navigation skills and helps you
better navigate using kick-cycles, visual landmarks and time.


The other knowledge and skills you get vary with your interest and the
adventures you have – photography, buoyancy control, fish
identification, exploring wrecks and many more.


How can you start learning now?








Sign up for Advanced Open Water Diver Online
– PADI’s eLearning option – to get started immediately. The web-based
system lets you learn about seven of the most popular Adventures Dives –
including the required Deep and Underwater Navigation Adventure Dives,
plus Boat, Night, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Underwater Naturalist and
Wreck Adventure Dives. You study at your own pace through an easy to
use, interactive program. You also have access to an online version of
the Advanced Open Water Diver manual and can complete sections for other Adventure Dives as directed by your PADI Instructor.

You can also choose to read the Advanced Open Water Diver manual and watch the Advanced Open Water Diver video (a book and DVD package). Stop by our PADI Dive Center to enroll in the course, get your materials and start learning. Your PADI Instructor will meet with you to schedule knowledge review sessions along with your Adventure Dives.




What equipment will you use?


Beyond using basic scuba equipment, you’ll need a compass and dive knife or dive tool. You’ll also use specialized gear depending on the Adventure Dives you choose. For example, you’d obviously use a dry suit for the Dry Suit Adventure Dive or a sidemount configuration during the Side-mount Adventure Dive. Your PADI Instructor will explain the equipment that you need and may suggest additional gear, such as dive light for night diving or lift bag for search and recovery diving.

Visit our floating dive center to learn more about the gear you will need to start your adventures in the Advanced Open Water Diver course.

ALL GEAR HIRE, LEARNING MATERIALS AND PADI FEES INCLUDED IN THE COURSE FEE. NO HIDDEN FEES!!!

Who should take this course?


If you’ve always wanted to take scuba diving lessons, experience unparalleled adventure and see the world beneath the waves, this is where it starts. Get your scuba diving certification in the Gold Coast, Australia with the PADI® Open Water Diver course – the world’s most popular and widely recognised scuba course. Millions of people have learned to scuba dive and gone on to discover the wonders of the aquatic world through this course. To enroll in a PADI Open Water Diver course (or Junior Open Water 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.






What will you learn?





The PADI Open Water Diver course consists of three main phases: Knowledge Development (online, independent study) to understand basic principles of scuba diving
Confined Water Dives to learn basic scuba skills
Open Water Dives to use your skills and explore!







How can you start learning now?





You can start your learning now with by enrolling online. This can be done at any time as the theory is done online with eLearning. Your code will be emailed to you but you should contact our PADI dive shop to speak to a PADI Instructor about scheduling time for in-water training.

Our in-water sessions consist of 3 days that need not be done consecutively.
Day 1 is done in the pool on Friday evenings from 17h00 - 20h00.
Day 2 is done at Wavebreak Island on Saturdays and the time is determined by the tides.
Day 3 is done at Wavebreak Island on Sundays and the time is determined by the tides.

Your instructor will also answer any questions you have along the way and check your progress to make sure you understand important scuba diving information.


What equipment will you use?
In the PADI Open Water Diver course, you learn to use basic scuba gear including a mask, snorkel, fins, regulator, buoyancy control device and a tank.

All the equipment needed to complete the Basic Course will be provided by the dive centre.
Should you however choose our Gold Course, your own wetsuit, mask snorkel and fins package is included.
With the Platinum Course, not only the above soft gear but a BCD, Reg Set, Dive Computer and mesh bag to complete your full gear set will be yours to take home

It would be a good idea to visit the store prior to the start date of your course to be fitted in case of the Gold and Platinum courses.

Check with us about the gear you’ll use during this course and get advice about everything you need from your PADI Instructor.