Open Water Diver Certification
Located in the heart of Key West, our dive center gives you access to calm seas, warm weather, and convenient accommodations!
Turn your vacation into a lifelong skill that opens doors to underwater adventure anywhere in the world!
Why choose Southpoint Divers in Key West
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Key West’s trusted PADI 5 Star Dive Center
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Dive the only living coral reef in North America found in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
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Experience the famous Vandenberg wreck which becomes your underwater jungle-gym
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Enjoy the guidance of experienced and attentive instructors with small group sizes
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Flexible and fun course format that begins with eLearning, continues in the pool, and finishes in open water
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Recognized as a Platinum ScubaPro Dealer, offering full Pro Tech servicing for your gear
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The only dive shop in Florida with air-conditioned facilities — cool comfort before and after your dives
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Relax between dives on our shaded, diver-friendly boat designed for comfort and convenience
OPEN WATER CERTIFICATION
Diver certification begins at Southpoint Divers. Start with PADI’s online eLearning course. Move to the pool and we’ll teach you the required practical skills. Then experience four open water dives where you will practice what you learn in the pool.
Learning Options
No Experience Necessary!
Get your PADI OpenWater Certification with Southpoint Divers. This course is easy, fun, and the beginning of an adventurous diving lifestyle!
• Must be able to swim.
• If there is a yes on the medical form you must get a doctors note.
Questions? Ready to enroll?
Call us … (305) 292-9778
During the PADI Open Water Diver course, you’ll learn to explore the underwater world using scuba, a rewarding challenge.
The PADI Open Water Diver course includes three parts:
- Knowledge Development,
- Confined Water Dives, and
- Open Water Dives.
Knowledge Development covers the principles, concepts and terms you need to know for dive safety and enjoyment. During the Confined Water Dives, you learn and practice scuba skills in a pool or water with pool-like conditions. You’ll enjoy making one or more minidives, which take you through the same steps you follow when you make open water dives.
To complete training you practice, apply and demonstrate what you learn during four Open Water Dives at a local dive site.
Earning a PADI Open Water Diver certification shows that you met the course requirements. Dive centers and resorts require proof of certification before they will rent scuba equipment, fill scuba cylinders or book dive excursions. As a PADI Open Water Diver, you’ll be trained to a maximum depth of 18 metres/60 feet, and are qualified to dive in conditions as good as, or better than, those in which you trained.
It’s just the beginning of a lifetime filled with dive adventures.
ACADEMIC
The PADI Open Water Diver course consists of three main phases:
1. Knowledge Development (online, independent study or in a classroom) to understand basic principles of scuba diving:
2. Confined Water Dives to learn basic scuba skills
3. Open Water Dives to use your skills and explore!
You may be able to get college credit for the Open Water Diver course.
EQUIPMENT
In the PADI Open Water Diver course, you learn to use basic scuba gear, including a mask, snorkel, fins, regulator, buoyancy control device and a tank. The equipment you wear varies, depending upon whether you’re diving in tropical, temperate or cold water.
Check with your local dive center about the gear you’ll use during this course and get advice about everything you need from your PADI Instructor.
GETTING STARTED
Southpoint Divers is here to help you on your certification journey. Contact us today so we can answer any questions and find the right course for you!
DIVE INTO YOUR ADVENTURE WITH US
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PADI eLearning
INDEPENDENT STUDY
PADI eLearning makes it easy to fit scuba lessons into a busy schedule. Learn about scuba diving principles and terminology whenever, wherever it’s convenient for you.
It’s your course on your time. Study offline, or online using a computer or mobile device. Connect with your instructor whenever you have a question.
OPTION #1
2 DAY with Elearning Option
$539.00 + $57 Materials
+ PADI Elearning
Step 1 Elearning: Complete your academics online before you come down to Key West and eliminate a day in the classroom! Get started with PADI independent eLearning.
Step 2 Register: Once you sign up and pay for your Elearning course with PADI, the payment to Southpoint Divers is $499.00+48 materials.
Step 3 Pool & Dive: 2 days in person training…
• Day 1: Pool Session Starts at 9:00am then two dives on our afternoon charter starting at 1:00-6:00pm.
• Day 2: Pool Session Starts at 8:00AM then two dives on our afternoon charter starting at 1:00-6:00pm.
Questions?
(305) 292-9778
OPTION #2
Check-out/Referral Dives Option
$499.00
(Possible processing of $40.00 depending on situation.)
Complete your classroom and confined water sessions at your local dive shop then finish up your 4 dives with Southpoint Divers in Key West.
Day 1: 12:30pm for paperwork 1:00-6:00pm diving on our afternoon charter.
Day 2: 1:00PM-6:00PM diving on our afternoon charter.
PADI FIVE STAR DIVE CENTER
MORE INFO:
PADI Five Star Dive Centers are progressive dive shops that provide a full range of PADI scuba diving education programs, equipment selection and experience opportunities, while encouraging aquatic environmental responsibility.
We excel in providing quality services to divers, have highly trained and professional staff and actively promote the benefits of recreational scuba diving, snorkeling, dive travel, and environmental protection.
PADI Five Star Dive Centers embrace the PADI System of diver education and offer regular continuing education programs to ensure divers have the opportunity to advance their skills and knowledge.
We are committed to providing customer satisfaction along with great dive experiences!
“I got certified here and couldn’t compare the experience with any other dive shop.”
“This course is easy, fun, and the beginning of an adventurous diving lifestyle.”
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