PHUKET - PADI Open Water Diver Course
Get your scuba diving certification with the PADI Open Water Diver course – the world’s most popular and widely recognized beginner level scuba course. The course is conducted on three consecutive days of Raya Yai daytrips.
The PADI Open Water Diver course is a combination of theory, shallow water practice and four actual open water dives.
1. Theory: Studying a manual during the course or online before your holiday, completing knowledge reviews and a final exam.
2. Confined Water Training: Learning various scuba skills in shallow water.
3. Open Water Dives: Practicing the skills more and exploring the dive sites of Raya Yai
The course takes 3 days and the program is quite intensive but also a lot of fun.
Trip Duration | 09:00-17:00 (boat trip 1,5 hours) |
Boat Type | Tour boat with sun deck |
Activities | Self study, videos, scuba diving |
Lunch | Thai style buffet on the boat |
Suitable | Everyone 10 years or older, ability to swim and being medically fit for diving |
On this course your friends and family can participate on other activities as well (separate booking required, please contact us for more information):
Snorkeling Safari (boat snorkeling)
Discover Scuba Diving (no previous experience required)
Diving Trip (certified divers only)
All activities include
- Pick up from hotels
- All boat transportation and life jackets (children sizes available)
- Use of snorkeling equipment
- National park fees (if applicable)
- Lunch, snacks, fruits, drinking water, coffee and tea
- Guide or instructor services
- Insurance Read more >>
Diving Courses and Discover Scuba Diving include
- Full scuba diving equipment
- All study materials
- Certification fees
What is excluded?
- Soft drinks and alcoholic drinks on all activities
- Scuba diving equipment on trips for certified divers
- PADI Membership and Pro materials fees on professional level courses
For everyone
Please do not participate on any activities if feeling ill. In case you have a medical condition that our team should be aware please contact the tour leader.
If you participate for Discover Scuba Diving or Diving Course
Please review the questions below. If you answer YES to any of the questions it doesn't necessarily disqualify you from diving but you must consult a physician prior to participating in the program.
- Could you be pregnant or are you attempting to become pregnant?
- Do you regularly take prescription or nonprescription medications? (with the exception of birth control)
- Are you over 45 years of age and have one or more of the following?
• currently smoke a pipe, cigars, or cigarettes
• have a high cholesterol level
• have a family history of heart attacks or strokes
Have you ever had or do you currently have . . . - Asthma, or wheezing with breathing, or wheezing with exercise?
- Frequent or severe attacks of hayfever or allergy?
- Frequent colds, sinusitis or bronchitis?
- Any form of lung disease?
- Pneumothorax (collapsed lung)?
- History of chest surgery?
- Claustrophobia or agoraphobia (fear of closed or open spaces)?
- Behavioral health problems?
- Epilepsy, seizures, convulsions or take medications to prevent them?
- Recurring migraine headaches or take medications to prevent them?
- History of blackouts or fainting (full/partial loss of consciousness)?
- Do you frequently suffer from motion sickness (seasick, carsick, etc.)?
- History of diving accidents or decompression sickness?
- History of recurrent back problems?
- History of back surgery?
- History of diabetes?
- History of back, arm or leg problems following surgery, injury or fracture?
- Inability to perform moderate exercise (example: walk one mile within 12 minutes)?
- History of high blood pressure or take medicine to control blood pressure?
- History of any heart disease?
- History of heart attacks?
- Angina or heart surgery or blood vessel surgery?
- History of ear or sinus surgery?
- History of ear disease, hearing loss or problems with balance?
- History of problems equalizing (popping) ears with airplane or mountain travel?
- History of bleeding or other blood disorders?
- History of any type of hernia?
- History of ulcers or ulcer surgery?
- History of colostomy?
- History of drug or alcohol abuse?
Everyone up to 75 years old participants are insured on trips or diving courses conducted by Raya Divers. The insurance is approved by Thai T.A.T. (Tourist Authority of Thailand), and it covers evacuation and treatment for accidents up to 500 000 THB (approx. 12 500 EUR). Most accidents are minor (stumbling on the deck of a boat, dehydration, etc), which the insurance covers easily. However, we recommend each traveler to have their own travel insurance, and for certified divers to have an insurance specifically for scuba diving. This would assist you to avoid possible coverage problems on severe injuries, decompression chamber treatment or expensive evacuation cases back to your home country.
Had a great time with raya getting my open water certification.
Open water kurssi suoritettu ja henkilökunta viimesen päälle Voin lämpimästi suositella rayan palveluja
We were a group of 9 who took open water diving certificate here. It was in English. It took three days, one day in the pool, one day on the beach and one day from a boat on Ko Racha Yai. Taxi to and home from the dive centre/beach was included which was really nice. Lunch and breakfast the last day was included too. We loved the personal service we got. One of us got a sick one day but could still take the certificate! We all had to do a lot of theory on the evening on our own though. But we had really fun and it was overall a really nice experience! We would recommend taking your OWD certificate here!
Kävimme keväällä -23 kurssin raya diversilla ja nyt marraskuussa olin puolison parina joka suoritti open water kurssin. Katri toimi molemmilla kerroilla kouluttajana ja oli erittäin ammattitaitoinen sekä osasi ottaa huomioon kaikki. Iso kiitos koko Rayan porukalla ja varmasti tulemme jatkamaan sukeltelua teidän kanssa!
Poikamme Anton 16v suoritti kolmen päivän Padi open water lisenssin Katrin ohjaamana. Koko perhe lähti mukaan kolmantena päivänä Raya Yain saarelle. Ammattitaitoista ja ystävällistä henkilökuntaa . Kiitoksia paljon. Tiistaina nähdään Phi Phi retkellä