Course overview
Pricing: see pricing page (includes all instructor fees, study materials with e-learning option and diving gear)
Duration: 3-4 days
Pre-requisites: To enroll in a PADI Open Water Diver course (or Junior Open Water Diver course), you must be 10 years old or older. You need adequate swimming skills and need to be in good physical health. No prior experience with scuba diving is required. Water skill test includes:
Overview: The most popular beginner course is the PADI Open Water Diver Course, which takes a minimum of 3 days! Since we strive for quality and to train safe and confident divers, you get one bonus day of practice for free, giving you 4 days to finish the course. This certification makes you an confident diver able to go up to 18 meters. Every PADI course is done in three parts:
For knowledge development, PADI has the following the options:
Contact us to order your materials and start your journey to become an open water diver.
Duration: 3-4 days
Pre-requisites: To enroll in a PADI Open Water Diver course (or Junior Open Water Diver course), you must be 10 years old or older. You need adequate swimming skills and need to be in good physical health. No prior experience with scuba diving is required. Water skill test includes:
- Swim 200 metres/yards (or 300 metres/yards in mask, fins and snorkel) without stopping. There is no time limit for this, and you may use any swimming strokes you want.
- Float and tread water for 10 minutes, again using any methods you want.
Overview: The most popular beginner course is the PADI Open Water Diver Course, which takes a minimum of 3 days! Since we strive for quality and to train safe and confident divers, you get one bonus day of practice for free, giving you 4 days to finish the course. This certification makes you an confident diver able to go up to 18 meters. Every PADI course is done in three parts:
- Knowledge Development, the theory part that involves physics, equipment and diving skills you need to know
- Confined Water Dives, also known as pool training where you learning to use all the gear and learn skills needed
- Open Water Dives: 4 open water dives in the ocean to apply all those skills and become a certified diver.
For knowledge development, PADI has the following the options:
- PADI Open Water Diver Online (web-based)
- PADI Open Water Diver Touch™ (combines manual and video in tablet-based learning, supports iOS and android)
- PADI Open Water Diver Manual (although we rarely use this option due to environmental awareness)
Contact us to order your materials and start your journey to become an open water diver.
Pricing: see pricing page (we offer modular pricing* to keep prices low)
Duration: minimum 2 days
Pre-requisites: (Junior) Open Water Divers who are at least 12 years old are ready to step up and enroll in an Advanced Open Water Diver course.
Overview: One of our more popular courses as it will open up access to divesites deeper than 18 meters. Move up and experience real adventure with the 2016 new version of PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course and try some of diving most rewarding and useful specialty activities.
During the Deep Adventure Dive, you learn how to plan dives to deal with the physiological effects and challenges of deeper scuba diving. The Underwater Navigation Adventure Dive refines your compass navigation skills and helps you better navigate using kick-cycles, visual landmarks and time.The other knowledge and skills you get vary with your interest and the adventures you have – photography, buoyancy control, fish identification, exploring wrecks and many more.
Duration: minimum 2 days
Pre-requisites: (Junior) Open Water Divers who are at least 12 years old are ready to step up and enroll in an Advanced Open Water Diver course.
Overview: One of our more popular courses as it will open up access to divesites deeper than 18 meters. Move up and experience real adventure with the 2016 new version of PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course and try some of diving most rewarding and useful specialty activities.
During the Deep Adventure Dive, you learn how to plan dives to deal with the physiological effects and challenges of deeper scuba diving. The Underwater Navigation Adventure Dive refines your compass navigation skills and helps you better navigate using kick-cycles, visual landmarks and time.The other knowledge and skills you get vary with your interest and the adventures you have – photography, buoyancy control, fish identification, exploring wrecks and many more.
(*) For diving costs, modular pricing applies. Meaning prices are fair depending if student owns gear or needs to rent, and on number of dives needed to complete. Typically AOW means 5 dives which could be crammed into one weekend if the student can clear all performance requirements. Although we recommend splitting this over two weekends to enjoy the diving as well as be more relaxed working on your advanced diving skills. Student just pays like he would for fun diving while getting coached on his diving skills.
Rescue Diver
Challenging and rewarding best describes the PADI Rescue Diver course. This course will expand your diving knowledge and experience level and will teach you to consider the safety and well being of other divers, as well as making you more confident in taking care of yourself. Rescue Diver training will prepare you to prevent problems and to manage dive emergencies. Many divers say this is the best course they've ever taken.
- The minimum age to begin the Rescue Diver Course is 12 years old.
- You must be least (Junior) Adventure Diver with the Navigation Adventure Dive.
- You must have taken a recognised CPR and First Aid Course (See EFR Course details below) in the past 24 months.
- The course takes 3 days to complete, plus some self-study. There are 10 Rescue Exercises and 2 Rescue Scenarios for you to master for certification
- Self-rescue and diver stress
- Emergency management and equipment
- Panicked diver response
- In-water rescue breathing protocols
- Exits with an injured or unconscious diver
- Dive accident scenarios
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Want to get your Black belt in Scuba Diving? The PADI Master Scuba Diver rating is PADI’s highest recreational diving certification. This is where the best of the best come to play because the dive possibilities are endless.To achieve the rating of PADI Master Scuba Diver, you must have logged at least 50 scuba dives and completed the following PADI courses:
What do I do after Master Scuba Diver? A possible next step is to become a PADI Divemaster!
- Advanced Open Water Diver
- Rescue Diver
- Five Specialty Diver or TecRec Courses
What do I do after Master Scuba Diver? A possible next step is to become a PADI Divemaster!
The first level as a PADI professional is PADI Divemaster. PADI Divemaster training extends the accident management and prevention skills learned on the Rescue Course to include supervisory situations with student divers and certified divers.
Becoming a PADI Divemaster opens the door to an endless list of possibilities and the chance to work in some of the most fantastic locations around the world. What is the difference between a master diver and a divemaster?
The Divemaster course is an internship program and introduces candidates to supervisory situations with student divers and certified divers. A Divemaster's problems may not always be safety related - they may include customer service, business or operational challenges. The knowledge you gain from the course will help you with the choices and decisions you make.
The Divemaster Course is divided into 3 sections:
1. Knowledge Development where you learn more about diving theory
2. Waterskills and Stamina exercises to prove your fitness for diving
3. Practical Application sessions give you hands on experience of dealing with actual diving problems that occur. There is a large amount of self-study involved as well.
PADI Professionals are in demand all around the world, wherever there is diving. PADI Divemasters work as dive guides in some of the most amazing dive destinations, including Liveaboards and Exotic Tropical Islands, as well as having opportunities to work part or full time in diving in their local area. Whatever direction you decide to take, there will always be fantastic adventures waiting!!
There is not a fixed schedule for the divemaster program since the course is performance based, not time based. Performance requirements for each section must be satisfied to allow progression and certification. Usually it takes one diving season (July - September) based on the skills and the motivation of the candidate.
Becoming a PADI Divemaster opens the door to an endless list of possibilities and the chance to work in some of the most fantastic locations around the world. What is the difference between a master diver and a divemaster?
The Divemaster course is an internship program and introduces candidates to supervisory situations with student divers and certified divers. A Divemaster's problems may not always be safety related - they may include customer service, business or operational challenges. The knowledge you gain from the course will help you with the choices and decisions you make.
The Divemaster Course is divided into 3 sections:
1. Knowledge Development where you learn more about diving theory
2. Waterskills and Stamina exercises to prove your fitness for diving
3. Practical Application sessions give you hands on experience of dealing with actual diving problems that occur. There is a large amount of self-study involved as well.
PADI Professionals are in demand all around the world, wherever there is diving. PADI Divemasters work as dive guides in some of the most amazing dive destinations, including Liveaboards and Exotic Tropical Islands, as well as having opportunities to work part or full time in diving in their local area. Whatever direction you decide to take, there will always be fantastic adventures waiting!!
There is not a fixed schedule for the divemaster program since the course is performance based, not time based. Performance requirements for each section must be satisfied to allow progression and certification. Usually it takes one diving season (July - September) based on the skills and the motivation of the candidate.
The Drysuit Specialty course is a fun and safe way to learn how to dive dry. Drysuit diving is much more comfortable for any diver who enjoys the increased visibility of winter diving of our wonderful divesites near Tokyo. Proper training will enhance your skills and make the transition to drysuit diving fun and easy and best of all - you’ll be warm!!! This will even open up cold water diving or icediving in areas like Hokkaido, Japan or the beautiful Iceland.
In addition to teaching you the basics of using a drysuit, your instructor will also assist you in improving your trim and buoyancy as well teach you advanced finning techniques.
What’s needed?
In addition to teaching you the basics of using a drysuit, your instructor will also assist you in improving your trim and buoyancy as well teach you advanced finning techniques.
What’s needed?
- Base layer undergaments and warm sock.
Nitrox is one of PADI's most popular Specialty Courses. Diving with Enriched Air (Nitrox) allows you to safely extend your no decompression limits, which means more time underwater and shorter surface intervals. So if you are into underwater photography, wreck diving or just like to enjoy leisurely diving for longer the Enriched Air Specialty Course keeps you where you want to be... underwater!!
The minimum age for the Enriched Air Course is 12 years old and you must be certified as a Open Water diver. The course covers the knowledge, skills and techniques for diving with enriched air and is split between knowledge development and practical applications.
The course takes 1 day to complete, plus some independent study, or 2 days if you want to experience what it is like to dive on Enriched Air. You can complete the Enriched Air Course without completing any open water dives - the course is based on theory and dive planning using Enriched Air, although we do encourage you to try it out.
The minimum age for the Enriched Air Course is 12 years old and you must be certified as a Open Water diver. The course covers the knowledge, skills and techniques for diving with enriched air and is split between knowledge development and practical applications.
The course takes 1 day to complete, plus some independent study, or 2 days if you want to experience what it is like to dive on Enriched Air. You can complete the Enriched Air Course without completing any open water dives - the course is based on theory and dive planning using Enriched Air, although we do encourage you to try it out.
The PADI Sidemount Course provides structured training for recreational divers who wish to safely and effectively use sidemount configuration for their diving. The course includes, knowledge development and practical applications, allowing divers to learn how to properly set-up and configure sidemount kits. Divers also participate in a series of open water training sessions, enabling them to get the most out of this ground-breaking approach to scuba diving.
What is Sidemount Diving?
Sidemount diving is the, now increasingly formalised, approach towards conducting dives with 2 or more primary cylinders secured at the side of the body and in line with the torso – with no cylinders on the diver’s back. A common feature that defines sidemount configuration is the use of bungee cords to provide an upper attachment on the cylinder valve, normally routed from behind the diver’s upper back, whilst the lower cylinder is secured to the diver’s lower harness (butt-plate or waist D-rings) via bolt-snaps. There are many benefits to sidemount diving like flexibility, streamlining, safety, comfort and redundancy of gas. For more details about sidemount diving, visit our sidemount diving page.
Course Schedule
2-3 days* with classroom, practical workshops and 4 dives
– Classroom theory, equipment workshop and practical applications
– Equipment set-up/configuration and extended confined water
– Open Water Sidemount dives 1-2
– Open Water Sidemount dives 3-4
What is Sidemount Diving?
Sidemount diving is the, now increasingly formalised, approach towards conducting dives with 2 or more primary cylinders secured at the side of the body and in line with the torso – with no cylinders on the diver’s back. A common feature that defines sidemount configuration is the use of bungee cords to provide an upper attachment on the cylinder valve, normally routed from behind the diver’s upper back, whilst the lower cylinder is secured to the diver’s lower harness (butt-plate or waist D-rings) via bolt-snaps. There are many benefits to sidemount diving like flexibility, streamlining, safety, comfort and redundancy of gas. For more details about sidemount diving, visit our sidemount diving page.
Course Schedule
2-3 days* with classroom, practical workshops and 4 dives
– Classroom theory, equipment workshop and practical applications
– Equipment set-up/configuration and extended confined water
– Open Water Sidemount dives 1-2
– Open Water Sidemount dives 3-4
DPVs offer a thrilling way for scuba divers to see a lot of underwater territory in a short amount of time. They scoot you through the water allowing you to glide over reefs, buzz around a large wreck or weave through a kelp forest. Whether making a shore or boat dive, a DPV is a great way to see more and have fun doing it.
The PADI Diver Propulsion Vehicle course guides you in choosing the right DPV for you. You’ll make two dives and learn about:
The PADI Diver Propulsion Vehicle course guides you in choosing the right DPV for you. You’ll make two dives and learn about:
- Maintaining your DPV.
- How to plan dives, including procedures for staying with your buddy.
- DPV-handling skills, such as making proper descents and ascents.
- Potential problems and ways to deal with them.
While we do not promote diving without a buddy, sometimes you are "virtually" diving without a buddy. You do not always get to choose your buddy (aka the instabuddy on your divetravel) and also diving professionals can sometimes be considered solo-divers during guided dives. So being more self-reliant and adding redundancy to your diving provides extra security.
The PADI self-reliant course covers when diving "alone" may be applicable, and the need to compensate for those situations, including dive planning, life support system readiness, adaptive training, equipment and responsibility. It is an introduction to self-reliant diving that helps divers develop the skills, knowledge and techniques necessary to rely on themselves first, whether or not they are diving with a partner. These include:
Course requirements?
Who is this course recommended for?
The PADI self-reliant course covers when diving "alone" may be applicable, and the need to compensate for those situations, including dive planning, life support system readiness, adaptive training, equipment and responsibility. It is an introduction to self-reliant diving that helps divers develop the skills, knowledge and techniques necessary to rely on themselves first, whether or not they are diving with a partner. These include:
- The value and application of the buddy system.
- The philosophy of, and motivation for, diving without a partner.
- Potential risks of diving alone, and how to manage those risks.
- The value of equipment redundancy and what back-up equipment is needed.
- Dive planning and gas management.
Course requirements?
- Be certified as a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or have a qualifying certification from another organization).
- Have a minimum of 100 logged dives.
- Be 18 years of age or older.
- Successfully complete a dive skills assessment by a PADI Self-Reliant Diver Specialty Instructor.
Who is this course recommended for?
- Photographers
- Videographers
- Marine Biologists
- Instructors
- Divemasters
- Rescue Divers
- Potential Technical Divers
Want to learn first aid, CPR and how to use an AED aka Automatic Electronic Defibrillator? Take our Emergency First Responder course!
The Emergency First Response course is available to divers as well as non-divers, however it is mandatory for PADI Rescue Divers.
Emergency First Response covers CPR and first aid training and gives you the confidence to respond to medical emergencies - not just in the diving world, but in your every day world with your family, friends, neighbours and colleagues.
The EFR Course teaches you the skills you need to learn in a relaxed and fun way, which should help reduce your stress and anxiety levels and make the skills easier for you to remember should you ever need to put them to use.
The Emergency First Response Primary and Secondary care courses covers:
The Emergency First Response course is available to divers as well as non-divers, however it is mandatory for PADI Rescue Divers.
Emergency First Response covers CPR and first aid training and gives you the confidence to respond to medical emergencies - not just in the diving world, but in your every day world with your family, friends, neighbours and colleagues.
The EFR Course teaches you the skills you need to learn in a relaxed and fun way, which should help reduce your stress and anxiety levels and make the skills easier for you to remember should you ever need to put them to use.
The Emergency First Response Primary and Secondary care courses covers:
- Scene Assessment, Barrier Use, Primary Assessment, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Serious Bleeding Management, Shock Management, Spinal Injury Management, Conscious and Unconscious Choking Management.
- Automated External Defibrillator (AED) training.
- Injury Assessment
- Illness Assessment
- Bandaging
- Splinting for Dislocations and Fractures
Deep diving opens the door to many new exciting dive sites like deeper wrecks, reefs and walls. Divers are usually adventurous people, and deep diving whether to visit a wreck or take photos can certainly be called adventurous.
it ’s only natural that most divers have an interest in deep diving. Deep diving is a means to an end. You make a deep dive to see, to do or to experience something that you can't on a shallower dive. There is no reason to make a deep dive if you can make essentially the same dive at a shallower depth.
The goal of the Deep Diver course is to teach you about the equipment needed for deep diving, to discourage thrill seeker attitudes and encourage the proper deep diver behaviour. You will learn how to plan and safely execute deep dives, which will add to your enjoyment of deep diving. The course takes 2 days to complete and you make 4 dives, starting with a 30 metre dive and including 1 dive to 40 metres. By the start of the course, a diver must be certified as a PADI Adventure Diver or Advanced Open Water Diver and be at least 15 years old. When you have completed the deep diver course you will be certified to dive to 40 metres, which is the maximum depth allowed in recreational diving. Then you can discover what fantastic adventures wait for you in the deep.
it ’s only natural that most divers have an interest in deep diving. Deep diving is a means to an end. You make a deep dive to see, to do or to experience something that you can't on a shallower dive. There is no reason to make a deep dive if you can make essentially the same dive at a shallower depth.
The goal of the Deep Diver course is to teach you about the equipment needed for deep diving, to discourage thrill seeker attitudes and encourage the proper deep diver behaviour. You will learn how to plan and safely execute deep dives, which will add to your enjoyment of deep diving. The course takes 2 days to complete and you make 4 dives, starting with a 30 metre dive and including 1 dive to 40 metres. By the start of the course, a diver must be certified as a PADI Adventure Diver or Advanced Open Water Diver and be at least 15 years old. When you have completed the deep diver course you will be certified to dive to 40 metres, which is the maximum depth allowed in recreational diving. Then you can discover what fantastic adventures wait for you in the deep.
Technical diving means pushing past recreational scuba limits, but it is fundamentally about the challenge, precision, and adventure of exploring places few human eyes have ever seen. Through TDI (Technical Diving International) training, you will master diving beyond 40 meters, execute staged decompression, and utilize variable gas mixtures to accelerate your decompression safely using a standardized, highly streamlined gear configuration.
Why Consider Technical Diving?
For many of us, the draw was the ability to explore historic shipwrecks lying well below 30 meters and having the run-time to actually appreciate them. Iconic wrecks like the USS Emmons in Okinawa rest at depths below 40 meters, making them inaccessible to traditional recreational divers.
Others are drawn to deep-sea ecosystems to witness marine life unique to the twilight zone, while many simply thrive on the intense focus, discipline, and cutting-edge equipment tech diving demands. Whatever your motivation, technical diving offers an incredibly rewarding progression.
The TDI Course ProgressionThe core TDI open-circuit curriculum provides a step-by-step framework designed to build your skills, comfort, and depth limits systematically.
TDI Intro to TechWant to get a feel for what it’s like to dive in a technical twinset or Hogarthian rig? This is your starting point.
Why Consider Technical Diving?
For many of us, the draw was the ability to explore historic shipwrecks lying well below 30 meters and having the run-time to actually appreciate them. Iconic wrecks like the USS Emmons in Okinawa rest at depths below 40 meters, making them inaccessible to traditional recreational divers.
Others are drawn to deep-sea ecosystems to witness marine life unique to the twilight zone, while many simply thrive on the intense focus, discipline, and cutting-edge equipment tech diving demands. Whatever your motivation, technical diving offers an incredibly rewarding progression.
The TDI Course ProgressionThe core TDI open-circuit curriculum provides a step-by-step framework designed to build your skills, comfort, and depth limits systematically.
TDI Intro to TechWant to get a feel for what it’s like to dive in a technical twinset or Hogarthian rig? This is your starting point.
- What it is: A course designed to introduce you to technical equipment configurations (doubles or sidemount) and fundamental in-water skills like precision buoyancy, trim, and propulsion in a controlled environment.
- The Benefit: It is the perfect "test drive" for technical diving. If you meet the performance requirements, the experience can be credited toward your next TDI courses.
- The Depth Limit: 40 meters / 130 feet (no decompression).
- What you learn: This course is the true foundation of your technical career. You will learn to utilize enriched air nitrox mixtures from EAN21 up to 100% Oxygen to maximize your physiological safety. It is typically paired with Decompression Procedures to unlock true technical depth ratings.
- The Depth Limit: 45 meters / 150 feet.
- What you learn: The pivotal step where you transition into actual staged decompression diving. You will learn how to plan and execute dives with mandatory decompression stops, calculate gas profiles "by hand," and utilize multi-gas dive computers alongside desktop decompression software to manage your ascent profiles.
- The Depth Limit: 50 meters / 165 feet (and beyond).
- What you learn: This level qualifies you to conduct full decompression dives to 50 meters using air, nitrox, or normoxic trimix to clear the narcosis safe-zone. This course refines your physiological management and acts as your direct gateway to advanced deep-ocean trimix exploration.
Coming soon
Rebreather courses
The Closed-Circuit Rebreather (CCR) Revolution
If you want to experience absolute silence underwater, maximize your gas efficiency, and get unprecedentedly close to marine life, it is time to lose the bubbles. Rebreather diving represents the apex of modern underwater exploration. Because CCR units are highly specialized pieces of life-support equipment, training is strictly unit-specific.
TDI Rebreather Programs (Air Diluent)
TDI Triton CCR Air Diluent Diver
IANTD Rebreather Programs (Recreational Trimix)
We offer IANTD’s premier intermediate mixed-gas training to clear the fog of deep-water nitrogen narcosis. Both of these advanced programs are available on either the Triton or the Neptun chest-mounted rebreather platforms.
IANTD CCR Advanced Recreational Trimix Diver
If you want to experience absolute silence underwater, maximize your gas efficiency, and get unprecedentedly close to marine life, it is time to lose the bubbles. Rebreather diving represents the apex of modern underwater exploration. Because CCR units are highly specialized pieces of life-support equipment, training is strictly unit-specific.
TDI Rebreather Programs (Air Diluent)
TDI Triton CCR Air Diluent Diver
- The Configuration: Chest-mounted Mechanical CCR (mCCR).
- The Depth Limit: 30 meters / 100 feet (Strictly No-Decompression).
- The Core Focus: Your entry-level "Mod 1" gateway into the silent world. The Triton is celebrated for being incredibly lightweight, clean, and travel-friendly. You will master the fundamentals of loop volume management, manual oxygen injection, and maintaining a stable, optimal physiological gas mix throughout the dive.
- The Configuration: Backmount Electronic CCR (eCCR).
- The Depth Limit: 40 meters / 130 feet (Staged Decompression).
- The Core Focus: Step up to the Divesoft Liberty, an electronic rebreather world-renowned for its extreme electronic redundancy, dual-redundant computers, and smart fault-tolerance. This course trains you to cross the threshold into formal technical decompression on a closed loop, managing active ascent planning and system diagnostics.
- The Configuration: Sidemount Electronic CCR (eCCR).
- The Depth Limit: 40 meters / 130 feet (Staged Decompression).
- The Core Focus: This program packs all the sophisticated safety and redundancy of the backmount Liberty into a highly agile, low-profile sidemount configuration. It is perfect for tight environments or divers who prefer sidemount ergonomics. Training focuses heavily on unit-specific trim, counterlung breathing dynamics, and specialized side-slung bailout logistics.
IANTD Rebreather Programs (Recreational Trimix)
We offer IANTD’s premier intermediate mixed-gas training to clear the fog of deep-water nitrogen narcosis. Both of these advanced programs are available on either the Triton or the Neptun chest-mounted rebreather platforms.
IANTD CCR Advanced Recreational Trimix Diver
- The Platforms: Triton CCR or Neptun CCR.
- The Depth Limit: 45 meters / 150 feet (Up to 15 minutes of mandatory decompression).
- The Core Focus: This course introduces a helium-based diluent (Recreational Trimix) to keep your mind razor-sharp at depth. You will learn the advanced physics, planning, and safety protocols required to execute deep profiles on a closed loop, managing a maximum 15-minute decompression penalty using up to a 1.3 $P_O_2$ and keeping your narcotic depth safely capped at 24 meters.
- The Platforms: Triton CCR or Neptun CCR.
- The Depth Limit: Up to 51 meters / 170 feet (Limited Decompression).
- The Core Focus: The next logical evolution for chest-mounted rebreather exploration. The Plus program extends your depth operational limit safely up to 51 meters using advanced recreational trimix gas mixtures. It focuses heavily on enhanced dive planning, rigorous team safety protocols, and precise gas management to handle the physiological complexities of deeper profiles without moving into full hypoxic technical trimix.