The PADI Junior Open Water Referral Diver course is for those people who have already completed the 5 sections including the knowledge reviews from the open water diver manual and exams, plus the swimming pool sessions and all you need to complete the PADI Junior Open Water Diver course is the four required open water traning dives.
You will need to bring the open water referral form from the dive center that you completed the theroy and pool sessions with.
When you enroll in a PADI Junior Open Water Referral course with us here at Thailand Divers, you are taking the first step towards a lifetime of underwater exploration.
PADI Junior Open Water Diver is the most widely recognized and respected scuba diving rating in the world, and will give you the skills you need to safely enjoy the aquatic world.
As a certified PADI Junior Open Water Diver you are able to dive anywhere in the world to a maximum depth of 12 meters (10 - 11 years old) or 18 meters (12 - 14 years old).
Thailand Divers has an extensive range of multi-lingual instructors and training materials, so no matter where in the world you come from the PADI Junior Open Water course can be completed in your language.
7.30am:
We come and collect you from your hotel lobby and transfer you by one of our air-conditioned mini buses to our day trip diving boat.
Your PADI dive instructor will be waiting for you on the boat, and after a short briefing on the boat and the facilities on-board it is time for some breakfast which will be freshly prepared for you by the boat crew.
Whilst making our way to the amazing coral reefs surrounding the islands south of Phuket, you will have an hour or so with your instructor to go though the objectives of the first dive and the safety procedures and checks before diving.
Once we have arrived at the dive sites now it is time to get the scuba gear on, do a buddy check and now you are ready for your first scuba dive on one of the best places in the world to scuba dive.
You are going to be amazed at what you can see down there;
Corals soft and hard, millions of tropical fish and much, much more.
Open Water dive 1: This is a fun dive with no skills, just floating around weightlessly taking in the underwater beauty of Thailand, to a maximum depth of 12 meters and maximum time 50 minutes.
Once you are back on board a hot buffet lunch will be served by the boat crew and this gives you time to relax with your instructor and discuss how the dive went and an assessment of your diving skills- don't forget to log your dives.
After an hour or so then it is time for the second dive of the day, which like the first is a maximum time of 50 minutes and a maximum depth of 10 meters. On this dive you will perform a few dive skill exercises with your class mates and the instructor.
Once you are back on the boat we will go through the cleaning procedures of the dive equipment and then relax in the sun.
Once we are back at the port it's then back aboard the transport and we will return you to your hotel around 5pm.
Just like Day 1 we collect you from your hotel at 7.30am and transfer you to the day trip boat.
We will be going to another dive site surrounded by coral reefs to complete the final two dives of the PADI Junior Open Water course: the dives will to a maximum depth of either 12 or 18 meters age depending.
Once back on the transport it is back to the dive center to receive your PADI Junior Open Water license and you will be back to your hotel around 6pm
The cost of the PADI Junior Open Water Referral Diver course is:
9,900 Thailand Baht: Group tuition - Maximum group size 4 students to one PADI Instructor.
13,200 Thailand Baht: Private Tuition - One private Instructor for the complete course.
The course includes:
- PADI certification costs.
- Full set of rental scuba diving equipment.
- PADI Instructor ( maximum 4 students to one instructor).
- Free Transfers from Patong, Karon and Kata hotels.
(A charge may apply for other areas- click here to check).
- Insurance.
When you are on the day trip boat for the 2 days the following is included:
- Breakfast.
- Lunch.
- Soft drinks (coke, sprite, fanta, drinking water etc).
- Snacks and Fresh tropical fruit all day.
- Four amazing coral reef dives to a maximum depth of 18 meters.
"EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO BECOME A CERTIFIED PADI JUNIOR OPEN WATER DIVER."
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