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Open Water Diver Course > Beginner

This is a class for the entry-level diver. The Open Water class is an introduction into the basic concepts and laws of diving. This class allows the new diver to become familiar and comfortable with the equipment used in SCUBA diving. The student will learn how to set up the equipment, use the equipment and deal with all situations that may occur while underwater. Aside from the use of equipment in and out of the water the student also learns about the basic physics, physiology and environment that are related to diving. This class incorporates one day of class room discussion, one day of confined water training, and two days spent in open water applying all that was learned in the previous days. Upon completion of the course the student becomes a certified PADI Open Water Diver. This allows the student to rent gear, fill tank and enjoy the underwater world up to 60 ft.

Open Water Diver Course > Trainer > Dive 1

• Briefing
• Equipment preparation
• Don and adjust equipment
• Pre-dive safety check
• Entry
• Buoyancy / weight check
• Controlled descent
• Underwater exploration
• Ascent
• Exit

Open Water Diver Course > Trainer > Dive 2

• Briefing
• Equipment preparation
• Don and adjust equipment
• Pre-dive safety check
• Entry
• Buoyancy / weight check
• Cramp removal
• 25 meter tired diver tow
• Snorkel regulator exchange
• Controlled descent
• Buoyancy control (fin pivot)
• Partial flood and clear of the mask
• Regulator recovery and clearing
• Alternate air source use stationary and assisted ascent
• Underwater exploration
• Ascent
• Exit

Open Water Diver Course > Trainer > Dive 3

• Briefing
• Equipment preparation
• Don and adjust equipment
• Pre-dive safety check
• Entry
• Buoyancy / weight check
• 50 meter straight line surface swim
• Free descent with reference
• Buoyancy control - fin pivot (oral)
• Complete flood and clear of the mask
• CESA
• Buddy breathing (optional)
• Ascent
• Removal and replacement of the weight belt at the surface

Open Water Diver Course > Trainer > Course Outline for PADI Open Water Diver & PADI Jr. Open Water Diver

Course Goal: Certification - Upon the successful completion of this course, the PADI Open Water or Jr. Open Water Diver certification card is awarded. This certification means the diver is qualified to:

1. Buy air filled equipment and other diving services
2. Engage in recreational open water dive without direct or indirect supervision of an instructor
3. Plan, conduct and log open water, no-depression dives in conditions comparable to, or better than those that you were taught in
4. Participate in the PADI Advanced Open Water diver course and all PADI specialty courses

Open Water Diver Course > Trainer > Orientation and Administration:

Welcome and Introductions of instructor and students.

Course Requirements:

1. Cost of course
2. Equipment needs
3. Materials needed fort he course
4. Assignments
5. Attendance requirements

Course Overview:

1. Review course schedule
2. Review student and instructor obligations
3. Review course rules and regulations

Administration:

1. Review student instruction packet
2. Complete PADI student Record File

Class Room and Confined Water Training

Open Water Diver Course > Trainer > Module One: (10 question Quiz)

Knowledge Development

• Introduction
• The underwater world
• Diving equipment
• The buddy system

Confined Water Training

• Scuba assembly
• Putting on equipment
• SCD inflation and deflation
• Breathing underwater for the first time
• How to clear water from the regulator
• Regulator recovery
• Mask cleaning
• Use of find
• Neutral buoyancy at the surface
• Descending underwater
• Ascending
• Equipment disassembly

Open Water Diver Course > Trainer > Module Two: (10 question Quiz)

Knowledge Development

• Adapting to the underwater world
• Respiration
• Diving equipment
• Buddy system procedures

Confined Water Training

• PADI pre-dive safety check
• Entering the water
• Proper weighting
• Snorkel / Regulator Exchange
• Snorkel breathing and blast clearing
• Breathing without a mask
• Mask replacement
• Low pressure inflator hose
• BCD oral inflation
• AIR depletion exercise

Open Water Diver Course > Trainer > Module Three: (10 question Quiz)

Knowledge Development

• The diving environment
• Dive planning
• Diving from boats
• Problem management

Confined Water Training

• Neutral buoyancy underwater
• Fin pivot
• Cramp removal
• Tired diver tow
• Air depletion and alternate air source use
• Free flow regulator breathing
• Controlled emergency swimming ascent

Open Water Diver Course > Trainer > Module Four: (10 question Quiz)

Knowledge Development

• Accessory diving equipment
• Health for diving
• Breathing air at depth
• Introduction to dive tables

Confined Water Training
Skin Diving Skills

• Surface diving
• Snorkel clearing

Scuba Skills

• No mask swim
• Buoyancy control - hovering
• Buddy breathing (optional)

Open Water Diver Course > Trainer > Module Five: (50 question Exam)

Knowledge Development

• Recreational dive planner special circumstances
• Altitude considerations
• Emergency decompression

Confined Water Training

• Removal and replacement of the scuba unit underwater
• Removal and replacement of the scuba unit above water
• Removal and replacement of the weight belt underwater
• Removal and replacement of the weight belt above water

Additional Skills

• 200 meter surface swim w/o SCUBA
• 10 minute water tread