Santorini Dive Center is a PADI Dive Center and the main office located in Perissa. We start all the activities from our station at the Caldera Beach in Akrotiri, under the traditional tavern Remezzo. It?s a small and beautiful beach close to all the dives spots, with an amazing view to the whole island and the Volcano.
Open Water Diver
You don't have to wait to get going. With PADI eLearning and the PADI Open Water Diver Course Online, you can start right now. The PADI Open Water Diver Course Online lets you learn the background information you need before each dive at your own pace through friendly, interactive learning.
Get Certified
Take a PADI Scuba lesson. Get your PADI scuba certification. If you?ve always wanted to learn how to scuba dive, discover new adventures or simply see the wondrous world beneath the waves, you are in the right place. The PADI Open Water Diver course is the world's most popular scuba course, and has introduced millions of people to the adventurous diving lifestyle.
What You Learn
The PADI Open Water Diver course consists of three main phases:Knowledge Development to understand basic principles of scuba divingConfined Water Dives to learn basic scuba skillsOpen Water Dives to review your skills and explore!If you?ve tried diving through a Discover Scuba Diving experience or resort course, the skills you learned may be credited towards a portion of the full PADI Open Water Diver course certification.
Prerequisites
To enroll in the PADI Open Diver course or Junior Open Water Diver course, you must be 10 years or older.
The Fun Part
The fun part about this course is . . . well, just about all of it because learning to dive is incredible. You breathe underwater for the first time (something you?ll never forget) and learn what you need to know tobecome a certified diver. During the course, you?ll make at least five pool dives and four dives at local dive sites under the supervision of your PADI Instructor.
The Learning Materials You Need
PADI Open Water Diver Crew PakPADI?s Open Water Diver materials cover what you need to know about basic scuba diving skills, terminology and safety procedures. For each concept you?ll read a description and watch a video demonstration. Then you?ll jump in the pool (or pool-like environment) to practice these skills with your instructor. Later, as a certified diver, use the course materials as a reference guide for future diving adventures and to review what you learned.
