PADI SCUBA DIVER COURSE

You are only in Mexico for a couple of days and really want to become a diver? The PADI Scuba Diver course requires less time than the PADI Open Water Diver course. You only need to complete the first three of the five knowledge reviews, the first three of five confined water sessions, and two of the four open water dives.

If you primarily wish to dive with a dive guide, then this course might be right for you.

This is your intermediate step for earning your PADI Open Water diver course certification if this is your ultimate goal.

 PADI Scuba divers are certified to:

• Dive under the direct supervision of a PADI Professional to a maximum depth of 12 metres/40 feet.

• Obtain air fills, rent, or purchase scuba equipment and participate in dive activities as long as properly supervised.

• Continue dive training by completing the PADI Open Water diver course certification and taking certain specialty diver courses.

• The PADI Scuba Diver course consists of three main phases:

• Knowledge Development to understand basic principles of scuba diving – just the first three of five sections of the PADI Open Water diver course

• Confined Water Dives to learn basic scuba skills – just the first three of five dives of the PADI Open Water Diver course

• Open Water Dives to use your skills and explore – just two of four dives of the PADI Open Water Diver course

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All equipment, materials, certification, and entry to the marine parks are included