PADI Open Water Course


Do your PADI Open Water course in Costa Rica, Central America

Ready to learn the joy of diving?

This is the time to dive into the PADI Open Water Diver course, the most popular dive program in the world!
This is your ticket to a lifetime of intense adventure with PADI, the dive company that sets the standards in the global diving community.
Rich Coast Diving is the only PADI 5* IDC Center in Playas del Coco and a highly recognized facility by PADI, so we will teach you diving according to the PADI standards.   
   

Open Water Course prerequisites:  

  
 
  • Virtually anyone who is in good health
  • Reasonably fit.
  • Be at least 10 years old at the start of training for the PADI Junior Open Water Course.*
  • Be at least 15 years old at the start of training for the PADI Open Water Course.
  • Happy person with a good attitude. (Makes it more fun for the Instructor)
    *  A PADI Jr Open Water Diver between the ages of 10 and 11 years may only dive with a PADI Professional, a certified parent
    or certified guardian to a maximum depth of 12 metres/40 feet.
   

Schedule: 

  
 

The course can be completed in 4 days depending on your needs.
Throughout this time you complete 3 segments: Confined water dives, knowledge development and open water dives.
Each plays an important role in learning to dive in meeting the performance objectives you need to qualify as a diver.
Rich Coast Diving and PADI can give you the opportunity to start your course today behind your computer.
When you click on the next link, PADI Elearning in Costa Rica, Central Americawe will explain how to save some of your valuable vacation hours with our E-learning program . 
   
  • Material for the PADI Open Water Course in Costa Rica, Central America

Required Materials:

PADI Open Water Manual.  (included in the course)
PADI Recreational Dive Planner in table style. (included in the course)

 

Confined Water:

We will take you to the pool twice to complete 5 sessions. All the diving skills you need to successfully participate in the four open water dives will be explained and demonstrated to you. After mastering the skills you are ready for the open water. 

 Pool session for the PADI Open Water Course in Costa Rica, Central America
 

 

Knowledge Development:
  Knowledge development establishes the principles and basic information that all divers need to have fun while diving safely. It's divided into 5 bite sized segments that you'll complete primarily on your own time or in the classroom alone by using the PADI Open Water manual and DVD to guide you. For each segment your instructor reviews and elaborates on the material, applying what you're learning to your specific needs and the local dive environment. A short quiz at the end of each section confirms that you have picked up the information that you need from that section.  

 

  
Open Water session for the PADI Open Water course with the IDC center in Costa Rica, Central America

Open Water:  

During the open water dives you will perform all the skills again, but this time under real diving conditions. The four dives will be done at different locations (if possible), so even during the course you will get a good impression of what Pacific diving is like, here in Costa Rica.

 Once the course is completed you will be the proud owner of the PADI Open Water Diver certificate. This certificate is valid throughout the world and enables you to independently (with a buddy) plan and make dives to a maximum of 18 meters/ 60 feet.

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