Diving Club

PRIVATE PADI OPEN WATER DIVER COURSE

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Tuition: $1050

SALE $750 OR FREE with "Head to Toe" gear purchase.

Our exclusive private scuba certification course guides you thru everything you need to earn your PADI Open Water Certification.
    Looking for one on one private lessons in a more private setting?
    Need lessons at your own pace?
    Does a group lesson environment sound unappealing? 

If you answered "yes" to any of the above, private lessons are what you need. 

Our private lessons includes scuba rental gear, quick online home-study before instructor time, review sessions of homework, pool skill session, & all your ocean dives. Your private Scuba lessons can be completed in as little as 2 days, depending on your comfort level and schedule. 

Private pool sessions can take place at our facilities or in the privacy of your own home.  

Includes:

1. Pool, classroom, and ocean sessions with your instructor of choice, or we can choose for you.  
2. All Scuba rental gear.  We recommend purchasing your own gear for maximum comfort.
3. PADI Open Water Diver certification.
4. PADI eLearning code.  
5. Ticket to Catalina Island for both student and instructor.

Schedule: Up To You!

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 with the PADI Open Water Diver course – the world’s most popular and widely recognized 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 or in a classroom) to understand basic principles of scuba diving
  • Confined Water Dives to learn basic scuba skills
  • Open Water Dives to use your skills and explore!

You may be able to  get college credit for the Open Water Diver course.


Short on time? The  PADI Scuba Diver course might be right for you.

How can you start learning now?

Enroll in Open Water Diver Online – PADI’s eLearning option – and you can start learning right away. PADI Open Water Diver Online gives you the background information you need to dive safely and allows you to study at your own pace through an interactive computer-based program. Get started now!

You can also start learning with PADI’s home-study materials – Open Water Diver TouchTM (a tablet app) or the Open Water Diver Manual and Open Water Diver Video (a book and DVD package). Stop by your local PADI dive shop to enroll in the course, get your materials and start reading the book and watching the video. Your PADI Instructor will schedule time with you to check your progress and make sure you understand important scuba diving information.

What scuba gear 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. The equipment you wear varies, depending upon whether you’re diving in tropical, temperate or cold water.

Check with A Extreme Scuba Diver instructor about the gear you’ll use during this course and get advice about everything you need from your PADI Instructor.