PADI Open Water Diving Course

Are you in San Andrés and want to earn your official diving certification? This PADI Open Water Course will allow you to dive all around the world down to 18 metres (60 feet) and explore the underwater world of the Colombian Caribbean over 3 days.

Options

When booking your PADI Open Water Course, you can choose between two options. The course lasts 3 days and includes both in-person and virtual theory classes and exercises, which must be passed to complete the course. After booking, visit the diving centre to receive your passwords for the online learning platform. The certification allows you to dive worldwide to a maximum of 18 metres (60 feet).

Basic Course

The instructor will collect you from your hotel in San Andrés and take you to the diving centre for the theory portion. In the PADI Open Water Basic Diving Course, you'll learn how to float and regulate your breathing underwater.

On the first day, you'll be taught how to put on and take off diving equipment and how to enter and exit the water. You'll also learn to use the equipment correctly and some basic underwater skills before your first dive in open water to a depth of 10 metres (33 feet), lasting about 35 to 45 minutes.

On the second day, two more dives in open water will be conducted, lasting between 35 minutes to an hour to improve your underwater autonomy.

On the third day, while in wetsuits, you'll conduct a dive of 18 metres (60 feet). Upon passing both the practical and online portions, you will receive your official PADI Open Water Certificate.

Advanced Course

The instructor will collect you from your hotel in San Andrés to explain fundamental diving techniques. The Advanced PADI Open Water course includes the same theory and exercises, but the final dive will correspond with a specialty option.

You can choose from the following options:

Deep diveNight diveFish identificationMaximum buoyancy performanceSearch and recoveryUnderwater NaturalistUnderwater navigation

After passing all tests, both online and practical, you will have completed the PADI Open Water Diving Course.