Where you begin - PADI Open Water Diver course

Your PADI Open Water Diver certification is a ticket to a new world of adventure and experience. It is the basic certification required by dive operators and charter boats.

In a PADI Open Water Diver course, you learn more than a new set of skills. You learn when and how to use them. You master basic fundamentals first and build upon them gradually so you don’t feel rushed. Instead, you feel confident and comfortable. You learn at your own pace -- however fast or slow that is. Be prepared to laugh and smile a lot! And, don’t be surprised if you come away absolutely thrilled. Scuba diving does that to people!

Types of Scuba Classes
At Sea Sports Scuba, we offer two types of PADI scuba training: the Open Water Course, and the National Geographic Open Water Course. Both courses provide you with the basic certification to dive anywhere in the world. In both courses you’ll read a textbook and watch the accompanying video prior to attending the first classroom session. Your preview of this material will allow the classroom time to be spent reviewing any questions you may have, rather than covering new material.

Open Water Course: The PADI Open Water Course is typically conducted over a weekend – from Friday night to late Sunday afternoon (see the class times chart below). Then on a following weekend, you will demonstrate the skills you learned in the pool dives while diving in an “open water” environment, which is held at one of two training facilities: The Blue Lagoon (PDF document) in Huntsville, Texas, or Twin Lakes (PDF document) in Manvel, TX.