What You Learn

The Open Water Diver course consists of three main phases:

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

If you've participated in a Discover Scuba Diving experience or resort course, the skills you learned may be credited towards a portion of the full Open Water Diver course certification.

e-Learning

You can start your adventure today at home or on the go with e-Learning on your computer, tablet, or phone.

Blue Octopus Scuba offers three choices for completing the Open Water course

• THIS COURSE: 3-day Combined course.  Save time and combine Confined Water and Open Water in a 3-day weekend at the lake
• Split course, Confined Water Dives one weekend in the pool and Open Water Dives a second weekend at the lake.
• Referral course, Confined Water Dives with us and ask for a referral to any resort or retailer worldwide.  Don't spend your vacation time or dollars sitting in a classroom or at the bottom of a pool!  There is no additional charge for this referral

Prerequisites

To enroll in the Open Diver course or Junior Open Water Diver course, you must be:

• 18 years or older.  (BOS welcomes children aged 10-17 but they take our more relaxed two-weekend confined water / open water curriculum)  
• Complete our Open Water online all-in-one waiver.
• If you must answer “YES” to any questions in the online waiver medical section, a physician must review and sign the Medical Statement which can be downloaded here.

What's included:

• Academics
• Open Water Checkout Dives
• Rental Dive Gear (BCD, Regulator(s), Weights, etc...)
• Tanks
• Entry to Lake Pheonix

What's not included:

• Personal Dive Gear (Mask, Snorkel, boots, and fins)
• Wetsuits (if necessary)
• Open Water crew-pak ( required material)

Educational courses can be refunded with a doctor's letter or rescheduled within one year. A fee of $75 applies for rescheduling within 7 days of the course date, and a $25 fee for rescheduling within 14 days. Course materials cannot be refunded. 

Students must physically come in and be fitted no later than the Friday prior to their course.