Emergency Services PADI Open Water Course

Get hooked on DIVING …. you diver certification begins here.

If you’ve always wanted to take scuba diving lessons, experience unparalleled adventure and see the world beneath the waves, this is where it starts.

Get your scuba diving certification with the PADI Open Water Diver course – the world’s most popular and widely recognised scuba course. To enrol in a PADI Open Water Diver course (or Junior Open Water Diver course), you must be

• 10 years old or older.
• You need adequate swimming skills and need to be in good physical health.

Please look over the medical declaration and if you answer YES to any of the questions, please contact us so we can advise you further.

No prior experience with scuba diving is required.

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

1. Knowledge Development (online study) to  understand basic principles of scuba diving
2. Confined Water Dives to learn basic scuba skills (for the EMS course, this will be DAY 1 and be completed at the Yeppoon Aquatic Centre) 
3. Open Water Dives to use your skills and explore (Day 2 and 3 on GKI) 

In the PADI Open Water Diver course, you learn to use basic scuba gear, including a mask, snorkel, fins, regulator, buoyancy control device and a tank. All this will be supplied during your course.

Times and dates of availability may differ so please contact us.

Minimum numbers do apply.