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1.  Bubblemakers for Kids (8 Years+)

The PADI Bubblemaker program is for boys and girls age 8 and above. It’s fun, easy and safe. The PADI Bubble maker program is a way for youngsters to join in the family fun of scuba diving or even start a trend! Children should be OK in the water, but they don’t have to be super swimmers since the maximum depth is only 2m/6 ft.

• For children eight years and older who want to have fun in the pool

• Also available as an open water experience (two metre/six foot max. depth)

• Conducted by PADI Instructors

• No pre-training required

• Uses equipment made for children – not adults

• Typical sessions last about an hour (sign up, gear up and fun included)

For more information on becoming a Bubblemaker please contact your local PADI center or to explore more course options return to the PADI course directory.

2.  Seal Team (8 Years+)

The PADI Seal Team is for young divers who are looking for action-packed fun in a pool by doing exciting scuba "AquaMissions." Have you ever wondered what it's like to dive with flashlights, take digital pictures underwater or float effortlessly like an Astronaut? These are AquaMissions. You will learn about safe diving and you can try AquaMissions. Like wreck, navigation, buoyancy, underwater photography, environmental awareness and more. Here's your chance to do some cool stuff in the pool, meet friends and share in the adventure of the underwater world.

• PADI Seal Team is a fun pool-only experience

• PADI Seal Team is conducted by certified, trained PADI Professionals

• PADI Seal Team is a fun activity for both boys and girls ages 8 and above

• PADI Seal Team helps children learn responsibility

• PADI Seal Team teaches children about the aquatic environment

PADI Seal Team AquaMissions and activities usually about an hour each

If you’re looking for a convenient way to try scuba, look to a PADI Discover Scuba Diving experience to broaden your horizons. You can jump into this program near home in a pool, or on vacation near open water.

Give it a try. Diving can change your life.

• World’s most popular introduction to scuba diving

• Available in a pool, ocean, river, lake, quarry or almost anywhere there’s water

• Discover Scuba Diving skills may be credited toward the PADI Open Water Diver certification

• Average dive depth is 6 metres/20 feet (12 metres/40 feet is the maximum depth)

• Most Discover Scuba Diving experiences take just an hour or two

• No equipment necessary – everything’s provided except you supply the smiles

4.  Open Water Diver

If you’ve always wondered what lies beneath the surface, now’s the time to find out. Start the journey of a lifetime with the PADI Open Water Diver course. It will change you forever.

In the PADI Open Water Diver course, your PADI Instructor takes you through the basics of learning how to scuba dive. You start in a pool or pool-like conditions and progress to the open water (ocean, lake, quarry, etc.) getting the background knowledge along the way.

At your own pace, you can complete the knowledge development portion of the PADI Open Water Diver course online with PADI eLearning.

Earning your PADI Open Water Diver certification is just the beginning. As a certified diver, fabulous dive destinations, exciting people, unparalleled adventure and uncommon tranquility await you. And, as you continue your adventure and gain experience through higher training levels, your opportunities expand. For more details on the PADI Open Water Diver course,  Click here.

• Number of Dives: Five Confined Water Dives and Four Open Water Dives

• Prerequisites: 10 for Junior Open Water Diver and 15 for Open Water Diver. Good health, reasonable fitness and comfort in the water.

5.  Advanced Open Water

6.  Rescue Diver Course

Challenging and rewarding best describes the PADI Rescue Diver course. This course will expand your knowledge and experience level. Rescue Divers learn to look beyond themselves and consider the safety and well being of other divers. Although this course is challenging, it is a rewarding way to build your confidence. Rescue Diver training will prepare you to prevent problems and, if necessary, manage dive emergencies. Many divers say this is the best course they’ve ever taken. You'll cover:

• Self-rescue and diver stress
• Emergency management and equipment
• Panicked diver response
• In-water rescue breathing protocols
• Egress (exits)

7.  Medic first Aid (EFR)

Take a step toward emergency preparedness and meet PADI Rescue Diver prerequisites with Emergency First Response. As one of the foremost international CPR and first aid training companies, Emergency First Response 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, neighbors and coworkers too.

Emergency First Response courses encompass:

• CPR for adults, children and infants
• First aid for adults, children and infants
• Automated External Defibrillator (AED) training

8.  Rescue and MFA (EFR)

9. Dive Master

Your adventure into the professional levels of recreational diving begins with the PADI Divemaster program. Working closely with a PADI Instructor, in this program you expand your dive knowledge and hone your skills to the professional level. PADI Divemaster training develops your leadership abilities, qualifying you to supervise dive activities and assist instructors with student divers. 

During the PADI Divemaster program, you learn dive leadership skills through both classroom and independent study. You complete water skills and stamina exercises, as well as training exercises that stretch your ability to organize and solve problems. You put this knowledge into action through an internship or series of practical training exercises.

• Knowledge Development: 12 topics ranging from dive theory to assisting student divers in training

• Prerequisites: PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organization), PADI Rescue Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organization), 20 logged dives, 18 years old.

• Minimum Number of Logged Dives: 60 for certification as PADI Divemaster

Materials You’ll Need:

•  PADI Divemaster Manual

• Recreational Dive Planner (RDP) – all three versions (Table, Wheel and eRDP including associated Instructions for Use booklets)

• The Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving

• Diving Knowledge Workbook

• Divemaster Slates

• PADI Divemaster Video

• Instructor Guides for the programs that may be conducted by PADI Divemasters. You may purchase these guides from your PADI Dive Center/Resort or you may download PDF versions by clicking on the links below.
  1. Discover Scuba Diving
  2. Discover Snorkeling/Skin Diver Course
  3. Scuba Review/Discover Local Diving

Take charge of your adventure. Become a PADI Divemaster.

10. Assistant Instructor and 11.Instructor Development (IDC)

Are you looking for something extraordinary? To do something others can only dream of? To open doors you didn’t even know existed? All of this, and more, awaits you as a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor.

Be part of the magic and adventure of scuba diving.
Start today to become part of the way the world learns to dive.
Become a PADI Instructor.

To qualify for training as a PADI Open Water Instructor, you must:

• PADI Assistant Instructor certification or be an instructor in good standing with another training organization for at least six months (check with a PADI Course Director or PADI Office for qualifying credentials.)

• Hold a dive certification for at least six months

• Have 60 logged dives that include night, deep and navigation dives

• Proof of CPR training within the last 24 months

• Medical clearance signed by a physician

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