SSI Open Water Diver - Evening course

Course duration:

2 x Evening confined water sessions and 2 x full days open water sessions

Get Certified! Take a Scuba Lesson with the SSI Open Water Diver Course

This globally-recognized certification program is the best way to begin your life-long adventure as a certified scuba diver. Personalized training is combined with in-water practice sessions to ensure you have the skills and experience required to become truly comfortable underwater, and you will love the ocean from a completely new perspective.

The SSI Open Water Diver course consists of three main phases:

• Knowledge Development (online, home study or in a classroom ) to understand basic principles of scuba diving
• Confined Water Dives to learn basic scuba skills
• Open Water Dives to review your skills and explore!

Why get certified?

You get to embark on the of the greatest adventures you will ever experience. Becoming an open water scuba diver marks the first step in a journey that will change the way you experience the world. You can explore and experience the wonder of feeling weightless, interact with incredible marine life and discover wrecks only open to those who become divers. Becoming certified gives you a license to explore our true last frontier: the ocean. 

Learn all about your scuba gear with SSI scuba lessons. In the SSI Open Water Diver course, you learn to use basic scuba gear including a dive computer, and standard accessories. The equipment you wear varies somewhat, depending upon whether you're diving in tropical, temperate or cold water. 

Check with New Zealand Diving about the gear you'll use during this course. You can find most everything at our diving shop or our online shop. Rental equipment is included in the course price. 

Minimum Age: 10

Academic Sessions: Online Program

Pool/Confined Water Sessions: 6

Open Water Dives: 4

Maximum Training Depth:18 meters / 60 feet (age 15+)

Suggested Duration:16 - 32 hours

The Diver Diamond methodology

Diver Diamond is the cornerstone of the SSI educational system. It emphasizes the critical components of a great scuba education program: Proper knowledge, Proper Skills, Proper Equipment and Proper Experience. The diver diamond is the foundation for the Ultimate Dive Experience.