PADI Open Water
4 Day Course (Liveaboard 2D/1N)
The 4 day Liveaboard option is designed for the traveller who is short of time and wants to learn to dive in 4 days and get the opportunity to spend the night on the reef.
On completion of your 4 certification dives you will get the opportunity to do one 'fun dive' (time permitting). If you wish to do more dives immediately after your course and experience the thrill of a night dive, choose the 5 day option.
Deep Sea Divers Den's friendly, personalised service, combined with the warm tropical waters of the Great Barrier Reef, are the perfect combination for one of the very best PADI 4 day Open Water courses available.
| Cabin Type |
Price |
| Twinshare |
$595 |
| Double |
$605 |
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Additional Costs
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| Dive Medical** |
$55 |
| 2x Passport Photos*** |
$5 |
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EMC, PORT AUTHORITY & FUEL LEVY* (subject to change without notice).
Fee includes: EMC $5.00, Fuel Levy $10.00, GST, Port and Administration Charges $5.00
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$20 per day at sea |
*Payable on first day of your course
**Dive Medical can be arranged prior to course start date
***You may bring your own passport photos
Prices valid until 31st March 2009.
| Departure: |
~9am City Pickup Day 1 & 2 for school
~7:45am Pickup Day 3 for sea days
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Duration:
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4 Days
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| Return: |
4:30pm |
To do an Open Water Course with Deep Sea Divers Den,
you must pass a medical and swim test.
This involves swimming 200m, and treading water for 10 minutes.
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Full Gear*
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Daily city pickup and drop off
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PADI Open Water Manual & Tables
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All Meals whilst on board OceanQuest
*BCD, regulator, dive computer, mask, snorkel, full foot fins, 5mm Short arm/leg wetsuit
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Reef and Port Authority Charge
(includes $5 EMC, $10 fuel levy,
$5 Port & Administration charges, GST) per personper day at sea
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Medical
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Passport Photos
If possible please bring small soft bags aboard our vessels and put large suitcases into storage. We do have storage facilities at our shop, however these are not locked during work hours. We suggest leaving valuables at your accommodation whenever possible.
All passengers will be required to sign Standard Liability release forms on board. To view these forms click here.
English Open Water course starts daily.
Japanese Open Water course starts on a Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday.
Korea Open Water course starts on Friday.
LEARN TO DIVE ITINERARY
DAY ONE
- 9.00am pick-up from your city accommodation
- Classroom theory.
- Dive medical to AS 4005.1 (if required)
- Lunch (not included)
- Dive equipment selection Pool training
- 5.00pm return. (approximately)
DAY TWO
- 9.00am pickup from your city accommodation
- Pool training
- Lunch (not included)
- Classroom theory.
- 5.00pm return. (Approximately)
- * Please note on days one and two - meals, accommodation and Medical are not inclusive. You will also at some point in the first 2 days be required to swim 200m and tread water for 10 minutes.
DAY THREE
- 7:45am pickup from your city accommodation.
- Transfer out to the reef aboard ReefQuest and do your first 2 training dives.
- Lunch (included)
- At 14:30 transfer to OceanQuest where you will spend the night. Lunch, dinner and accommodation included
DAY FOUR
- Breakfast, 2 more training dives
- Lunch (included)
- Certification as Open Water diver
- Fun Dive (time permitting).
- Last dive completed by 2.00pm.
- 5.00pm return to your accommodation.
| Please note there are regulations about flying or going to altitude after diving.
Currently the rules state that for a single no decompression dive, you should not fly/go to altitude for at least 12 hours.
For multiple dives you should not fly/go to altitude for at least 18 hours.
Deep Sea Divers Den recommends waiting a minimum 24 hours whenever possible. These are guidelines only, there is no guarantee that these recommendations will prevent decompression sickness. Currently there are no guidelines regarding diving after flying.
Altitude is 300m/1000ft above sea level.
This includes going to the Atherton Tablelands, so be careful when you are booking tours to follow your dive course/trip.
Under normal circumstances, you should be out of the water on your last dive at 12pm (midday), this should help with organising any travel plans you have after your dive trip with us.
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