Water Activities & Hawaii Dive Center: Certification Adventure

Day 1 • 4 Hours • Ages 10+ • Become a Certified SCUBA Diver!

#Start your diving journey with this Open Water Certification, your passport to adventure and the underwater world!

##Times and duration

• Monday – Sunday (8AM - 12PM)

##About

###Become a Certified SCUBA Diver!

Your passport to adventure and the underwater world awaits you. We aim to provide the highest level of training, and that starts with our small class sizes (maximum student-instructor ratio of 6:1) and highly-trained instructors. We offer both e-learning and instructor-led options for the knowledge development phase of your certification. With a maximum depth of 40 feet (12 meters), and a very small ratio of divers per instructor, you will be personally supervised under the safest conditions. Don’t worry, you’ll still get to see all the amazing marine life our island has to offer. This program is conducted in the same areas as our regular tours but will guide you through the necessary steps to have a safe and great diving experience! This course is broken down into three easy baby steps:

###Phase I: Knowledge Development

During the first phase of your PADI Open Water Diver scuba certification you develop an understanding of the basic principles of scuba diving. You learn things like how pressure affects your body, how to choose the best gear and what to consider when planning dives in order to have fun while staying safe.

###Phase II: Confined Water Sessions

During your confined water session you’ll get to learn how to set up your diving gear, clear your mask of water, hover and several other important and fun skills. The skills learned in confined water will prepare you to dive in a variety of open water environments. Your tuition includes most of your rental gear such as your exposure suit, your BCD, and your regulator; but we request new divers own some of the more basic setup: such as your mask, snorkel, and fins. It's more fun, more comfortable, and more conducive to efficient learning when you have a mask that fits your face perfectly

###Phase III: Open Water Checkout Dives

During this portion of your training you finally get to go to the ocean and dive Hawaii’s splendid blue waters! You’ll get comfortable at first to a maximum depth of 40 feet, and progress to dives of a maximum depth of 60 feet. It is spread over two days of diving, each day consisting of two checkout dives! You take all of the skills you’ve learned in the classroom & confined water and apply them to real life conditions. Once you’ve successfully demonstrated your skills in the ocean over the four dives, you are ready to receive your certification card! Did we mention this is worth celebrating!?!?!