Open Water Diver Course – Bangalore

• Academic development: this can be done online before you come here, or over the course of 6-7 hours of video/online sessions once you are here. Here, you learn more about the physics, physiology and other aspects of diving and the underwater world.   In addition, there are 1-2 online sessions with an instructor to review and build upon the theory
• Confined Water training: This is 2 days of skills training, where you learn more about dive equipment as well as master the various skills needed to dive safely.
• 4 Open Water dives: these are deep water dives, where you practice the skills you have learned in confined water and also get to experience and enjoy the magic of the underworld world.

Our pool training program covers the theory and the confined water training sessions.

• Minimum age – 10
• Maximum age – none (subject to fitness/medical clearance)
• Ability to float or tread water for 10 minutes without needing any external support
• Ability to either swim 200m unaided or 300m with a mask+snorkel (while you can start your training even if you don’t meed this requirement, this needs to be completed at some point in the course in order to get certified)
• Review our medical questionnaire and get a doctor’s clearance if any of the conditions listed in it apply

• Rs 18,000

This is all inclusive and covers all academics, 2 pool training sessions, gear rental, mandatory training materials and certification costs – Open Water dives are not included.   Additional pool training sessions are available at a nominal charge.

You can do it at one of the regular weekend camps we conduct in Netrani,  Pondicherry or Maldives.    You can join us on a longer trip to an international dive destination.   You can complete it with a partner dive center in the Andamans.   Or you can do it at a dive center of your choice (we will provide you a documentation of the training that you have completed, and you can complete the rest elsewhere).