The PADI Open Water Qualification is the world's most popular scuba course, and has introduced millions of people to the adventurous diving lifestyle.

The course consists of three main phases:

1. Knowledge development to understand basic principles of scuba diving
2. Confined water dives to learn basic scuba skills
3. Open water dives to review your skills

The full Open Water Diver course takes about 4 or 5 days depending upon the rate of progress. This will allow you dive with another Open Water Diver or higher to a maximum depth of 18 metres without the direct supervision of a PADI professional.

Thereafter and for the rest of the week you'll be fun diving with the rest of the school group.

No prior knowledge of diving is assumed and the professional instructors will guide you through each stage of the course. All of these venues deliver instruction in the sea from the outset, and are reknown for their knowledge and quality. Our instructors are some of the most experienced with school groups in the Red Sea.

Equipment is provided as part of the course fee, as is all the instruction.

The only exception of what is included is the certification fee which is payable by all PADI candidates in resort. The PADI certification fee, which is payable direct to PADI by each candidate via the Dive Club, is €35.

Nobody forgets the first time they explore underwater!