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If you're considering learning to dive and have an interest in the world in which we live, the National Geographic Diver program is the perfect way to integrate the PADI Open Water Diver course - The world's leading dive certification - with the wisdom and experience of National Geographic. Designed to integrate with the Open Water Diver Course, the National Geographic Diver program contains the same materials you'll get as part of the Open Water course along with the National Geographic Almanac and course DVD. You also get a leatherette NG binder that looks really neat, and we throw in an underwater camera you can keep after the course. Issuable only through a National Geographic Dive Centre, the National Geographic Diver certification is aimed at developing a higher standard of diver through a combination of skills and knowledge training and assessment. You'll earn the National Geographic Diver certification by completing the 5 academic and confined water modules from the Open Water Diver course, with some extra practice at your buoyancy skills, and then you'll complete the 4 certification dives for the Open Water course, followed by two more open water dives during which you'll hover horizontally, head-up and headdown, complete an exploration project during which you'll survey a small area of a dive site looking for the details you'd otherwise miss and take pictures, and a series of navigation exercises. You'll also complete a knowledge review based on the knowledge you gain from studying the National Geographic Almanac and DVD.
Upon completion of the National Geographic Diver course you'll earn the National Geographic Diver certification.
Course Summary Course Duration:
4 Days 1 Day Pool and Theory 3 Days Open Water diving
Minimum Age:
10 Years
What’s included?
PADI Open Water Manual. National Geographic folder with Logbook, DVD and Almanac. PADI Recreational Dive Planner. PADI Certification Fee. T-shirt. Equipment Rental. Hotel Transfers, Breakfast, Lunch & Refreshments on boat trips.
What’s involved? Knowledge Development is completed by watching four sections of the Open Water DVD and briefly reviewing it with your instructor in our air-conditioned classroom. Confined Water Dives take place in our purpose-built pool where you will learn the scuba skills required to dive in the open water. Open Water Dives allows you to put it all together and experience the underwater adventure. All six dives take place at tropical islands around Phuket – where you will perfect your scuba skills and glide weightlessly over the coral reef. The National Geographic Open Water, compared to the PADI Open Water, also goes a bit deeper into navigation, fish identification and coral conservation. And Lots of Fun!
What if I’ve got any other questions? That’s what we’re here for! Come and see us in the shop and speak to one of our friendly, professional instructors.