Learn to scuba dive in our indoor, heated pool and earn your PADI Open Water Certification. If you've always wanted to learn how to scuba dive, discover new adventures or see the wondrous world beneath the waves, this is where it starts. The PADI Open Water Diver course is the world's most popular scuba course and has introduced millions of people to the adventurous diving lifestyle.
Our all-inclusive pricing includes your learning choice, either digital eLearning on your own time or a textbook package in a traditional class with one of our experienced, patient instructors. Our pricing even includes the use of BCD, tanks, regulators, computer, weights, weight belt, and wetsuits.
Sugar Land Dive Center makes learning to scuba dive easy. We offer all-inclusive pricing on all our recreational scuba training. There are no hidden costs.
The PADI Open Water Diver course consists of three main phases:
If you've participated in a Discover Scuba Diving experience or resort course, the skills you learned may be credited towards a portion of the full PADI Open Water Diver course certification.
To enroll in the PADI Open Diver course or Junior Open Water Diver course, you must be:
The fun part about this course is...well, just about all of it because learning to dive is incredible. You breathe underwater for the first time (something you'll never forget) and learn what you need to know to become a certified diver. During the course, you'll make at least five pool dives and four dives at local dive sites under the supervision of your PADI Instructor.
In the PADI Open Water Diver course, you learn to use basic scuba gear, including a dive computer and standard accessories. A SUGAR LAND DIVE CENTER Representative will choose the equipment you wear to ensure your comfort throughout the course.
PADI offers various home-study materials for the Open Water Diver coursebook and DVD package or a multimedia DVD. Recently PADI has enhanced this program by offering an internet-based eLearning option.
Contact SUGAR LAND DIVE CENTER to personalize the best study option for you!
PADI's Open Water Diver materials cover what you need to know about basic scuba diving skills, terminology, and safety procedures. For each concept, you'll read a description and watch a video demonstration. Then you'll jump in the pool (or pool-like environment) to practice these skills with your instructor.
