Courses in Tasmania
Open Water Scuba Diver Course, 开放水域潜水员课程
Course code: SDI-10
Open Water Scuba Dive Course,
开放水域潜水员课程
Open Water training conducted right here in launceston with the added bonus of 2 x Boat dives included in your training package, No need for weekend trips away to bicheno and expensive accomodation, Learn to dive properly from day one—with the control, awareness, equipment confidence, and judgment to keep progressing forward on your journey.
The SDI Open Water Scuba Diver course is the foundation certification for new divers. It combines self-paced knowledge development, watermanship assessment, confined-water skill development, and four open-water dives to build safe, repeatable recreational-diving habits. Training covers equipment assembly and checks, buoyancy and trim, mask and regulator skills, buddy procedures, air sharing, ascents and descents, personal dive-computer use, navigation foundations, emergency procedures, environmental awareness, and dive planning. The objective is not simply to complete minimum skills, but to graduate as a calmer, more capable diver ready to dive with another certified diver in conditions similar to training.
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Standards verification note: Standards verification note: This section has been checked against the current SDI Standards and Procedures, Part 2, Section 7 — Open Water Scuba Diver, and the official SDI course page. Graduates may conduct no-decompression dives with another certified diver at the same or higher level, in conditions similar to training, to a maximum of 18 metres / 60 feet. Maximum ratios are 8 students per instructor in confined water and 6 in open water; permitted active assistants may increase those totals to absolute maxima of 12 and 10 respectively. If any student is under 15, the maximum open-water ratio is 4 divers per instructor with no more than two under 15. Entry requires age 18, or 10 through 17 with written parental consent; ages 10 through 14 earn Junior Open Water certification and must train and dive under direct supervision of a parent, guardian, or active dive professional. Certification requires academic completion, required watermanship, all confined-water skills, four daylight or simulated-daylight open-water dives of at least 15 minutes each and at least 80 minutes total, depths between 5 and 18 metres / 15 and 60 feet, no more than three scuba dives per day, an 80 percent final assessment result with 100 percent remediation, completed logs, and mature judgment.
Quick Course Overview
• Certification scope
Conduct no-decompression open-water dives with another certified diver at the same or higher level, in conditions similar to training, to a maximum depth of 18 metres / 60 feet.
• Course structure
Academic development, watermanship assessment, confined-water training, and four open-water scuba dives.
• Open-water requirement
Each dive is at least 15 minutes, with at least 80 minutes accumulated underwater time across the four dives.
• Core focus
Equipment, buoyancy, trim, personal dive-computer use, buddy procedures, air sharing, ascents, descents, emergency skills, navigation foundations, planning, and environmental awareness.
• Maximum ratios
8 students per instructor in confined water and 6 in open water, with permitted active-assistant increases and required reduction when conditions dictate.
• Progression
Foundation for Advanced Adventure, individual SDI specialties, Advanced Diver Development, rescue, sidemount, and technical pathways.
Training Options
Standard small-group training
Scheduled once the six-participant minimum is reached. Final group size remains subject to age mix, confined-water progress, visibility, site, conditions, logistics, assistant availability, and instructor discretion. Premium one-on-one training Private delivery provides focused coaching, flexible pacing, additional repetition, detailed equipment support, and an individual progression plan.
Standard Cost*
$799 AUD
Note* *Standard training requires a minimum of 6 (six) participants. Date options will be provided once the course is filled.
Private 1 on 1 Cost
Private 1 on 1 Cost
$4,500 AUD
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Prerequisites
• No prior scuba certification is required.
• Minimum age 18, or 10 through 17 with written parental consent.
• Students aged 10 through 14 may earn Junior Open Water certification and must train and dive under direct supervision of a parent, guardian, or active dive professional.
• Complete the required SDI registration, liability, medical, and safe-diving-practice documentation; physician clearance is required when indicated.
• Meet the required watermanship standard before open-water certification.
Course Format
Learning materials
SDI Open Water Scuba Diver Manual and Knowledge Quest or eLearning, completed before or alongside instructor-led training.
Knowledge development
Aquatic environment, physics and physiology, decompression awareness, personal dive computers, equipment, buddy systems, communication, buoyancy, entries and exits, planning, emergency procedures, marine-life awareness, and continuing education.
Watermanship
Complete the required continuous swim or approved swim alternative, followed by the required survival-float or tread-water assessment, without swim aids unless the applicable standard permits an exposure suit.
Confined-water development
Learn and repeat all required scuba skills until they can be completed comfortably and effectively before certification.
Four open-water dives
Each dive is at least 15 minutes, with at least 80 total minutes. Training depths are between 5 and 18 metres / 15 and 60 feet, no more than three scuba dives are completed in one day, and dives occur in daylight or simulated-daylight conditions.
Personal dive computer
Each student plans, monitors, and logs their own profile using an assigned personal dive computer and learns to interpret depth, time, no-decompression, ascent-rate, and safety-stop information.
Assessment
Complete the final examination with at least 80 percent and 100 percent remediation, plus all watermanship, confined-water, open-water, logging, and judgment requirements.
What You Will Learn
Select, assemble, inspect, don, use, remove, rinse, and care for a complete recreational scuba system.
Breathe comfortably underwater and clear, recover, or replace a regulator and mask using controlled procedures.
Establish appropriate weighting, control buoyancy and trim, hover, use efficient propulsion, descend and ascend safely, and hold a stable safety stop.
Use buddy checks, communication, positioning, air-sharing, low-air, out-of-air, cramp, tired-diver, and separation procedures appropriately.
Plan and monitor a no-decompression dive using gas, depth, time, environmental conditions, personal limits, and an individual dive computer.
Apply basic compass and natural-navigation awareness, environmental responsibility, controlled entries and exits, surface procedures, and post-dive logging.
What's Included
- 1 Pool Session, 2 Shore Dives, 2 Boat dives Right here in Launceston | Required learning materials | SDI Open Water Scuba Diver eLearning or current academic materials, as confirmed at booking.
- Professional instruction | Knowledge review, watermanship assessment, confined-water development, dive planning, complete briefings and debriefings, direct coaching, and performance evaluation.
- Confined-water training | Required skill development and practice before progression to open water.
- Four open-water dives including 2 BOAT Dives | Required certification dives with skills assessment, personal-computer use, safety-stop practice, and post-dive logging.
- Modern training equipment | Use of an integrated-weight BCD, regulator system, personal dive computer, tanks, air fills, and weights as confirmed at booking.
- Assessment and certification | Final assessment, remediation where required, training records, dive logging, and SDI Open Water Scuba Diver certification processing after successful completion.
What's Not Included
- Personal equipment including mask, snorkel, fins, boots, exposure protection, hood, gloves, cutting device, surface-signalling equipment, and preferred accessories unless specifically confirmed.
- Medical review, physician consultation, or diving medical examination where required by the SDI Medical Statement or centre policy.
- boat fees (open water is shore based but can be boat dives on request), site fees, permits, transfers, additional equipment hire, or optional extra dives unless specifically included.
- Replacement learning materials, lost or damaged equipment charges, non-standard gases, nitrox certification, or additional cylinders unless confirmed.
- Travel, accommodation, meals, hard-copy materials where digital materials are supplied, and anything not listed in the final booking confirmation.
Why Train With Us
Entry-level training shaped by thousands of recreational and technical dives—not a rushed pathway to the minimum certification card. • Thousands of dives behind your foundations | Our team brings extensive real-world experience to buoyancy, equipment, gas awareness, buddy procedures, environmental judgment, and problem prevention from the first session. • Modern, integrated-weight equipment | Train using current BCDs, regulators, computers, cylinders, and weights selected to support comfort, familiarity, and good habits. • Skills before schedule | We focus on comfortable, repeatable performance and useful feedback rather than pushing students forward simply because the timetable says to move on. • Personal computer use from the start | Learn to plan, monitor, interpret, and review your own dive profile instead of relying on another diver’s display. • Prepared for Tasmanian conditions | Develop thermal awareness, equipment confidence, controlled buoyancy, shore-entry skills, and judgment suited to real cold-water local diving. • A clear pathway beyond certification | Continue with buoyancy, dry suit, nitrox, deep, rescue, sidemount, and technical training through the same SDI/TDI 5-Star Dive Centre.
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