WDC: PADI Scuba Diver Course (SD)
Short on time and long on the urge to become a certified diver? The PADI Scuba Diver certification might just be for you.
- Learn the basics of scuba diving and how to assemble/disassemble your gear
- Obtain a limited certification, great for new or timid divers
- Great for those short on time, get certified in 3 days!
- Upgrade further down the track to a PADI Open Water certification
- Enjoy a day trip on Mantaray and visit top Whitsunday locations
This course is no longer available. You can find the range of diving courses that we offer here.
Short on time and long on the urge to become a certified diver? The PADI Scuba Diver certification might just be for you. This course requires less time than the PADI Open Water Diver course, covering only the first three of five sections of knowledge development, the first three of five pool sessions, and the first two of four open water training dives, resulting in a limited certification. Particularly if you expect to go scuba diving primarily in the company of a dive guide or if you have limited time to devote to scuba certification, consider becoming a PADI Scuba Diver.
Highlights & Features:
- All theory and swimming pool training
- One day on a boat doing the Open Water Training Dives
- Your personal PADI Open Water Diver Manual
- All scuba equipment and wetsuits hire
- Learn buoyancy skills including ascents, descents, and breathing underwater
- Learn how to stay warm underwater
- Learn how to streamline your swimming skills and buddy diving techniques
- Learn about diving environments and aquatic life you’re likely to encounter
- Learn how to prevent common underwater problems from occurring
Important Information:
- This is not an Open Water Dive certification. However, you can take your Scuba Diver certification to an Open Water certification with a few additional dives and knowledge development.
- All students must fill in a medical questionnaire prior to commencement of course that will be sent to you via email. Depending on results of medical questionnaire you maybe asked to complete a Australian Dive Medical AS45001 prior to course. This is at your own expense.
- To enroll in the PADI Scuba Diver course (or Junior Scuba Diver course), you must be 12 years or older.
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The Scuba Diver certification opens the door on the underwater world for anyone who’s thought that a course would take too long or be too difficult.
This certification allows for ample dive experience and is a good warm-up for the Open Water Diver course, if that’s your ultimate goal. PADI Scuba Divers are qualified to:
- Dive under the direct supervision of a PADI Divemaster, Assistant Instruct...
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The Scuba Diver certification opens the door on the underwater world for anyone who’s thought that a course would take too long or be too difficult.
This certification allows for ample dive experience and is a good warm-up for the Open Water Diver course, if that’s your ultimate goal. PADI Scuba Divers are qualified to:
- Dive under the direct supervision of a PADI Divemaster, Assistant Instructor or Instructor to a maximum depth of 12 metres / 40 feet
- Obtain air fills, rent or purchase scuba equipment and participate in other diving activities as long as they have the required supervision
- Continue their dive training and complete PADI Open Water Diver certification and other courses such as Project AWARE and equipment specialty courses
You will learn:
All the basics of scuba diving through knowledge development, a set of scuba skills in the pool that you’ll use again during open water dives, and an appreciation for the underwater world that will keep you coming back for more bottom time every chance you get!
Whenever possible students will be put on MV Mantaray, in rare occasions for example when minimum numbers not reached, an alternative purpose built dive vessel may be used, which will not visit Whitehaven Beach.
