The PADI Bubblemaker Experience What a great way to introduce children to scuba diving in a pool in less than six feet of water. Celebrate a birthday by throwing a memorable, exciting Bubblemaker party with friends and family at your local PADI dive shop or resort. It’s fun, easy and safe.

The Fun Part

Youngsters can join in the family fun of scuba diving or even start a trend! Children should be comfortable in the water, but they don’t have to be super swimmers. With youngsters in mind, the maximum depth is only 2 metres/ 6 feet.

• Typical sessions last about an hour (sign up, gear up and fun included) 
• Also available as an open water experience (2 metres/ 6 feet max. depth) 

What You Learn

Kids get a chance to :

• Experience what scuba diving is like under the direct care and supervision of PADI Instructors 
• Take their first breath underwater 
• Learn about and use scuba diving equipment made for children – not adults 

The Scuba Gear You Use

Children use all the basic scuba gear, which is made for their size and stature. Check with your local dive shop about setting up a Bubblemaker experience today.

Prerequisites

The PADI Bubblemaker program is for children age 8 and above.

• No pre-training required 

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to breathe underwater. If you want to find out but aren’t quite ready to take the plunge into a certification course, Discover Scuba Diving will let you try scuba to see if you like it. You might try it while you’re on vacation. While not an actual scuba certification, during the Discover Scuba Diving experience you’ll learn how to use scuba equipment in shallow water and get a quick and easy introduction to what it takes to explore the underwater world.

The Fun Part

There is nothing like breathing underwater for the very first time. It takes a little getting used to - after all, human beings weren’t designed to do that - but after a few minutes of awestruck wonder, most participants realize how easy scuba diving really is. The biggest challenge instructors have with the Discover Scuba Diving program is not coaxing participants into the water, but coaxing them out when the program is over. The fun part? It’s all fun! 

• Plus, you can get credit! If your Discover Scuba Diving program includes an actual scuba dive in open water, your experience may count toward PADI Scuba Diver or Open Water Diver certification, putting you a step ahead of the game when you decide to go for it. 

What You Learn

You learn the basics you need to dive under the direct supervision of a PADI Professional. One thing you’ll learn is that you really can breathe underwater and whether you like doing that or not. You will: 

• Learn what wearing scuba equipment feels like and how easy it is to move around underwater while wearing it 
• Find out what it’s like to breathe underwater and learn whether you can be comfortable there 
• Learn some basic skills and safety rules that will carry over to your full scuba certification course when you take the next step 

Prerequisites

• To take Discover Scuba Diving, you must be: 
• At least 10 years old 

Your Next Adventure

Once you complete a Discover Scuba Diving program, you’ll want to check out: Scuba Diver and Open Water Diver certification courses.

Learn to snorkel and skin dive!

Explore the underwater world from the surface.

The PADI Skin Diver certification helps you get - and keep - your fins wet. While snorkeling is limited to peering down from the surface, skin divers generally venture further than snorkelers, making frequent surface dives to interact with aquatic life, up close and personal.

What You Learn

The course provides basic information on skin diving equipment, dive science, the environment, problem management and safe skin diving practices.

Inwater training includes various techniques for donning and adjusting equipment, entering the water, checking buoyancy, surface swimming, clearing water from your snorkel and performing effortless surface dives.

Prerequisites

To enroll in the PADI Skin Diver course, you must be

• at least eight years old 
• comfortable in the water. 

The Fun Part

The best part is learning to use your mask, fins and snorkel so you don't miss a moment of underwater action. Whether you're looking at your local freshwater lake or the big blue ocean, you’ll have a new perspective on just about every body of water. You can use your new aquatic skills to explore a brand new world during an optional open water dive. And, when you’ve finished the course, you’ll get a PADI Skin Diver certification card for your efforts and be ready for your next adventure.

The Gear You Use

The PADI Skin Diver course teaches you to use basic snorkeling equipment including a mask, snorkel , fins , exposure protection like a wet suit and dive weights as needed. 

If you’ve tried diving through a Discover Scuba Diving experience or resort course, the skills you learned may be credited towards a portion of the full PADI Open Water Diver course certification.

Prerequisites

To enroll in the PADI Open Water Diver course or Junior Open Water Diver course, you must 

• Be 10 years or older (PADI eLearning requires a minimum age of 13 years due to international internet laws) 

The Fun Part

The fun part about this course is . . . well, just about all of it because learning to dive is incredible. You breathe underwater for the first time (something you’ll never forget) and learn what you need to know to become a certified diver. During the course, you’ll make at least five pool dives and four dives at local dive sites under the supervision of your PADI Instructor.

What You Learn

The PADI Open Water Diver course consists of three main phases: 

• Knowledge Development (online, home study or in a classroom ) to understand basic principles of scuba diving 
• Confined Water Dives to learn basic scuba skills 
• Open Water Dives to review your skills and explore! 

1. Knowledge Development

Learn the lingo. During the first phase of your PADI Open Water Diver scuba certification, you develop an understanding of the basic principles of scuba diving. You learn things like how pressure affects your body, how to choose the best scuba gear and what to consider when planning dives. You briefly review what you have studied in the five knowledge sections with your instructor and take a short quiz to be sure you’re getting it. At the end of the course, you’ll take a longer quiz that makes sure you have all the key concepts and ideas down. You and your instructor will review anything that you don’t quite get until it’s clear.

2. Confined Water Dives – Scuba Skills Training

This is what it’s all about – diving. You develop basic scuba skills by scuba diving in a pool or body of water with pool-like conditions. Here you’ll learn everything from setting up your scuba gear to how to easily get water out of your scuba mask  without surfacing. You’ll also practice some emergency skills, like sharing air or replacing your scuba mask.  Plus, you may play some games, make new friends and have a great time. There are five confined water dives, with each building upon the previous. Over the course of these five dives, you attain the skills you need to dive in open water.

3. Open Water Dives

After your confined water dives, you and the new friends you’ve made continue learning during four open water dives with your PADI Instructor at a dive site. This is where you fully experience the underwater adventure – at the beginner level, of course.

Requirements

• Minimum age 10 years old 
• Students younger than 15 years, who successfully complete the course, qualify for the PADI Junior Open Water Diver certification, which they may upgrade to PADI Open Water Diver certification upon reaching 15. You must be at least 13 years old to take scuba lessons online with PADI eLearning, due to international internet laws. If you’re younger, you can still learn to dive – just have your parent or legal guardian contact your local PADI Dive Shop or Resort. 

PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course Exploration, Excitement, Experiences. They’re what the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course is all about. And no, you don’t have to be “advanced” to take it – it’s designed so you can go straight into it after the PADI Open Water Diver course.  The Advanced Open Water Diver course helps you increase your confidence and build your scuba skills so you can become more comfortable in the water.  This is a great way to get more dives under your belt while continuing to learn under the supervision of your PADI instructor.  This course builds on what you’ve learned and develops new capabilities by introducing you to new activities and new ways to have fun scuba diving. You’ll hone your skills by completing five adventure dives that introduce you to: 

• Underwater navigation  
• Deeper water diving  (typically anywhere from 18-30 meters/ 60-100 feet) 
• A sampler of three more Adventure Dives of your choice  

The Fun Part

Your Choice : One reason you’ll love the Advanced Open Water Diver course is that you and your instructor choose from 15 types of Adventure Dives to complete your course. You can try your hand at digital underwater photography, wreck diving, night diving, diving with underwater scooters, peak performance buoyancy and much more. 

• Get credit! Each Adventure Dive in the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course may credit toward the first dive of the corresponding PADI Specialty Diver course.  

Prerequisites

To take this course, you must be: 

• A PADI Open Water Diver  (or qualifying certification from another training organization) 
• 15 years old (12 for Junior Advanced Open Water Diver) 

What You Learn

The knowledge and skills you get in the Advanced Open Water Diver course vary with your interest and the adventures you have, but include 

• Practical aspects of deep diving 
• Physiological effects of deeper scuba diving. 
• More ways to use your underwater compass 
• How to navigate using kick-cycles, visual landmarks and time 
• How to better use your dive computer and electronic Recreational Dive PlannerTM (eRDPTM) 
• And much, much more, depending on the Adventure Dives you choose  

Your Next Adventure

After you’ve tried a specialty in the Advanced Open Water Diver course, you’ll probably want to take the whole course and learn more: altitude diving, AWARE-fish identification, boat diving, deep diving, diver propulsion vehicle use, drift diving, dry suit diving, multilevel and computer diving, night diving, peak performance buoyancy, search and recovery, underwater nature study, underwater navigation, underwater photography, underwater videographer, wreck diving

“Challenging” and “rewarding” best describe the PADI Rescue Diver course. Building upon what you’ve already learned, this course expands on what you already know about how to prevent problems, and how to manage them if they occur.

The Fun Part

The fun part about this course is rising to challenges and mastering them. Most divers find this course both demanding and rewarding, and at the end, say it’s the best course they’ve ever taken.

What You Learn

• Self rescue 
• Recognizing and managing stress in other divers 
• Emergency management and equipment 
• Rescuing panicked divers 
• Rescuing unresponsive divers 

The Learning Materials You Need

The PADI Rescue Diver crewpak includes all materials required to complete the PADI Rescue Diver course – including a pocket mask. You’ll learn how to think like a rescue diver and preview skills you’ll practice with your PADI Instructor. Once your Rescue Diver course is complete, you can review the DVD to refresh your dive safety skills as needed. This tool box of knowledge and technique will give you the expertise to handle almost any emergency situation. To purchase this product, contact your local PADI Instructor, dive shop or resort.

Prerequisites

To enroll in the PADI Rescue Diver course, you must 

• Be 12 years or older 
• Have a PADI Adventure Diver certification (or have a qualifying certification from another organization) 
• Be trained and current for first aid and CPR within the previous two years (Ask your instructor about Emergency First Response CPR and first aid courses). 

Rescue Diver Online

The PADI Rescue Diver course is the newest addition to the PADI eLearning® family. Rescue Diver Online gets you started right away and lets you learn at your own pace and in your own time. Start Now!

Your Next Adventure

After completing CPR and first aid and the PADI Rescue Diver course, you should take the PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider course Together, these three courses round out your ability to handle scuba diver emergencies.

Master Scuba Diver Rating

Sharpen Your Skills with the PADI Master Scuba DiverTM rating You have the passion. You want to join the best of the best in recreational scuba diving. You want to live the dive lifestyle and explore the underwater world and go places and see things you have never experienced.

More than a pipe dream?

Absolutely! Do it by becoming a PADI Master Scuba Diver – a rating that puts you in a class of distinction – writing your ticket to endless adventure and opportunities through the experience and scuba training that sets you apart.

The Fun Part

With the PADI Master Scuba Diver rating, you have reached the highest non professional level in the PADI System of diver education. It means that you have acquired significant training and experience in a variety of dive environments. See all the specialty diver courses offered.

Prerequisites

• 12 years old
• PADI Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organization)
• PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organization)
• PADI Rescue Diver or Junior Rescue Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organization)
• Minimum of five PADI Specialty Diver courses Minimum of 50 logged dives

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 everyday world with your family, friends, neighbors and coworkers too.

Emergency First Response courses encompass:

• CPR courses for adults, children and infants 
• First aid for adults, children and infants 
• Automated External Defibrillator (AED) training 
• Emergency Oxygen Provider course  
• The Emergency First Response Instructor and Instructor Trainer courses 

Contact your local PADI Dive Shop or Resort to sign up for an Emergency First Response course today. Or, to learn more, visit the Emergency First Response website

Looking for the first step in working with scuba as a career? Your adventure into the professional levels of recreational scuba 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. PADI Divemaster is the prerequisite certification for both the PADI Assistant Instructor and PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor certifications.

What You Learn

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 as well as help others improve their scuba. You put this knowledge into action through a structured internship or series of practical training exercises.

What You Can Teach

After becoming certified as a PADI Divemaster you will be authorized to:

• Supervise both training and non-training-related activities by planning, organizing and directing dives 
• Assist a PADI Instructor during the training sessions for any PADI Diver course 
• Conduct the PADI Skin Diver course and PADI Discover Snorkeling program 
• Conduct the PADI Discover Local Diving experience 
• Conduct the PADI Scuba Review program 
• If qualified as a Discover Scuba Diving Leader, independently conduct the PADI Discover Scuba Diving program. 
• Earn the PADI Digital Underwater Photographer Specialty Instructor rating to be able to teach the PADI Digital Underwater Photographer specialty. 
• Independently guide Open Water Diver course students on the tour portion of Open Water Diver course Training Dives 2, 3 and 4 at a ratio of two student divers per certified divemaster. 
• Accompany Open Water Diver students under the indirect supervision of a PADI Instructor during: 
• surface swims to and from the entry/exit point and during navigational exercises 
• when the instructor conducts a skill, such as an ascent or descent, a Divemaster can remain with other student divers (with an individual student or buddy team) 
• Accompany student divers during Adventure Dives or Specialty training dives under the indirect supervision of a PADI Instructor. 
• Conduct the PADI Seal Team Skin Diver Specialist AquaMission 
• Conduct subsequent dives under an instructor’s indirect supervision for Discover Scuba Diving participants after participants have satisfactorily completed the first dive with a PADI Instructor. 
• Teach Emergency First Response courses after successfully completing an Emergency First Response Instructor course. 

At a glance, compare what you can teach when you continue your professional diver education.

The Learning Materials You Need

The PADI Divemaster crewpak includes everything you’ll need to start the PADI Divemaster program. The complete set of materials includes:

• The Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving - a comprehensive overview of diving physics, physiology, and equipment. 
• Divemaster slates 
• PADI Divemaster Manual 
• CD-ROM with instructor outlines for Divemaster-conducted programs (exclusive item not available for purchase separately) 

You also have the option to take Divemaster Online and purchase the Divemaster eLearning Crew-Pak. To purchase Crew-Paks, contact your local PADI Five Star IDC Dive Shop or Resort.  For Divemaster Online, you can sign up today.

Prerequisites

To take this course, you must be:

• 18 years old 
• A PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organization) 
• A PADI Rescue Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organization) 
• An Emergency First Response Primary and Secondary Care (or qualifying first aid and CPR training from another organization) course completion within he past 24 months. 
• Have at least 40 dives to begin the course and 60 for certification 
• Be fit for diving and submit a Medical Statement (PDF) signed by a physician within the last 12 months. 

Other Courses That Will Prepare You for Success as a PADI Divemaster

Here are some suggestions for other PADI courses that will help make you more successful as a PADI Divemaster:

• Search and Recovery (Highly recommended) 
• Deep Diver (Highly recommended) 
• Boat Diver  
• Coral Reef Conservation  
• Digital Underwater Photographer  
• Emergency First Response Instructor  
• Emergency Oxygen Provider  
• Enriched Air Diver (You can even sign up for the PADI Enriched Air Course Online!)  
• Equipment Specialist  
• Night Diver  
• Peak Performance Buoyancy  
• Underwater Naturalist  
• Underwater Navigation