You’ll learn about dive injuries, different types of emergency oxygen equipment and safety considerations when using oxygen. Then you’ll practice:
- Assembling and disassembling emergency oxygen equipment.
- Deploying a non-rebreather mask and a demand inhalator valve on a breathing diver.
- Using a pocket mask on a nonbreathing diver.
Contact us to enrol and get your PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider Manual. Read the manual before class as directed by your instructor in preparation for skill practice.
What should I bring?
We will have emergency oxygen units available to use for training. You will also need to have a disposable non-rebreather mask to use during practice sessions, which we can help provide.
Prices vary, according to group size and your specific requirements, so please contact us
Most people have pretty busy lives, so we aim to structure this course to fit in with your lifestyle.
The academic and confined water (swimming pool) part of the course typically takes place over two full days, but can be divided and run on separate days if this is easier to fit in. The academic side of the course can be done either through Scuba School classroom sessions or via PADI’s online training programme.
The open water section of the course will take place at a local coastal site, like Wainui, Pohatu, Flea Bay marine reserve or Lake Coleridge, depending on the weather conditions. There is also an option to undertake this section of the course in Kaikoura. The open water section of the course consists of four dives, during which you put into practice what you have learnt in the pool.
What should I bring?
We provide all equipment for use during training (see What’s included? below). In the PADI Open Water Diver course, you learn to use all the basic scuba gear, including wetsuit, mask, snorkel, fins, regulator, buoyancy control device and a tank.
Pool training
When you’re fitted with your scuba equipment you can begin your pool training. Your instructor will put into practice the techniques you learned in the academics program. Your training dives will be logged and approved by your instructor before you move on to open water.
Open water training
Get ready to experience everything you’ve learned with the freedom of open water. As soon as your open water training dives are approved by your instructor you will be a certified diver. PADI Open Water Diver certification is recognized worldwide so your diving experiences will be limitless.
This course includes:
- Manuals
- Log book
- Certification
- Dive cylinders and air fills
- Use of SCUBA equipment (excluding wetsuit, mask, snorkel, fins, booties, gloves and safety sausage)
- Four open water dives
Requirements:
- Medical statement* to be completed by each participant (and a doctor if necessary)
- Read and sign Training Liability Release*
- Complete a booking form* and read the Scuba School terms and conditions
- Mask, snorkel, fins, wetsuit, gloves, booties and safety sausage (We can assist you with hiring these items)
- Watched Open Water DVD (bond of $60 required and refunded when returned)
- Have read your PADI Open Water manual and completed knowledge reviews 1-5 by the start of the course.
*All forms can be found at the bottom of this page
Prices vary, according to group size and your specific requirements, so please contact us
