PADI Recreational Courses

We are a proud member of the PADI community and all our courses are PADI courses. All of them consist of a theoretical part and practical part (diving). After completing any of the courses listed below, you will become a PADI certified diver.

The prices of all courses include the dives, a diving instructor, learning materials and a diving certificate which will arrive at your home address. The OWD course and Scuba Diver course also include diving equipment. You can get the learning materials at our diving center or online.

Kids as young as 10 can join the OWD, Scuba Diver and Adventure Diver course and earn Junior certificates, while kids aged 12 and up can join the rest of the recreational courses, also earning Junior certificates.

If you earn a certification at our diving center, you can be sure you deserve it. Our instructors will make sure you truly understand the material and know what you’re doing underwater before letting you pass, because safety comes first. Don’t worry, the majority of our guests successfully complete their chosen course.

Important: You will need a medical certificate signed by a physician in the past 24 months if you want to start any PADI recreational diving course. The certificate needs to specify that that you have no medical conditions incompatible with diving.

Open Water Diver (OWD)

Minimum age: 12 (10-11 year olds – Junior OWD)

Duration: 5 days

Number of dives: 9

Maximum depth: 18 m / 60 feet (Junior OWD 12 m / 40 feet)

Description: After this course, you will be a certified Open Water Diver. This certificate allows you to dive with a diving buddy to the above specified depths.

Further education: Advanced Open Water Diver, Adventure Diver, Boat diver, Digital Underwater Photographer, Dry Suit Diver, Enriched Air Diver, Multilevel Diver, Night Diver, Peak Performance Buoyancy Diver, Underwater Naturalist, Underwater Navigator

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Scuba Diver

Minimum age: 12 (10-11 year olds – Junior Scuba Diver)

Duration: 2 days

Number of dives: 5

Maximum depth: 12 m / 40 feet

Description: This is a subset of the OWD course, in case you are short on time. After this course you can go diving only with a PADI professional.

Further education: Open Water Diver

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Advanced Open Water Diver (AOWD)

Minimum age: 15 (12-14 year olds – Junior AOWD)

Duration: 2 – 3 days

Number of dives: 5

Maximum depth: 30 m / 100 feet

Description: Allows you to do deeper dives than with the OWD certificate. The navigation dive and deep dive are mandatory in this course, while you are free to choose the rest. Your instructor can advise you on the options that are best for you.

Further education: Rescue diver, Boat diver, Digital Underwater Photographer, Dry Suit Diver, Enriched Air Diver, Multilevel Diver, Night Diver, Peak Performance Buoyancy Diver, Underwater Naturalist, Underwater Navigator, Project AWARE Diver, Deep Diver, Wreck Diver

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Adventure Diver

Minimum age: 10 (Young divers can only choose certain Adventure Dives)

Duration: 1 – 2 days

Number of dives: 3

Description: A subset of the Advanced Open Water Diver course. If you complete 3 adventure dives, you earn this certificate. Each adventure dive can count as the first dive of any of the PADI specialty courses (link).

Further education: Advanced Open Water Diver, Rescue Diver

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Rescue diver

Minimum age: 15 (12-14 year olds – Junior Rescue Diver)

Other preconditions: Emergency First Response Primary and Secondary Care (CPR and First Aid) completed within the past 24 months

Duration: 4 – 5 days

Number of dives:

Description: This action-packed course will teach you how to take care of yourself and others in an emergency. You will gain skills in self-rescue, recognizing and managing stress in other divers, rescuing panicked divers and unresponsive divers as well as learn to manage an emergency situation and handle necessary equipment. Exercises take place both underwater and on the surface. You can complete the EFR at our diving center as well.

Further education: Master Scuba Diver, Divemaster

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Emergency First Response (EFR) and Care for Children (CFC)

Duration: 1 day

Description: A course for divers and non-divers who want to be able to help others in an emergency.

Further education: Rescue Diver, Emergency Oxygen Provider

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Master Scuba Diver

Minimum age: 15 (12-14 year olds – Junior Master Scuba Diver)

Other preconditions: Completed PADI Rescue course (or equivalent), at least 5 PADI Specialty Diver certifications (or equivalent), at least 50 logged dives

Description: Basically, the crème de la crème of recreational diving. Master Scuba Divers are an elite group (less than 2% of divers achieve this rating). Although they are not professionals, they are known for their rich diving experience.

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ReActivate Scuba Refresher program

Description: If you have had a significant break since your last dive and you feel like you would benefit from a refresher course, this is the course for you. It is tailored to your needs, you can choose to review scuba concepts and skills you feel most unsure about or a PADI professional can give you advice.

Duration: 1 – 2 days

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Referral program

Description: If you were unable to complete a course before, but are now ready to continue, it is possible to pick up where you left off. The referral form filled in by your previous instructor is valid for 12 months.

Duration: Depends on which course it is and how far along you had come.

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