Highlights
- Gain your Gold Open Water dive cert
- 9 dives over 5 days
- 2 days classroom/pool training & 3 days 2 nights liveaboard experience
- Complimentary pick ups
- Includes all equipment
- Experience one night dive
- 8:1 Student to Crew ratio when diving
- 24:1 Student to Teacher ratio in the classroom
Description
The marvellous Great Barrier Reef of Australia offers the perfect location in which to Learn to Dive.
The 5 day PADI Open Water dive course is Pro Dive’s most popular option for eager beginners. The experience of learning to dive while living aboard a comfortable and modern dive boat for 3 days and 2 nights is unforgettable.
During the course, you will embark on 9 dives taking place on some of the Outer Great Barrier Reef’s most stunning dive sites. You’ll also have ample time to snorkel, unwind and relish your experience on the reef. The course offers the best possible experience and is great value.
The 5 Day PADI Learn to Dive Course is divided into two parts. The first two days consist of study and training in the classroom and pool. This is followed by a 3 day 2 night liveaboard experience that enables you to enjoy 9 dives at some of the best sites on the Outer Great Barrier Reef.
During the first two days, you will have the use of the contemporary training centre, where you will be schooled in dive theory as well as the practical skills needed when scuba diving. At the conclusion of the second day, you will have the highly recommended chance to attend ‘Reef Teach’, which is an entertaining and educational presentation on marine biology that will enrich your experience diving the reef.
Thereafter, you will spend 3 days and 2 nights on board one of Pro Dive’s superior dive vessels equipped specially for liveaboard experiences. You will also have the chance to embark on 9 dives that take place on Pro Dive’s 16 dive sites, exclusive locations situated on the outer Great Barrier Reef. You will satisfy the requirements for receiving open water certification after your first four dives. After that, you will dive up to five more times as a certified diver, one of these dives being a guided night dive. The additional dives are highlights that will make the course a simply unforgettable experience.
View the Course Schedule
Trip Includes
- 9 Dives (4 training dives & 5 pleasure dives – inc one night dive)
- PADI Gold Open Water Certification
- PADI Open Water manual, Dive Log Book & 2 Passport Photos
- All dive & snorkelling equipment - includes dive computer, long leg wetsuits & dive torch
- Dive insurance
- Prescription lens mask (if required)
- Accommodation transfers (Cairns city & northern beaches)
- Twin share accommodation for 2 nights on board the Pro dive boat (double rooms available upon request)
- All meals while on boat
Duration
- 5 full days including 3 days & 2 nights on board the dive boat
Departures
- 8am complimentary pick up from Cairns accommodation or 8.30am registration at the Pro Dive training centre, 116 Spence street central Cairns
- Dive Courses commence every day except Sunday all year
Other Information
- Please read the important dive information before booking your dive course
- You can cancel your Learn to Dive course for any reason at any time up to the end of Day 1 of the course and receive a full refund of all money paid to Pro Dive Cairns. There is no refund for any reason after this time.
- An additional fee of $70 per person is payable direct to Pro Dive. This fee consists of a Government Environmental Charge (EMC) as well as a Port Departure Tax, fuel levy & administration charges
- A dive medical for Open Water Courses are now not required in Cairns (Queensland) unless the traveller is found to have any medical conditions which will affect his or her dive skills
- Digital Underwater Camera's are available for hire at a cost of $40
- The minimum age to participate in this course is 12 yrs. Children under the age of 15 must be accompanied by a parent or adult over the age of 18. There is no maximum age
- It is a course requirement that you be able to swim 200 metres and tread water/float for 10 minutes
- Please leave at least 24 hours after your last dive before flying
Normal Retail Price (additional AUD$60.00 Reef tax per person payable direct on the day)
- 5 Day Open Water Dive Course:
- adult (12yrs+) AUD$1040.00
All prices shown in AUD$.
