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All Scuba diving courses are taught in Waikiki, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii by PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors) certified instructors,
who strictly adhere to safety and quality standards. Divers Alert Network insurance protection - DAN Student Membership Program for all entry level courses.
Check our Prices page for complete list of current course prices and our
Frequently Asked Questions for more information.
Padi Courses for 2007:
Scuba Diver Course
In this one day course you will learn the basic skills for safe and fun recreational diving. Once certified, you will be able to dive to 12 m / 40 ft with a with a profesional (divemaster or instructor) and obtain air fills, scuba equipment and services anywhere in the world.
The PADI Scuba Diver
preentry level certification
addresses a growing demand
for a certification that consumers
can earn more quickly,
provided the diver dives under
professional supervision. The
PADI Scuba Diver preentry
Dive Today: Open Water Diver,
Scuba Diver, Discover Scuba
Diving and Discover Scuba
The philosophy
is to give you maximum flexibility in accommodating student time demands and varying
learning styles.
level certification opens the
door to a new market of
individuals: those with personal
time constraints and
those who prefer to dive with
direct supervision. The PADI
Scuba Diver course is a subset
of the Open Water Diver
course, which permits you to
meet this demand without
stocking an entire array of
separate course materials and
without working a new course
into your teaching schedule.
The PADI Scuba Diver course is a subcourse
within the Open Water Diver course. It
opens diving to those individuals with time
constraints, and those interested in diving in
groups and tours guided by a certified
divemaster, assistant instructor or instructor.
It invites these divers to experience diving
and encourages them to continue training
to the Open Water Diver level and beyond.
You handle the training and certification
of PADI Scuba Divers using the standards,
recommendations and materials used
in the Open Water Diver course. Students
must use and study with the Open
Water Diver Manual and Video or Multimedia,
the PADI Quizzes and the Complete
System Lesson Guides for the PADI
Scuba Diver course.
PADI Scuba Divers, Ratios and Depths
PADI Scuba Divers are trained to dive only under the direct inwater supervision of a certified
divemaster, assistant instructor or instructor. Although similar to PADI Discover Scuba Diving or
other resort experience participants, PADI Scuba Divers have more theoretical background and
better developed water skills, though they have not been trained for independent diving.
Underwater tours (except Discover Local Diving) are not generally PADI programs per se,
so no specific standards apply. Divemasters, assistant instructors or
instructors leading the tour need to determine appropriate ratios based
on the environment, conditions and the PADI Scuba Divers experience.
PADI Standards do apply if Scuba Divers join a tour of Discover Scuba
Diving participants. In this case, the Discover Scuba Diving ratio of 4:1
applies to the total number of PADI Scuba Divers and DSD participants.
The PADI Scuba Diver depth qualification is 12 metres/40 feet. It is
recommended that guided dives not exceed this depth.
In planning guided dives for PADI Scuba Divers, remember they have no
formal training in the use of dive tables or computers. The dive leader needs
to watch the dive tables and repetitive no stop limits for PADI Scuba Divers.
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