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Open Water course with eLearning

Available on 9 Jul

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Key info

  • 10 hours (approx.)
  • Incl. 4 dives
  • Dive site(s) determined on the dive day
  • English
  • Max. 4 students / instructor
  • Meet at the dive center
  • Free Cancellation - 7days notice
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Highlights

Get your PADI Open Water certification with Fins Scuba and see the wondrous world beneath the waves. We can’t wait to help you get started on your journey to a lifetime of adventure and exploration!

  • Become a licensed scuba diver in just a few days, no prior experience required.
  • Breathing underwater for the first time is something you'll never forget.
  • Meet like-minded people who care about the ocean and see our ocean planet with new eyes.

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Fins Scuba

PADI 5 Star Dive Center

As a 5 Star PADI Career Development Centre, Fins Scuba excels in providing scuba divers with a full range of scuba certification programs, scuba gear selection and scuba experience opportunities together with PADI Instructor-level training and the promotion of underwater environmental awareness.

Fins offer the complete range of PADI courses and specialties for the complete novice to instructor level and beyond. With over 25 PADI professional instructors and Divemaster's we give unequaled high standards of training and pride ourselves on being one of the few diving schools to have female Instructors and Divemasters.

Our inhouse Platinum Course Director Colin Scowcroft an award given for being one of less than 90 Course Directors in the world to have certified over 100 Instructor Development Courses and had more than 70% go on to further education levels with PADI.

Fins have offered 5 star diver training for over 27 years. 

PADI 5 Star CDC Dive shop 25 PADI Instructors Max. 2.0 divers / guide

Address: 7034 Km from your location
89 Conway Drive, Fulwood, Preston, Lancashire, No State, PR2 3ER, United Kingdom

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Package description

Inclusive of

  • 4 open water dives
  • 5 confined water dives (pool or shallow water)
  • Confined water dives
  • Open water dives
  • Scuba equipment rental (full set)
  • PADI eLearning (includes certification fees)
  • Confined water dives
  • Scuba equipment rental (full set)
  • Open water dives

Requirements

  • Minimum age: 10+
  • Min. certification: None
  • Min logged dives: None
  • To become a PADI Open Water Diver, you will need to be comfortable in the water with basic swimming skills., you should also be in good overall general health, particularly your respiratory and circulatory systems. For safety, all students complete a Scuba Medical Questionnaire, if the questions do not apply to you simply sign the form and you’re ready to start. If any of these apply to you, a Doctor must assess the condition and sign a Diver Medical | Participant Questionnaire form to confirm that you’re fit to dive. Bookings Procedure: After payment please phone or email the centre to arrange enrolment, all persons attending the course are required to attend the centre personally.

What to expect

The course consists of three main phases.

The first is Knowledge Development, which covers everything you need to know about basic techniques, terminology, and safety procedures in scuba diving. You'll complete this digitally using PADI's eLearning system. Start learning immediately with the PADI Open Water Diver eLearning which allows you to learn independently at your own pace at home. Read, interact, watch, and self-assess, if you have any questions as you learn just contact Fins Scuba for support.

The second is Confined Water Dives, which are training sessions conducted in a pool. They give you the opportunity to get used to the gear you'll be using and practice the basic skills of diving and techniques to keep you safe. The Four pool sessions are taken on a Wednesday evening meeting at 7.30pm. Pool time 7:45pm – 9:10pm.

The third is your Open Water Dives. This is what it's all about - you'll make four open water dives to complete the course over two days. This is usually at a local inland dive site, formerly a limestone quarry is now a freshwater lake training site with plenty on offer to explore and see with many wrecks (boats, planes, helicopters etc) and for those who prefer creatures to craft, the fishy population includes trout, perch, roach, pike, and sturgeon.  Usually, the dives are conducted at weekends, meeting at approximately 8.30am and returning late afternoon but we can take you out mid-week as well. During your four dives, you'll perform various skills under water and on the surface to make sure you're a safe and competent diver. As soon as your open water training dives are approved by your instructor you will be certified as a PADI Open Water Diver! As a PADI Open Water Diver, you’ll be trained to a maximum depth of 18 metres/60 feet and are qualified to dive in conditions as good as, or better than, those in which you trained. It’s just the beginning of a lifetime filled with dive adventures.

We look forward to hearing from you soon and can’t wait to help you get started on your journey to a lifetime of adventure!

Other Information

Confirmation

  • We’ll send you a final Booking Confirmation Email on average within 24 hours. We advise you to not make any other travel arrangements before that
  • In the event that you do not receive an email from us, please check your Spam folder or notify us via email

Meet at the dive center

At the dive center which is on a row of shops next to a Morrison's local

Address: 89 Conway Drive, Fulwood, Preston, Lancashire, No State, PR2 3ER, United Kingdom

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Cancellation policy

  • Full refunds will be issued for cancellations made at least 7 days prior to the activity

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