PADI 3-Day Open Water Dive Course in Playa del Carmen
Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Trip Type: Scuba Diving
Duration: 3 days
Spend three incredible and exciting days learning how to dive under the supervision of an experienced instructor. The PADI Open Water Diver course is a complete, carefully structured scuba diving course for people with a little prior experience or without it. The PADI certification is recognized worldwide and is valid for life. Having achieved it, you are qualified to dive at any dive center in the world up to a maximum depth of 18 meters (60 feet). During the course, you'll make at least two pool dives and four dives in the calm and clear ocean of the Riviera Maya.
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Spend three incredible and exciting days learning how to dive under the supervision of an experienced instructor. The PADI Open Water Diver course is a complete, carefully structured scuba diving course for people with a little prior experience or without it. The PADI certification is recognized worldwide and is valid for life. Having achieved it, you are qualified to dive at any dive center in the world up to a maximum depth of 18 meters (60 feet). During the course, you'll make at least two pool dives and four dives in the calm and clear ocean of the Riviera Maya.The PADI Open Water Diver course consists of three sections:
1. Theory:
Students will receive all necessary information about the underwater environment, equipment, basic techniques and skills to dive safely.
2. Pool Work:
During pool classes divers practice all the skills that they use on open water dives like ear equalization and mask removal and replacement in this controlled environment before entering the open water.
3. Open Water Dives:
You'll apply the knowledge and skills received in the theory and pool sections of the course on the real water dives under the watchful eye of an instructor.
Day 1
8:30am - a transfer from your hotel to the dive center
9am - a first lecture, viewing of a training video
10:30am - equipment choice
11am - practice in the pool
1pm - transfer from the pool to your hotel
Day 2
8:30am - transfer from your hotel to the open Cenote Casa
9am - a briefing and a first dive
10am - a break
10:30am - a briefing and a second dive
12pm - a transfer to the dive center
12:40pm - a discussion of dives and a second lecture
2pm - a transfer to your hotel
Day 3
8am - a transfer from your hotel to the marine
8:45am - to go on board
9am - a briefing and a first dive
10am - a break
10:30am - a briefing and a second dive
12pm - a transfer to the dive center
12:40pm - final exam
2pm - a transfer to your hotel
1. Theory:
Students will receive all necessary information about the underwater environment, equipment, basic techniques and skills to dive safely.
2. Pool Work:
During pool classes divers practice all the skills that they use on open water dives like ear equalization and mask removal and replacement in this controlled environment before entering the open water.
3. Open Water Dives:
You'll apply the knowledge and skills received in the theory and pool sections of the course on the real water dives under the watchful eye of an instructor.
Day 1
8:30am - a transfer from your hotel to the dive center
9am - a first lecture, viewing of a training video
10:30am - equipment choice
11am - practice in the pool
1pm - transfer from the pool to your hotel
Day 2
8:30am - transfer from your hotel to the open Cenote Casa
9am - a briefing and a first dive
10am - a break
10:30am - a briefing and a second dive
12pm - a transfer to the dive center
12:40pm - a discussion of dives and a second lecture
2pm - a transfer to your hotel
Day 3
8am - a transfer from your hotel to the marine
8:45am - to go on board
9am - a briefing and a first dive
10am - a break
10:30am - a briefing and a second dive
12pm - a transfer to the dive center
12:40pm - final exam
2pm - a transfer to your hotel
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