PADI Open Water Diver Course - Your passport to the underwater world
The PADI Open Water Diver Course is your first step toward becoming a certified scuba diver. With the guidance of a highly trained PADI Instructor, you’ll learn how to dive in a relaxed and supportive environment.
By the end of the course, you’ll have the skills and confidence to dive anywhere in the world and become an ambassador for marine life.
What You Will Learn:
🔹Become a confident and skilled diver
🔹Assemble and use scuba gear properly
🔹Control your buoyancy with ease
🔹Respectfully observe marine life
🔹Handle common underwater situations
What Are Scuba Classes Like?
💻 Learn at your own pace with eLearning: PADI eLearning offers flexibility, allowing you to study whenever and wherever suits you. Whether online or offline, you can access learning materials on a computer or mobile device and reach out to your instructor whenever you have questions. Time Commitment: 5-10 hours.
🤿 Get Wet with Confined Water Training: After the online component, you’ll apply your knowledge in real-world conditions under the watchful eye of a PADI instructor. The confined water sessions are all about getting comfortable with your dive gear and learning essential skills in a controlled environment.
🌊 Go Diving in Open Water: With the groundwork laid, you’ll head to open water, where you’ll conduct a series of dives to practice and perfect the skills you’ve learned. Under supervision, you will experience everything from gear setup to executing perfect buoyancy control and safe ascent procedures.
These steps are detailed, engaging, and structured to ensure you have the confidence and competence to dive safely and enjoyably. Instructors customise the experience by adjusting teaching methods and pacing based on the class’s needs, ensuring personalized attention and a maximum instructor-to-student ratio that facilitates quality learning.
The PADI e-Learning materials are accessible in multiple languages. At B&W Diving, we are pleased to provide in-person dive training in English, French, Spanish, and Japanese. Please note that comprehension of the training language is crucial for effective learning and maintaining safety throughout your course.
Duration:
It normally takes 3 days; however, at our facility, certification is earned, not given, it is subjected to the instructor’s discretion based on your comfort level in the water. We will try our best to help you complete the course in the recommended time, but if extra training days are required, it will incur in extra fees.
What Is Included?
At B&W Diving, we are committed to transparent pricing with no hidden fees. This course includes:
- Land transport from the dive center to the dive site and return when applicable
- Dive Equipment: including mask, wetsuit, boots, fins, backplate/wing, regulators, dive computer, cylinders, and weights
Please note, the following is not included:
- E-Learning Materials
- Diver Registration Fee with training agency
- Certification Fee
- Nitrox 32% fills
- Ferry Fees, if applicable
- Boat Trips
- Meals & Beverages
Prerequisites:
✔️ Minimum age: 10 years old
✔️ Basic swimming ability
✔️Medically Fit*
Medically Fit - In Malta, all divers are required to complete a medical questionnaire. Contact us for more information at blackandwhitediving@gmail.com
Cancellation Policy:
We understand that unexpected changes can occur, but due to the logistical arrangements involved, the following cancellation fees apply:
- Cancellations made within 24 hours of the scheduled course will incur in a 100% cancellation fee.
- Cancellations made within 48 hours of the scheduled course will incur in a 50% cancellation fee.
If you need to cancel or reschedule, please inform us as early as possible so we can assist you accordingly and try to accommodate your request.
Why Choose PADI?
PADI has been the world’s leading scuba diving organization for over 50 years, setting the standard in dive training, safety, and marine conservation.
🌎 30+ million certified divers
🏝 6,600+ dive centers & resorts worldwide
🤿 128,000+ PADI Professionals
Take the plunge and join the PADI family today!