PADI Open Water Diver

The PADI Open Water Diver Course prerequisites:

• Must be a minimum of 10 years old.
• Must be able to tread water without aids for 10 minutes
• Must be able to swim 200 meters without aids or 300 meters with mask, fins and snorkel.

Course Medical Requirements

Scuba diving requires a minimum level of health and fitness. Chronic health conditions, certain medications and/or recent surgery may require you to get written approval from a physician before diving.

Avoid disappointment, download and review the Diver Medical form to ensure you won’t need a physician’s approval to dive before enrolling in a scuba course. Instructors, divemasters and dive shop staff are not physicians and should not be asked for medical advice; only medical professionals can give medical clearance to dive.

If you (or your physician) have questions about medical fitness to dive, contact the experts at Divers Alert Network (DAN).

Independent Study

Step 1 – PADI eLearning®

PADI eLearning makes it easy to fit scuba lessons into a busy schedule. Learn about scuba diving principles and terminology whenever, wherever it’s convenient for you.

• eLearning time commitment: 5-10 hours

At The Diving Academy

Step 2 – With Your Instructor

Practice using scuba gear in a pool until you’re comfortable. PADI training includes practice “mini dives” to help you build confidence in your new abilities before making four dives in open water.

What’s Included

• Your course tuition fees for the dates you have booked.
• Your PADI eLearning or Manual
• Equipment hire
• Air Fills for the pool. (If required)
• PADI eCertification Card

Additional Costs

• Dive site entry from £15- £25 per day. (If required)
• Transportation for you to the dive centre, pools & dive sites.
• Subsequent air fills at Open Water sites payable directly to venue.

Youth Diving At Diving Academy

For children and young adults, mastering the art of scuba diving is an experience like no other. Your child’s first breaths underwater mark the beginning of a life changing journey as a PADI diver. With great benefits for both educational and personal growth, diving provides the opportunity to put classroom knowledge into practice, while learning new skills and building long-lasting friendships.

Diving requires patience, dedication and great sense of humour. While mastering PADI’s specific performance requirements, students will develop positive characteristics such as communication, trust and open-mindedness, all while gaining a great sense of personal achievement.

Encourage them to push the boundaries of what they dream possible.

As an PADI approved Youth Training Centres we adhere to strict health and safety practices and comply with government legislation for working with young people.

This includes implementing our Dive Centre Child Protection Policy with dedicated liaison and carrying out comprehensive DBS (Disclosure Barring Checks) with all PADI professionals before allowing them to work with our young people.

When you choose to work with us as a PADI Approved Youth Training Centre, you can feel confident your young persons are enrolled with the most instructionally sold diver training system available worldwide.

Your child’s introduction to the underwater world with PADI will open the door to a lifetime of discovery and exploration.

Dive Centre

Diving Academy – Dive Centre, Sunfield Business Park, New Mill Road, Wokingham, RG40 4QT

Pool Training Sites

Wokingham – The Forest School, Robin Hood Lane, Winnersh, Wokingham, RG41 5NE

Yateley – Yateley School, School Lane, GU46 6NW

Hagbourne – Hagbourne School Pool, Main Road, East Hagbourne, OX11 9LR

Swindon – Halo Highworth Recreation Centre, The Elms, Highworth, Swindon SN6 7DD

Open Water Training Sites:

London – Wraysbury Diving Lake, Station Road, Wraysbury, Berkshire, TW19 5ND

Radstock – Vobster Quay, Upper Vobster, Radstock, BA3 5SD

Leicester – Stoney Cove, Sapcote Road, Stoney Stanton, Leicester, LE9 4DW