Entry level
The first diving certification. After the course you dive independently with a buddy to 20 metres.
Open Water Diver is where every diver starts. You learn to handle the equipment, breathe underwater, control your buoyancy, communicate with a buddy and follow safety procedures. We begin in confined water, calm and shallow, and only then move to open water.
We teach in small groups. This is not a course where the instructor watches ten people at once — you get real contact with the person teaching you, and time to repeat whatever has not clicked yet.
The Open Water Diver certification is recognised internationally and opens the way to every further International Diving Federation programme.
Who it is for
For people who have never dived and want to start from the beginning.
Course details
| Minimum age | 15 years |
| Maximum depth | 20 m |
| What you need to start | Swimming ability and a state of health that permits diving |
| Practical training | 4 confined water dives and 6 open water dives |
| Theory | Student manual and classroom sessions based on International Diving Federation materials |
| Theory examination | Electronic multiple-choice test |
Price: ⟨DO UZUPEŁNIENIA: price of the Open Water Diver course⟩ — current rates are on the price list.
Taking part requires a state of health that permits diving. You complete a health declaration before the course — the form is under Downloads.