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PADI Discover Scuba Diving
Included in price Certification Requirements Price
Light snacks and pool time Completed over one Tuesday night £30

The PADI Discover Scuba Diving Programme introduces people to scuba diving in a highly supervised and relaxed manner. It dispels common misconceptions about scuba by letting individuals try it for themselves. Under the guidance of a PADI professional, new divers learn basic safety concepts, put on equipment and swim around underwater in a closely supervised environment. When certain requirements are met, new divers may earn credit towards PADI Scuba Diver and Open water Diver certification.

Prerequisites:

Max depth: 6 metres/20 feet
Pool ratio: 8:1 Instructor, 4:1 Divemaster
Open water: 4:1 Instructor, 2:1 Divemaster

Equipment: Mask, Fins scuba cylinder, buoyancy control device with low pressure inflator, regulator and submersible pressure gauge.

Materials: PADI Discover Scuba Diving Instructor guide, PADI Scuba Diving brochure, PADI Discover Scuba Diving Cue Card or Flip Chart.

Certification: PADI Members must register each Discover Scuba Diving diver with their PADI Office within 30 days of their pool/confined open water or open water dive.

PADI Scuba Divers are qualified to:
Dive under the direct supervision of a PADI Divemaster, Assistant Instructor or Instructor while applying the knowledge and skills they learn in this course, within the limits of their training and experience. Obtain air fills, scuba equipment and other services when diving under supervision. Under supervision plan, conduct and log open water no stop dives (no decompression) only when properly equipped and accompanied by a certified Divemaster, assistant instructor or instructor in conditions in which they have training or experience. Continue dive training to complete their PADI Open Water Diver certification and certain other courses such as the Project AWARE and Equipment Specialties.

PADI Open Water Divers are qualified to: Dive with a buddy independent of supervision while applying the knowledge and skills they learn in this course, within the limits of their training and experience. Obtain air fills, scuba equipment and other services. Plan, conduct and log open water no stop (no decompression) dives when properly equipped and when accompanied by a buddy in conditions with which they have training and/or experience. Continue their dive training with a specialty dive (Adventure Dive), in the PADI Adventures in Diving program or in PADI Specialty courses.

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PADI Scuba Review

Included in price Certification Requirements Price
Light snacks and pool time Completed over one Tuesday night £40

PADI refresher course.

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PADI Open Water Referral and PADI Scuba Diver Courses

PADI Scuba Diver
Included in price Certification Requirements Price
Open Water materials Three Tuesday evenings, Two open water dives £250
 
PADI Open Water Course Referral
Included in price Certification Requirements Price
Open Water materials Four Tuesday evenings, One Thursday night, Final Exam £275

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PADI Adventure Diver

Included in price Certification Requirements Price
Materials Three Open water Dives £175

The PADI Adventures in Diving program is based on the premise that diving is a means to explore other interests. Once comfortable with basic skills, divers want to conquer new tasks, see different creatures, journey into diverse environments and experience new adventures. Divers look for convenience and flexibility in continuing their diving education. The program's design allows divers to choose the dives that interest them and to sample activities under the guidance of a PADI Instructor. Some divers may choose to make only one Adventure Dive. Others may want additional recognition and complete several dives to earn a PADI certification.

The variety of dives, scheduling options and certification paths makes this program appealing to all divers, especially Open Water Divers. Because each Adventure Dive may count as the first dive of the related PADI Specialty Diver course, the program motivates student divers to continue training. Some may choose to earn specialty diver certifications before completing the dives required for an Adventure Diver or Advanced Open Water Diver certification. No matter which training path they choose, the Adventures in Diving program encourages divers to gain practical diving experience under supervision.

The PADI Adventures in Diving program is key to the success of any PADI Continuing Education program. It sets the foundation for additional training, not only for PADI Specialties, but also for meeting other PADI course prerequisites. PADI Rescue Diver and leadership level programs build upon skills divers acquire during various Adventure Dives.

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PADI Advanced Diver

Included in price Certification Requirements Price
Materials Five Open water Dives £225

This is the continuation of the Adventure Diver program, with the further requirement of 2 Open water Dives.

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PADI Rescue Diver

Included in price Certification Requirements Price
Materials - £475

The PADI Rescue Diver course is a pivotal step in expanding a diver's knowledge and experience. Rescue Divers learn to look beyond themselves to consider the safety and well-being of other divers. This is why the PADI Rescue Diver certification is a prerequisite for all PADI leadership-level training (PADI Divemaster, Assistant Instructor, and Open Water Scuba Instructor). Rescue Diver training expands the basic problem prevention and accident management skills student divers learn beginning with the PADI Open Water Diver course. At the Rescue Diver level, students are ready to learn to manage more complex dive emergencies and to apply direct intervention techniques to assist others in an emergency. By its nature, the course is demanding, though realistic in its conduct, content and approach. Although the nature and context in which rescue training may be used is serious, the course should be an enjoyable challenge that builds diver confidence.

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PADI Divemaster

Included in price Certification Requirements Price
Materials - £1500

Teaching the PADI Divemaster course involves higher level learning that begins at the Rescue Diver course and expands in the PADI Divemaster course. The PADI Divemaster course expands the problem solving skills developed by the PADI Rescue Diver program, and extends it from accident management and prevention scenarios to supervisory situations with student divers and certified divers. At the Divemaster level, problem solving emphasizes looking for many possible solutions under the circumstances and choosing the best of several.

Divemaster problem solving may include more than safety-related issues, and include handling customer service, business and operational challenges. The course also addresses attitudes and judgment. Attitudes are emotional influences that shape individual choices ranging from professional behaviour, role modelling, personal health and following safe diving practices, to very basic values, such as honesty. Judgment applies attitudes, experience, theoretical knowledge, deduction and intuition to problem solving and making decisions based on variables, sometimes under circumstances that aren't "black or white."

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