PADI Open Water Diver Course in Koh Phangan Island

Koh Phangan PADI Open Water Diver Course with accommodation

PADI Open Water Diver Сourse on Koh Phangan Island - the most popular Diving Course in the World! After completing three-days PADI Open Water Diver course you will have more than enough skills and knowledge to plan and dive with your partner to a depth of 18 meters anywhere in the world!

International PADI Open Water Diver certificate — it’s your pass to the amazing world of diving.

About PADI Open Water Diver Course

Duration: 2 days

Minimum age: 10 years

Number of dives: 5 confined water + 4 open water dives

Limitations: absence of any medical conditions (download medical statement here)

Maximum depth: 18 m. (50ft.) 

Regular price: ฿13,500

Book now: ฿10,490

Discount: 22%

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The price of the PADI Open Water Diver Course includes:

• Transfer to Koh Tao and back
• Accommodation on Koh Tao for the duration of training (2 nights)
• Training materials
• International PADI Diver Certificate
• Equipment rental
• Tea, coffee, fruits and light snacks on our dive boat
• Insurance

What are you going to learn on your PADI Open Water Diver course?

Theoretical part

You can start your theoretical studies on Koh Phangan with an online manual, or you will receive a paper manual in advance.
You will have to read through 5 chapters of the PADI Open Water Diver manual, which can be supplemented by watching 5 parts of the training video. After that you complete 5 knowledge reviews, 4 tests and a final exam related to the 5 chapters you studied.

Practical part

Practice includes 5 confined water sessions*. During those sessions you will master equipment setup skills and core scuba diving skills under the guidance of your PADI Instructor.
During the next 2 days you will complete 4 dives in the open water as you demonstrate previously acquired skills in conditions that replicate real dives. At the end of each dive you will take an underwater tour and enjoy the underwater world of tropical coral reefs.

PADI Open Water Diver course — detailed course description

PADI Open Water Diver Course schedule on Koh Phangan

You will begin the theoretical part on Koh Phangan, where you will receive study materials and all necessary instructions in advance.

First day:

08–00 Check in to Koh Tao on Thong Sala Pier, Koh Phangan 
08–30 — 10–00 High-Speed Catamaran "Lomprayah" from Koh Phangan to Koh Tao island
10–00 — 10–15 Meeting with your instructor on Koh Tao
10–15 Departure to one of the dive sites to perform training dives (departure time may vary)
10–15 — 11–00 Briefing before the dive, introduction to dive equipment and practice at assembling and disassembling
11–00 — 12–00 Skills practice in confined water
12–00 — 13–00 Break on the dive boat, briefing before the dive
13–00 — 14–00 Skills practice in confined water
15–00 Return to Koh Tao, accommodation check-in.
16–00 — 17–30 Theory part (watching training video, knowledge review and test)

Second day:

10–00 Departure to one of the dive sites for training dives (departure time may vary)
10–30 — 12–00 Briefing before the dive. First training dive in open water
12–00 — 13–00 Break on the dive boat, briefing before the second dive
13–00 — 14–00 Second training dive in open water
15–00 Return to Koh Tao, theory and paperwork

Third day

10–00 Departure to the dive sites, briefing before the dive
11–00 — 12–00 Third training dive in open water
12–00 — 13–00 Break, briefing before the second dive
13–00 — 14–00 Fourth open water dive
15–00 — 16–30 Back way transfer from Koh Tao to Koh Phangan island

Continuing Scuba Diving Education

After completing the PADI Open Water Diver course, you can move on. PADI Adventure Diver or PADI Advanced Open Water Diver courses are the next step for you! After completing the PADI Open Water Diver course, you also can choose from a variety of PADI specialty courses.