Private Open Water Diver Course
The Divers West Private Open Water Diver course is a premium scuba course for 1-4 scuba students. This course allows you to construct a class schedule that offers you more flexibility than our advertised pre-scheduled classes. The student and instructor will choose the pool, and ocean dives dates that are more convenient. This course also allows the student and instructor to choose where they would like to conduct the ocean dives whether they be a local beach, single day or 2 day dive boat, or a land based weekend at Catalina Island.**
Course Fee Includes:
- Lifetime Scuba Certification recognized Worldwide
- Customizable course schedule
- Online Course Material to learn Dive Theory
- 10 Hours of Pool Training, pool fee included
- 2 Days of Ocean Training Dives
- 1 FREE Single Day Boat Ticket on Divers West Charter**
- Certification fees and processing
- FREE Scuba Gear Rental w/purchase of Mask, Snorkel, Fins, Gloves, Booties
Call 626-529-5220 for pricing options and to schedule an Zoom meeting to talk about scheduling options.
Availability: Contact us for booking information
Scuba Certification Steps
- Knowledge Development - Using PADI's eLearning, you'll study online from home, then take quizes and final exam.
- Pool Training Dives - 1 weekend at the pool where you get to try out your underwater space suits and learn scuba diving skills. Students must be able to swim 200 yds and tread/float for 10min.
- Ocean Training Dives - 1 weekend you complete 4 ocean dives. Here is where you apply what you've learned in the pool, have some fun, and complete your certification!
Prerequisites
To participate in a Divers West's Open Water Diver course, you must be:
- 12 years or older (For ages under 18, parental consent/sign-up required and parent must be present during orientation and most of our course)
- Must complete a medical questionaire and be in generally good health
- Must be able to swim 200 yards, non-stop, and tread/float for 10 minutes
Required Gear. We'll make this easy.
When you take our Open Water Diver course, we'll include the main scuba diving rental equipment, for FREE, a $190 savings, when you purchase your required personal gear at Divers West. Personal gear includes Mask, Snorkel, Fins, Gloves, and Booties. When you purchase your gear from us, we'll give you a personal fitting session. It is very important that your scuba equipment fits properly, so do not purchase it online and hope it works. We will teach you what type of gear that is suitable for scuba diving in California and other parts of the world. Not all snorkeling gear is suitable. Let Divers West help you find the best gear.
** Hotel accommodations for student and instructor, additional boats dives, additional pool and ocean dives are extra.
