Open Water Course – Beginners Course
This course is designed for people who may want more flexibility in their booking schedule or perfect for the friend or family group who want to learn to dive together and share the amazing experience.
The Open water certification will allow you to dive to a depth of 18 m and is a world recognized dive certification.
Become a fully qualified Open Water Diver in just 2 days.
Course flexibility to suit your schedule.
Included in the Open Water Diver Course
Scuba Obsession also offer private one on one instruction with either a highly trained female or male instructor that will solely focus on your dive needs. Sometimes we have students that suffer from high anxiety and one on one instruction helps to ease the students mindset, combined with working at the student's own pace.
Price Structure - See Booking page for private group costings
Scuba Equipment
All quality hire equipment is included in the course cost. Includes mask, snorkel, fins, boots, wetsuit, weights and Buoyancy Compensation Devices with breathing regulators.
Loss, nil return or purposeful damage of equipment will result in student liability for the costs.
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