PADI COURSE
PADI COURSE
If you’re interested in scuba diving, but unsure if you want to enroll in a scuba certification class, Discover Scuba Diving is the perfect way to test the waters. In a very short time, you’ll learn basic scuba skills and take your first breaths underwater.
PADI Discover Scuba Diving (DSD) program is a one-day, try-diving experience for anyone aged 10+. It is not a full dive certification but a great way to connect with the underwater world and discover if scuba diving is for you. In this experience, you will learn about diving safety, how to use scuba gear, perform basic scuba diving skills in shallow water, and take your first breaths underwater. An optional open water dive is also available.
Step 1
PADI eLearning
– Prepare for your Discover Scuba Diving experience with PADI DSD eLearning™. Use your computer or mobile device to learn diving safety fundamentals before you get in the water. Contact a PADI Dive Shop or PADI Professional for access to DSD eLearning and to schedule your first scuba diving experience.
– eLearning time commitment: 20-30 mins
Step 2
With Your Instructor
– A PADI Professional will fit you with scuba gear and explain how to use it. In a pool or calm water environment, you’ll practice basic diving skills followed by free time to play underwater or go on a guided open water dive.
– Prerequisites: None
– Total time commitment: 2-3 hours
– Minimum age: 10
— 10 years of age and above
— To make sure everything runs smoothly in the water you will have to fill out a quick medical form.
Your safety and enjoyment is our number 1 priority so if you have any ‘yes’ answers, a recreational diving medical is needed. Diving doctors found here.
$255
The experience varies from person to person depending on how quickly (or slowly) you breathe the air in your scuba tank. Most recreational dives last between 30 and 50 minutes.
We handle everything for you when it comes to the scuba and snorkelling equipment. Coming to the shop to get sized up before your session maybe necessary so that we can ensure you get the right equipment.
You will just have to bring yourself, bathers, towel, sunscreen, and a bottle of water (preferably a reusable one)
“Whether it’s your first foray into the underwater world, advanced or if you’re wanting tec courses, the staff and instructors are super helpful and knowledgeable and dive regularly around Melbourne, it’s bay and peninsulas. Great dive club with extensive dive activity and weekly opportunities to catch up with fellow divers. Having just completed my sixth course (more planned) with AOS I would recommend any course, equipment purchase or any dive related inquiry start with AOS.”
Andrew Murchie
First of all, it’s important to know that you will not go any deeper than you feel comfortable with. The maximum depth for a Discover Scuba Diving experience is 6 meters (20 feet) for the initial pool session and 12 meters (40 feet) if you do the optional open water dive, but that does not mean you have to go that deep.
Discover Scuba Diving experiences are conducted by PADI Instructors. PADI Pros undergo rigorous training and exams to ensure that they can safely accompany and teach those who are new to scuba diving.
“Whether it’s your first foray into the underwater world, advanced or if you’re wanting tec courses, the staff and instructors are super helpful and knowledgeable and dive regularly around Melbourne, it’s bay and peninsulas. Great dive club with extensive dive activity and weekly opportunities to catch up with fellow divers. Having just completed my sixth course (more planned) with AOS I would recommend any course, equipment purchase or any dive related inquiry start with AOS.”
Andrew Murchie
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