Open Water

SDI makes it possible for you to complete all of the academic requirements for your entry-level scuba diver certification online.
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You can get started right now and, when you are done, you will then complete your in-water skill-development sessions and final open-water training dives at a local SDI Dive Center close to home, or at a popular vacation destination. It’s that simple! Now, go dive the world with your SDI certification.

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Open Water is provided by our sister company Paragon Scuba Academy.


Click the button below to be taken to the Paragon Scuba Academy website to make payment.

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Open Water

Open Water is provided by our sister company Paragon Scuba Academy. Click the button below to be taken to the Paragon Scuba Academy website to make payment.

What you can expect to learn?

The SDI Open Water Scuba Diver Course will cover all of the necessary skills and knowledge for open water scuba diving, including,

• The aquatic environment: vision, light, sound, heat loss, tides, currents, waves, surge, etc.

• Physics and physiology: buoyancy, pressure, air spaces, breathing compressed air, mixed gases, etc.

• Dive equipment selection, assembly, use and maintenance

• Dive planning

• Basic scuba skills including mask and regulator skills, swimming underwater, buoyancy control, basic rescue techniques, and emergency procedures

• And much more!

Course Prerequisites

• Minimum age 18, 15 with parental consent

(10 – 14 years old for Junior Open Water Diver course)

For Further Information, Course Details and Pricing, Click Here

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Open Water

SDI makes it possible for you to complete all of the academic requirements for your entry-level scuba diver certification online….
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Scuba Refresher

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Advanced Adventure

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Advanced Diver

The SDI Advanced Scuba Diver Development Program was created to make truly “Advanced Divers.” During the course your Instructor….

Get started with Discover Scuba

Discover Scuba is provided by our sister company Paragon Scuba Academy.
Click the button below to be taken to the Paragon Scuba Academy website to make payment.
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