PADI Discover Scuba Diving


Discover the beauty of the Ocean


Want to learn what scuba diving is like before getting your PADI Open Water Diver scuba diving certification?


Or do you want a fun day out with family or friends, or perhaps you and your colleagues would like to do something different on a day away from the office or workplace?

 

During a Discover Scuba Diving experience, you can try scuba diving for the first time in a pool.

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About the Course

If you’re interested in scuba diving, but unsure if you want to enrol in a scuba certification class, Discover Scuba Diving is the perfect way to test the waters. In a very short time, you’ll learn basic scuba skills and take your first breaths underwater.

Take this course if you want to:

  • Find out if you like scuba diving
  • Connect with the underwater world
  • Take your first breaths underwater
  • Decide if you want to be a certified diver


You will learn how to:

  • Use scuba gear
  • Use hand signs to communicate
  • Perform basic scuba skills


How to start diving

Independent Learning

Step 1  PADI eLearning

To prepare for your Discover Scuba Diving experience you will use PADI DSD eLearning. Using a computer or mobile device you will learn diving safety fundamentals before you get in the water. 

 

  • eLearning time commitment: 20 - 30 min


Access free eLearning

At the Dive Centre

Step 2  With Your Instructor


One of our PADI Professionals will fit you with scuba gear and explain how to use it. In a pool, you’ll practice basic diving skills followed by a little free time to play underwater.

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  • Prerequisites: medically fit for diving
  • Time commitment: 2 hours total
  •  1 hour in water
  • Minimum age: 10 years or older


Additional Requirements

Scuba diving requires a minimum level of health and fitness. Chronic health conditions, certain medications and/or recent surgery may require you to get written approval from a physician before diving.

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Avoid disappointment, download and review the Diver Medical form to ensure you won’t need a physician’s approval to dive before enrolling in a scuba course. Instructors, divemasters and dive shop staff are not physicians and should not be asked for medical advice; only medical professionals can give medical clearance to dive.

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If you (or your physician) have questions about medical fitness to dive, contact the experts at Divers Alert Network (DAN).

Course prerequisites: able to swim, medically fit for diving, comfortable in the water

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Minimum age: 10

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Children eight or older can still try scuba diving in a pool, but on a slightly different programme. Ask about the PADI Seal Team program, a more in-depth pool diving experience.