open water diver course

The Most Popular Beginner Course

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Open Water Diver Certificate

The most popular dive course in the world! Ready to jump into the deep end? (ha, good one I know, I just high-fived myself for you)

In the Open Water Diver Course, you’ll go over the principles behind diving, you’ll learn how to use your equipment safely and you’ll learn new skills in the pool. Handy things like clearing your mask, helping a buddy in need or just how to look really cool when you wave at the camera.

You'll do all this with your amazing instructor who will help with any questions or problems even if you just want to know how many drinks is too many once you’ve completed the course. The answer is 10, maybe? (The lawyers have asked us to put a note here stating that we are in no way pushing drinking after you have completed your course and blah blah blah…..they said some other stuff, but I fell asleep)

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Not Enough Time?

Do a 'Scuba Diver' Course in only 2 days.

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Afraid To Commit?

Who isn't? Do a 'Try Scuba' to see how it feels.

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What's Next?

Your certificate allows you to dive up to 18m anywhere in the world without having to do skills or academics again

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If you've got a question, we've probably got an answer! But don't be sad if your question isn't here, we are available to help out or if you just want to write to us and tell us how funny we are. 

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Age: 10+ (15 and under is certified as Junior Open Water for depths of up to 12 meters)

Basic swimming abilities
Medical questionnaire

  • An amazing instructor
  • Full gear rental
  • Pool session
  • Academic session
  • 4 open water dives
  • Dive computer rental
  • Digital material
  • Digital logbook
  • Certification card
  • Insurance package
  • Marine park or national park fees

*Our Pricing Promise is that there are never any extra fees that are not shown to you. No hidden park fees or other nonsense.

Once you pass the course (because you're brilliant of course) you will be able to dive at any centre around the world up to a depth of 18 meters. You'll always be paired with other divers and be taken by a guide.

You won't have to do any pool session or practice your skills as long as you dive at least once a year.

The certificate never expires but if it's been a while since you have gone out, you may need to do a refresher before the next time you dive just to make sure your skills are still sharp.

If you're unsure if you'll like diving or you've had a scary experience in the past, we want to make sure you are comfortable before you commit.

You can do the Try Scuba Discovery experience and see how it feels by doing just a quick intro and skills before going out in the water with an instructor. If you love it, then you simply continue onto your Open Water Diver Course. Easy right?

Some dive school say small group sizes and will stick you with 6 or even 8 to 1 instructor just because diving standards allow them to.

We chose our dive centre partners because they maintain higher safety standards and one of the most important ones for us is small group sizes so you'll never be in a group of more than 4 to 1 instructor for your course.

The course includes academic material and sometimes videos that can be accessed via an App on your phone.

You can even start studying this material before you arrive to the location you are doing your course. That way you have evening and nights free to enjoy since you are on holiday afterall!

Check the location page of where you want to do the course as we may offer packages that include accommodation or we will have some places that we can recommend that are nearby the dive centre.

Not a chance. Our goal is not to charge you more when you can go directly and find your own place to go diving.

We have agreements with our dive centre partners in which they reimburse us to pay for our staff pizza dinners and beers. (that'll all we do this for)

Our Pricing Promise also means that there is full transparency in what you see. We don't hide marine park fees or other random stupid things that companies will sometimes not be upfront about. If you have to pay it, we will let you know so you can make your decision with the full information!

We are awesome, that's why!

No but in all seriousness, it's because we love what we do. Every dive centre partner we work with has been personally checked by our team. That means we know the team, we know the managers who run the show and we've also personally been diving with them at some point.

We do confidential feedback checks on all the guests we send and also do our own research to make sure they always stay up to our standards.

Some other companies don't take any actual responsibility for the quality of the bookings they offer but we are not like them.

By having access to multiple dive centres, we can help meet everyone's need when it comes to things such as language requirements, date requirement, agency choice and more options for dive sites.

And finally, our team is lovely. Jump onto WhatsApp and say hello and see for yourself!

You'll always know who you are chatting with and since we are all over the world, you might even meet us in person.

Please don’t be sad. I was pretty tired when I wrote all this so maybe I missed it. OR it’s more likely that your question is so brilliant and amazing that I could never think of it. Chat with us!

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Intro to your equipment and your new mermaid buddies (that’s your classmates) You’ll learn about the components that make up your dive gear and the role they play. Once your brain is loaded with some information, we are going to get you into the pool and start putting even more information in there, hope you like coffee/red bull.

You’ll start learning & practicing some new underwater skills and learning the crazy art of breathing underwater (it’s almost magic).

In-between there will be time for lunch and chit-chat if you know some good jokes or have some interesting stories.

Once the day is done, it’s time to rest your brain and body. Tomorrow we get out into the open water.

Here we go! After setting up your equipment to see how much you remember from Day 1 (no pressure), we will walk straight onto the beach where our dive boat is waiting to take you out. We will start with a nice shallow dive where you will probably spend the first few minutes thinking what on earth is going on and how does this even make sense.

Once that time has passed, you’ll start to get into your own groove. You’ll find it easier to breathe through your regulator, you’ll see how your buoyancy works (fancy word for floating), you’ll notice some wicked fish swim past, and you’ll start to become a part of the underwater world.

After a nice break, we’ll get back out there and do it again. You’re going to be so much more comfortable this time and so we will practice some of those skills you perfected in the pool. Now is your time to shine!

In-between skills, you’ll get to see some beautiful new things and you’ll even start to enjoy them more and more as you become comfortable with this new superpower of yours.

The day is done and you’ll want to rest! Good luck trying to stay awake after dinner. One more to go!

A little bit of classroom time going over some final details as well as a little multiple-choice exam (we want to see if you actually did read the material after-all)

Today, you’ll go a little bit deeper reaching your maximum depth of 18 meters. But it’ll be easy and everything will come together as you see your confidence build. You’ll become one with the fish!

And that’s it. Two dive on Day 3 with some final skills and you are done!

End the day with a celebratory drink (or three) because you just passed on your Open Water Diver Course! WELL DONE!

The exact schedule in each location and dive centre can vary a little bit but this is a good reference for the general program.

The Booking process

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Our team is on WhatsApp to answer questions or help you book. If you don't like humans, you can use our online form.

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Provide Details

We'll need some basic information like your awesome name and sometimes a small deposit to secure your spot.

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Get Custom Confirmation Link

We will send you a customised booking page. It will have all your booking info so you don't have to memorise things.

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Meet The Crew & See The Fishies

We'll meet you in person and get your paperwork and other boring stuff out of way and then you're off to see fishies!

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The Booking process

1. Book Online Or Chat

Our team is on WhatsApp to answer questions or help you book. If you don't like humans, you can use our online form.

2. Provide Details

We'll need some basic information like your awesome name and sometimes a small deposit to secure your spot.

3. Get A Custom Confirmation LINK

We will send you a customised booking page. It will have all your booking info so you don't have to memorise things.

4. MEET THE CREW & SEE THE FISHIES

We'll meet you in person and get your paperwork and other boring stuff out of way and then you're off to see fishies!

YOU'RE IN GOOD HANDS

Hear what some of our fans are saying about us:

I just wanted to write and say that we had such an amazing experience diving with your team in Thailand. Loved every minute, you can really tell they all care about what they do and it was super helpful having someone on the chats ready to help us with any questions.

It was suprising how easy the process was! Everything is so well automated but if you have questions, the crew seems to just always be online ready to help! We booked a diving course as well as some private tours with them and have been so happy with all of it. Thank you again to all of you!

We booked our Open Water Diver course recently and Go Diving really helped us choose the best place. We had an amazing time learning how to dive in Gili T and loved every moment of it. Can't wait to do our next course and we will definitely message Go Diving again!

The team at GoDiving was so helpful when answering any questions we had. We were a bit nervous about booking a scuba course after having a bad experience but they helped create a plan to help us build our confidence and then a week later we became certified divers and love our new hobby so much!

YOU'RE IN GOOD HANDS

Hear what some of our fans are saying about us:

I just wanted to write and say that we had such an amazing experience diving with your team in Thailand. Loved every minute, you can really tell they all care about what they do and it was super helpful having someone on the chats ready to help us with any questions.

It was suprising how easy the process was! Everything is so well automated but if you have questions, the crew seems to just always be online ready to help! We booked a diving course as well as some private tours with them and have been so happy with all of it. Thank you again to all of you!

We booked our Open Water Diver course recently and Go Diving really helped us choose the best place. We had an amazing time learning how to dive in Gili T and loved every moment of it. Can't wait to do our next course and we will definitely message Go Diving again!

The team at GoDiving was so quick and helpful when answering any questions we had. We were a bit nervous about booking a scuba course after having a bad experience but they helped create a plan to help us build our confidence and then a week later we became certified divers and love our new hobby so much!

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