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PADI Diving courses

PADI(professional association of Diving Instructors) is the biggest diving association in the world. We hav ean experienced diving instructor and do PADi diving certification courses from beginner course to Divemaster course in English and Japanese.


PADI openwater diver course Fiji  
 
For those who have never dived before...Introductory diving / half day
 


This course is for those who never have dived before. course includes 1)Breifing 2)confined water training and 3)1 boat dive. We provide rental scuba diving gear.The only thing you need is your swim suit and course fee.

 

PADi diving courses Fiji

Openwater diver certification course(minimum 3 days)

Start today from your home, PADI e-learning!
This is your first certification course as a diver.
After the course, you can get a certification card which makes you available to dive independently with a buddy all over the world and further your diving education.
This card is no valid and you can use all your life.
This course includes 1)theory 2)confined water skill session at swimming pool or shallow water in the reef 3)4 openwater dives
You will learn basic but essential knowledge and technic as a diver.

For more information, please check openwater diver page.

 
PADI scuba diver certification course(minimum 2 days)

This course is for those who does not have time to complete the openwater diver course.After the course, you will get a valid certification which allows you to dive with PADI divemaster or instructor up to 12m depth.
After the course,If you take additional training, you can step up to get an openwater diver certification.

 
 
 
 

Advanced openwater diver certification course(minimum 2 days)


PADI advanced openwater diver course FijiYour next step after the openwater diver course. You do 5 different dives to gain more experience as a diver.
No paper test.
Of the 5 dives 2 are essential dives(deep diving and underwater navigation dives ) plus 3 elective dives. There are many elective dives which you can choose, like underwater naturalist, drift diving, underwater digital photography, multilevel diving etc...Once you get your advanced openwater diver certification, your depth limit as a diver becomes 30 meters and recognized as a diver which has more experience than openwater diver.

 
 
 
 
 
Emergency First Response certification course(1 day)
 


PADI EFR course fiji
This is a course to aquire the skill and knowlege of first aid when there is an accident, injury and sudden sickness.This course is essential to be completed before the rescue diver course. No actual dive training, only video, theory and classroom sessions.So even if you or your companinon is a non diver, you can attend this course.

 

Rescue diver certification course(minimum2-3 days)

 

rescue diver course fiji
We learn and practice ways to avoid accidents and trouble, and also what to do when an accident happens.
Course includes 1)theory 2)Confined water session and 3)openwater session

This course is essential before you can participate in the divemaster course.

 
Dive Master certification couese(2 weeks)
 


PADI divemaster is your first certification as a PADI professional.
It is essential to work as a dive guide and assistant for diving instructor during diving courses.You will become a PADI member and have a chance to work in the diving industry around the world.
Course include theory, pool sessions and openwater training sessions.
You practice how and what to do when you look after certified divers and course students during guide dives and courses.
You also learn essential knowledges as a PADI professional in various feilds(phsics, physiology, PADI standards, etc..)

inclusive in the course...manuals and 10 dives

PADI divemaster course fijiExclusive in the course...your dive gear
Many divemaster candidates brings their own gear and we exclude this cost from the course fee.
If you want to work as a PADI pro, sooner or later you need your own gear and we recommend that you have your own gear. But if you want, you can use rental gear at an extra cost.

Application fee to PADI
PADI has several branches around the world, and after the course, you will belong to one of them. But application fee's vary depending on the branch.So to avoid confusion, we exclude this cost from course fee.

For example, PADI asia pacific in which Fiji belongs, application fee is A$150.And PADI Japan is about 50,000yen.If you keep travelling after the course and are not sure where you should register your address, temporarily you can use our address.

3)Medical certificate
It is cheaper to do it in Fiji and the cost is F$50. We have form's here and you have to go to private practice in Nadi town.

4)Minimum of 60 dives experience is essential for divemaster certification. If you don't reach 50 dive logs, you can do inexpensive dives at the beach or go somewhere and send copy of your log book when you reach 60 dives.

 

PADI divemaster course FijiAAfter I quit my job, I decided to become divemaster and stayed here for 3 weeks. I started from EFR course, then rescue diver to divemaster. I fter I quit my job, I decided to become divemaster and stayed here for 3 weeks. I started from EFR course, rAfter I quit my job, I decided to become divemaster and stayed here for 3 weeks. I started from EFR course, then rescue diver to divemaster. Brendan(Australia)

 

 
   

Frequent Q&A

   

diving course FijiQ... What's included in PADI courses? And excluded? What do I need to prepare?

A...From introductory diving to rescue diver course, course fee includes almost everything, rental diving gear, manual, certification card application form(this,we call PIC) and teaching. What is excluded is your swim suit, 1 passport size photo for certification card and postage to send card.For the divemaster course, what is inclusive and exclusive are written above.

Q...How old do I have to be to attend a course?

A...Bubble maker course, which is an introductry diving course for children age's 8-9. Introductory diving course is from 10 years old. Openwater diver course to rescue diver course is from 12 years old and divemaster course is from 18 years old.

 
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