For those of you who would rather spend your holiday time on the beach or only have a few days to spare but want to get PADI certified the e-learning option is perfect for you.
The PADI open water course online provides the knowledge development portion of the open water course through a number of interactive presentations that include videos, audio, graphics and reading. Short quizzes throughout help you gauge your progress and review and correct anything you might happen to miss. This method allows you to move through the program efficiently and at your own pace. When you reach Exotic Dive Resort one of our PADI instructors will review the e-learning paper work with you and have you take a quick review before completing the in water sessions.
In order to enroll in your PADI e-learning open water course click the e-learning link on our website and follow the steps. A fee of $120US is to be paid directly to PADI, this gives you unlimited access to an electronic version of the PADI open water manual. Exotic Dive Resort will charge you an additional amount for the completion of the in water sessions, use of required diving equipment, your personal recreational dive planner or use of dive computer, PADI log book and your PADI open water certification.
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Introduce your children to the new and exciting underwater world. Under controlled direct supervision with one of our experienced PADI instructors, your child can find Nemo and other exciting underwater creatures whilst in full scuba, in a safe and shallow dive site a short boat ride from Exotic Resort. Upon completion a PADI Bubblemaker certificate is awarded to the new budding diver. A parent or guardian must be present during the course.
Have you ever thought of diving but either don’t have the time, the money or think it is too much hard work? Well think again. Here at Malapascua Resort in just half a day you can experience the delights of the underwater environment, through our professional PADI instructor led Discover Scuba Diving program. After a straightforward knowledge development session covering equipment, safety and diving skills you are ready to discover the attractions of underwater Malapascua in one of our secluded dive sites, just a short boat journey from Exotic Resort. A shallow in water skill session is followed by a gently dive on one our soft coral reefs reaching a maximum depth of 12mts. Upon completion you will receive a certificate of recognition, which can be used as credit towards your full Open Water Certification.
The most popular scuba diving course in the world is the PADI Open Water Course. This course gives you the foundational knowledge and skills you need to be able to dive with a buddy independent of supervision. The course consists of five classroom sessions, where you learn about the theory of diving through watching PADI videos and discussing questions based on the PADI open water book. There are five confined water sessions, where you learn how to successfully complete some basic diving skills and learn how to breathe underwater. There are four open water dives, the first two take you to a depth of 12mts/40feet and the final two take you to a depth of 18mts/60feet. The course includes the PADI open water manual, PADI log book, recreational dive planner, certification and use of all required diving equipment. Upon completion you will receive a life long PADI certification card, which is recognized worldwide and allows you to enroll in the next PADI course – the Advanced Open Water.
The national geographic society and PADI have joined forces to create a new more dynamic Open Water Course. These two companies have merged their distinctive knowledge of the underwater realm in order to create divers with excellent skills and understanding of underwater ecosystems. The National Geographic open water course incorporates the full PADI open water course yet adds to it a national geographic knowledge review and two additional open water dives during which you will learn how to navigate using both a compass and natural navigation techniques; create a visual reference of a dive site; practice more complex buoyancy skills to further enhance your confidence and learn to identify different vertebrates and invertebrates. The course includes the PADI open water manual, PADI log book, recreational dive planner, certification, national geographic almanac and DVD, leather binder and use of all required diving equipment