Open Water Scuba Diver
Open Water Certification
Becoming a scuba diver with our beginner scuba diving lessons! This is the first step in a journey that will forever change the way you look at the underwater world. You will explore a weightless underwater world, observe incredible marine life and discover the fragile ecosystem below the surface.
Learning to dive is much easier than you think! The digital materials will help prepare you for this first taste of a great underwater experience from the comfort of your own home.
If you want to dive anywhere, with other certified divers, the Open Water Diver program is your international certification to be part of an exclusive group that most people only dream about joining.
We Have Different Scuba Diving Lessons to fit Your Schedule
Semi-Private Open Water Course $649 (Most Popular) - takes only 2 days!
Day 1- Review your self-guided online learning along with a morning pool session where you will begin to learn the basic skills of scuba diving. You will then jump on the afternoon 2 tank shallow reef charter to complete the first session of your open water training dives.
Days 2 – Again you will meet in the morning to complete the confined water training of the course, then on to finish your last two open ocean dives. Successfully completing the scuba diving lessons will allow you to go scuba diving and rent equipment anywhere in the world.
Island Visitors choice – Since this two days can be any two days of your choosing (not necessarily consecutive) this is the most popular choice for visitors to our island. However, it is open to all.
Pricing Note – it is very common for new divers to be comparing many websites for scuba course prices. Note that our scuba certification price is all inclusive. There is no extra charge for rentals, log books, digital learning, etc. Some competitors are not so clear on additional fees. Our price is as listed plus Hawaii tax. If our competition doesn’t state that clearly, you should ask.
10-11 year olds: $895 ratio of student to instructor changes to 2:1
Private Open Water Course $895
Day 1 – begins early in the morning on day one the open water diver final exam. You will then complete a few hours of confined water training and then on to the 2 tank afternoon shallow reef dive.
Day 2 – you will begin the morning with your final confined water session of scuba diving training and again onto the afternoon dive charter to complete the last two open water scuba diving training dives.
Weekend Open Water Group Course $495 (done )
- available at our Hawaii Kai location
- discount available for military and kama’aina
Saturday and Sunday -Saturday is a confined water session in the morning, followed by 2 shore dives, Sunday is two shore dives (or both boat dive upgrade for $65 with unanimous class vote).
For this scuba dive training course, the student comes to our Hawaii Kai dive shop the first Saturday morning. The student is required to provide their own personal mask, snorkel, and fins. Your instructor can help you decide on a purchase after the first day of pool session if you like.
*Note our dive charters depart from 377 Keahole St., Honolulu, HI 96825 which is our Hawaii Kai Marina dive shop address. We do have scuba diving tours that depart from other harbors however, please ask us if you are unsure of your departure location. The boats depart the dock at 8:00 am (deep and drift), or 12:30pm (shallow reef dives) and both dive boats usually return to the dock 4 hours later.
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