PADI Open Water Diver
Entry-Level Course Info
WHERE THE ADVENTURE STARTS
Prerequisites:
Minimum age 10 years old.
Able to swim 200mtrs or 300mtrs snorkeling non-stop, and also 10 minutes surface float.
Completing the Medical Statement ‘’Fit to dive” before attending the first session.
Duration:
4-5 Days.
What is Open Water Diver Course?
Open Water Diver course is an entry-level full diver certification for scuba diving. The course is a combination of knowledge development, confined water dives (practical training) and open water dives (experience). In short, Open Water Diver course teaches knowledge and all skills needed by diver to dive safely and independently in open water.
The complete course consists of:
– One orientation session for introductions, administration procedures.
– Five chapters knowledge development and five chapters pool sessions which are conducted interchangeable after student(s) finished at least chapter 1 and chapter 2 of knowledge development.
– Four Open Water training dives, usually done over a two-day weekend in Pulau Seribu (Thousand Islands).
Course Fee: Rp 4,300,000
The price includes:
PADI modular scuba instruction by one of our PADI Instructors, using the latest original PADI teaching materials (video, tables, quizzes & exams, etc.) Bring your own stationary, Tab or smartphone.
Complete original PADI Open Water Diver level student package (eManual, eRecreational Dive Planner, eLog Book, eStudent Record File, eWall Certificate, PIC).
Scuba Equipment rental for the full duration of the course: mask and snorkel, BCD, regulators, gauges, wetsuit, scuba tanks, lead weights and fins.
Your diver license (will be a PADI Gold eCard).
The price does not include:
Training trip to Pulau Seribu, normally over the weekend: 2 days/1 night accommodation (twin sharing basis), boat transfers, full meals, dive boat, 4x Open Water training dives.
Single supplement charge on Thousand Islands (for student who prefers to occupay the room by him/herself, or in a circumstance where there is no other participant to share the room with).
We can choose one of the following islands to complete your training with Open Water portion:
1. Genteng Kecil: IDR 3,800,000,- (with minimum 4 participants).
2. Pramuka Island: IDR 2,800,000,- (with minimum 2 participants).
Students who wish to bring along friends for the weekend trip need to inform our staff in advance. Only certified divers are accepted, at current diver rate (divers will need to show their certification, bring the log book, fill in and sign a release form). Non-diving or snorkeling friends are welcome to join, at current non-diver rate.
Terms and conditions:
Confirm enrollment by paying in full the whole course fee at least 1 day prior to the actual date of the course.
No refund is provided for the “course portion” if students decide not to join the open water “training-trip portion”.
Cancellation on “training-trip portion” after 12pm two days before the actual departure date will be charged non-diver price which is determined by the resort management
Although we provide complete equipment as integrated part of this course, students are strongly recommended to have their own basic gears (mask, snorkel, fins, and wetsuit) for their convenience. Students can buy diving equipment at our dive shop with 15% student discount (only for our students).
HOW TO PREPARE YOUR OWD COURSE:
Download and sign up through PADI apps (playstore, apple store) and get the diver manual. Read, study and enjoy each chapters of your diver manual at your own leisure time and answer the Knowledge Review questions at the end of each chapter, and present them on the first day of your course. Having done this, will make unnecessary long class session, but more fun. You can also ask our staff to lend the video and watch it at home.
