Reef walls and schools of fish at Chicken Reef, Green Island

Courses

PADI Courses

Courses range from your first scuba certification through advanced and safety training to professional development. Start with your current qualifications and learning goals, then choose the right course.

PADI diving course progression path diagram

Course Path

Plan Your Next Step

This course path is not a checklist that every diver must complete in order. Your certification, dive experience, recent activity and learning goals all help determine the right direction.

Earn your first certification: Open Water Diver
Build experience in different environments: Advanced Open Water Diver
Strengthen prevention and emergency response skills: Rescue Diver and EFR
Develop professional leadership and teaching skills: Divemaster and Instructor Development

Open Water Diver

The PADI Open Water Diver course builds the knowledge and core skills required for recreational scuba diving through knowledge development, confined-water practice and four open-water training dives. Skills include equipment assembly and checks, buoyancy control, mask clearing, regulator recovery and use, descents and ascents, and underwater hand signals.

Maximum Training DepthUp to 18 meters.

After CertificationEligible to book certified fun dives.

Advanced Open Water Diver

The PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course builds experience across different environments and dive themes through five Adventure Dives. Options include underwater navigation, boat diving, Peak Performance Buoyancy, night diving and deep diving.

Maximum Depth30 meters; the Deep Diver Specialty can extend this to 40 meters.

Enriched Air Diver

Enriched air contains more oxygen and less nitrogen than standard air. At the same depth, it can extend your no-decompression time. The course covers analyzing cylinder oxygen content, labeling and logging cylinders, setting a dive computer for enriched air, and planning dives based on partial pressure of oxygen, depth and time.

Maximum Oxygen ContentOxygen content up to 40%.

Rescue Diver

The PADI Rescue Diver course focuses on preventing problems and assisting divers in difficulty, both underwater and at the surface. Scenario-based training includes self-rescue, helping a stressed diver, surface rescue and emergency management.

Skills DevelopedDevelop a structured approach to assessing the environment, coordinating assistance and choosing appropriate actions when diving problems occur.

Emergency First Response

Emergency First Response (EFR)

Emergency First Response provides CPR and first aid training for divers and non-divers. Hands-on training includes CPR, AED use, primary and secondary care, illness and injury assessment, scene safety, calling for help and providing care until emergency services arrive.

Skills DevelopedLearn a clear initial-care process: check scene safety, assess illness or injury, call for help and continue care until emergency professionals take over.

Divemaster

PADI Divemaster is the first professional-level certification. Training covers dive planning and briefings, leading and supervising divers, assisting with courses and supporting day-to-day dive center operations.

Skills DevelopedLead dive activities, assist with instruction and support dive center operations in accordance with PADI standards and within the scope of your authorized role.

Open Water Scuba Instructor

Instructor Development Course (IDC)

The PADI Instructor Development Course focuses on structuring courses, demonstrating skills, assessing learning and managing risk. Training includes lesson planning, knowledge presentations, skill demonstrations, student performance evaluation and feedback, helping candidates teach to course standards while meeting student needs.

Skills DevelopedBuild a structured approach to teaching, student management and risk assessment, rather than simply demonstrating familiar skills.

Next StepAfter completing the IDC, candidates must also pass the PADI Instructor Examination (IE).