PADI Open Water Diver

The PADI Open Water Diver course qualifies you to dive anywhere in the world to a maximum depth of 18 metres. There are three main aspects to the Open Water course:

  • Knowledge Development

    • In a classroom environment, your instructor will teach you the theory behind diving, dive equipment and diver safety with entertaining multimedia presentations.

  • Confined Water Training

    • Two shallow water sessions in a beautiful sheltered bay, during which you will learn the basics of recreational diving and practice the skills you learned in the classroom.

  • Open Water Dives

    • Put your new skills into practice right away with four open water dives at Koh Tao’s stunning dive sites.

You have to pass an exam at the end of the course to achieve certification, but don't worry; Master Divers has a 100% success rate on Open Water courses. We give you the help and attention you need to guarantee you succeed because we want you to go out and enjoy diving as much as we do.

Schedule:

Day 1: PM Diving Theory
 
Day 2: AM Confined Water Part 1 (Dive 1)
  PM Diving Theory
 
Day 3: AM Confined Water Part 2 (Dive 2)
  PM Diving Theory
 
Day 4: PM Open Water Dives (Dives 3 and 4)

This is a typical Open Water Diver course schedule. We normally spread the course over four days to give you suficient time for self-study, but if time is limited, we can tailor a course to suit your availability - just contact us to discuss your needs.


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Where to from here?

If you wish to continue your training, we recommend going straight into the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course to improve your existing skills in all areas, learn new dive skills, and allow you to safely dive to a depth of 30 metres.


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You will learn to dive with your buddy to a maximum of 18 meters
Sairee beach, about ten minutes walk from Mae Haad, is the largest beach on Koh Tao. Despite the tranquility of this beach during the day, at night it becomes Koh Tao's party capital. The beach is lined with bars and clubs which keep bumping till the early hours.
Accommodation options on Koh Tao vary from basic but clean rooms through to luxury suites. Most common is the beach bungalow: usually equipped only with a fan and a cold shower (but sometimes television, DVD player, fridge, hotshower and air conditioning), they are set right on the beach or in beautiful gardens with a balcony to chill out and soak up the vibe.
Nudibranch means 'external lung'. These critters are found in various shapes, sizes and disguises all around Koh Tao, but without the benefit of your Divemaster's local knowledge, you'll probably never find one.
Whale Sharks are what we're famous for. Koh Tao is a normal stopping off point for Whale Sharks on their annual trips around the world so they're relatively common here. They're completely harmless plankton feeders and the ones we see here range in size from 2.5 metres to 7 metres long.
Scorpion fish are very difficult to spot - their excellent camouflage helps them blend almost perfectly with the reef on which they resolutely sit.

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