PADI: Open Water Diver Course
Dive headfirst into a world of underwater exploration with our PADI Open Water Diver Course. Step into the crystal clear cenotes of the Yucatan Peninsula and earn your scuba certification along the way. This isn’t just an educational course – it’s a passport to the incredible beauty beneath the surface. Your dive adventure starts here. Welcome to the Yucatan Dive Crew.
What are you going to learn?
Gain the skills and knowledge required for safe and fun open water diving to a depth of 18 meters:
- Learn your scuba gear, how to assemble, disassemble, and maintain it.
- Understand safety guidelines for diving.
- Experience how to control your floatability underwater.
- Learn to calculate how much weight to use for your dive.
- Practice different water entering techniques .
- Master the five point descend and ascend.
- Learn how to equalize your ears for pressure changes.
- Practice how to recover and clear your regulator, as well as clearing a flooded mask.
- Experience breathing underwater without a mask and sharing air from a single tank.
- Navigate using a compass underwater.
- Plan a dive and understand important concepts like underwater pressure and neutral buoyancy.
PADI Open Water Diver Course Includes:
Theory Classes and Online Learning
Dive into 5 modules of comprehensive theory classes. To cater to your convenience, our online theory option allows you to learn at your own pace.
Confined Water Practice
Build confidence and master your diving skills in a controlled pool environment before you head out to open waters.
Open Water Dives (4 dives)
Experience four amazing dives in the mesmerizing cenotes. Be amazed as you explore the underwater landscape that boasts a variety of aquatic life.
PADI Open Water Diver Certification
Upon course completion, you’ll earn your PADI Open Water Diver certification, the most recognized scuba credential in the world!
This is your chance to explore the world beneath the waves, and do it in one of the most beautiful places on Earth. Sign up for our PADI Open Water Diver Course today, and let the Yucatan cenotes take your breath away!
Under the direct supervision of a PADI Professional, you’ll master the basic safety guidelines and skills necessary for your dive. If you’re making an open water dive, you’ll practice additional skills in shallow water to prepare for your adventure.
Get hands-on with the scuba equipment you’ll use for your dive. You’ll see firsthand how easy it is to move underwater with your gear.
Experience the unique sensation of breathing underwater. This is something you need to feel for yourself!
- Learn to calculate how much weight to use for your dive.
- Practice entering the water with a giant step and equipping yourself in the water.
- Master the five point descend and ascend.
- Learn how to equalize your ears for pressure changes.
- Practice regulator recovery and clearing, as well as cleaning a flooded mask.
- Experience breathing underwater without a mask and sharing air from a single tank.
- Navigate using a compass underwater.
Have fun swimming around and exploring the stunning cenotes. This is where your adventure truly begins!
Get hands-on with the scuba equipment you’ll use for your dive. You’ll see firsthand how easy it is to move underwater with your gear.
Depth: expect shallow dives (12m/40ft), the maximum allowed depth is 18m/60ft
Experience new adventures with a PADI Instructor by your side. PADI continuing education courses like Advanced Open Water Diver and Deep Diver will help you develop your skills as a diver.
Learn more about PADI Specialty courses.
Not sure which specialty to try first?
Try the Advanced Open Water Diver course, it’s like a specialty sampler platter.
Improve your navigation and buoyancy skills while you try new activities like deep diving, cavern diving, or sidemount training.
Choose from more than 20 specialty diving options.
An Advanced Open Water Diver certification also opens the door to dive sites deeper than 18m/60ft.
If you don’t have the opportunity to dive for six months (or longer), you can quickly refresh the knowledge and skills you learned in Open Water with the PADI ReActivate® program. Your PADI certification never expires, but after a long period of inactivity, you may want to brush up on diving fundamentals and safety procedures.
Your Complete Open Water Course
We’ve got you covered for your first of many certifiations into the Yucatan cenotes.
We take care of everything so you can focus on enjoying your dive.
- The PADI Open Water Course spans 3 Days with 4 open water immersions
- E-Learning And Course Material
- Top-Quality Scuba Equipment: We provide all the gear you need to explore the cenotes in safety and comfort.
- Transportation: We'll get you to and from the cenote sites.
- Certified Instructor: Learn from a professional PADI certified instructor.
- Security Equipment: We prioritize your safety with essential security equipment.
- Emergency Oxygen Tank: We're prepared for any situation with emergency oxygen on hand.
- Snacks and Beverages: Keep your energy up with snacks and drinks provided.
- We make your first diving experience as seamless as possible, allowing you to truly enjoy and focus on the beauty of the Yucatan cenotes.
More Info
Cenote: 24C-26C / 74-76F year round
If you do not own or cannot travel with your own do not worry. All of our courses include the rental of our equipment; BCDs with integrated weight systems, regulators, boots and open heels fins, and 3mm long wetsuits.
Course prerequisites: able to swim, medically fit for diving, comfortable in the water
During the Open Water Diver course, your instructor will ask you to:
Float or tread water without aids for 10 minutes
Swim 200 metres/yards with no aids or 300 metres/yards with mask, fins and snorkel
Minimum age: 10
Divers certified between the ages of 10-14 earn a Junior Diver certification
Junior Open Water Divers automatically become Open Water Divers at age 15. Any replacement certification card or eCard purchased the day after the diver’s 15th birthday will automatically show an Open Water Diver (not Jr. Open Water Diver) certification.
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.
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.
If you (or your physician) have questions about medical fitness to dive, contact the experts at Divers Alert Network (DAN).
Experience new adventures with a PADI Instructor by your side. PADI continuing education courses like Advanced Open Water Diver and Deep Diver will help you develop your skills as a diver.
Learn more about PADI Specialty courses.
Not sure which specialty to try first?
Try the Advanced Open Water Diver course, it’s like a specialty sampler platter.
Improve your navigation and buoyancy skills while you try new activities like deep diving, cavern diving, or sidemount training.
Choose from more than 20 specialty diving options.
An Advanced Open Water Diver certification also opens the door to dive sites deeper than 18m/60ft.
If you don’t have the opportunity to dive for six months (or longer), you can quickly refresh the knowledge and skills you learned in Open Water with the PADI ReActivate® program. Your PADI certification never expires, but after a long period of inactivity, you may want to brush up on diving fundamentals and safety procedures.
Keep Diving
PADI: Advanced Open Water Course
This course amplifies your knowledge, refines your skills, and allows you to explore greater depths. Elevate your diving with us.
PADI: Cavern Diver Course
At Yucatan Dive Crew we equip you with the knowledge and skills to explore caverns correctly. Take your PADI Cavern Diver Course today!
PADI: Sidemount Course
The PADI Sidemount Diver Course opens up a new dimension in technical diving, providing divers with the skills and knowledge to use sidemount configuration.