DURATION : 3 or 4 DAYS

 

DIVES : 4 

 

PREREQUISITES :

To enroll in the SSI Open Water Diver or SSI Junior Open Water Diver course, you must :

• Be at least 10 years old for SSI Junior Open Water Diver
• Be at least 15 years old for SSI Open Water Diver
• Know how to swim
• Be in good health

• SSI Open Water book
• Diving Log Book
• SSI E Certification Card
• Insurance
• Full set of diving equipment rental (Aqualung-scubapro)
• SSI Instructor speaking English, French, German or Dutch
• Theory lessons in classroom
• Skills practice in the sea or pool
• 4 dives in the ocean
• All amenities : toilet, shower and changing room available

Oxygen Kit and First Aid available on site

With the globally recognized program of SSI, Koh Kood Divers can offer you the key to a fascinating new world as a certified scuba diver. We combine the modern and comfortable eLearning system of SSI with personalized instructor sessions, both in the water and the theory sessions. This assures you have the skills and the knowledge that is needed to become a truly comfortable diver. The SSI Open Water Certificate allows you to do fun-dives and rent equipment around the globe.

 

To save some of your valuable holiday time, we strongly suggest that you do some reading and knowledge reviews before you arrive here on Koh Kood. This will reduce the amount of time spent on theory lectures.We can send you a code to open the SSI Open Water eManual. Just download the MySSI App (iPhone or Android) and you can start the theory. This gives you the freedom to study whenever you want.Like that, you have more vacation time to spend on the beaches or with other activities. Using the time on your flight to Thailand, is also an option and a great way to make the time pass quicker.

What can you expect when you book the Open Water Course with Koh Kood Divers?

Schedule for the Open Water Diver Course with Koh Kood Divers?

Day 1 Theory and Confined Water Training

 

In the morning of your first day, you meet your instructor and get to know each other. He or she is going to check the level of your theoretical knowledge, answer questions, explain the functions of your diving equipment, and show you how to handle it. This assures that you are prepared and have the knowledge of what to do and how to react when you breathe for the first time underwater. The instructor is also briefing you about the skills that he or she is demonstrating and practicing with you in the afternoon after your lunch break.

 

For your confined water session in the afternoon, we will go into a shallow bay where you can stand up. Then we have to prepare our equipment, put it on, and do a buddy check. Safety first!

You’re going for the first time with equipment that allows you to breathe underwater, and you’re just practicing breathing through the regulator. When you are comfortable, the instructor demonstrates each skill that you have to learn one by one, and you are going to practice until you meet the performance requirements and feel safe. That will prepare you for all eventualities on your first two open-water dives the next day.

 

Open Water Dives 1–2 on Day 2

 

The last two days of your course will consist of 4 open-water dives that we will do from the boat. Some exercises from the confined water training will be repeated, and then: dive, see fish, be weightless underwater, explore, and enjoy.

That’s the reason you take the course, right?

The first open water dive we are going to explore the underwater world and apply what we have learned in the confined water training and to deepen it under the supervision of the instructor. After the first dive, we will have lunch on the boat. After your meal, you can rest for about an hour on our sundeck or below, in the shade.

Then we are off to a new dive site, around Koh Kood, for your second dive. At this point, you will already see how easy it is to dive, have fun with weightlessness, observe fish and other marine life, and apply previously learned skills in the company of your instructor. You will review and perform various diving skills both underwater and on the surface to ensure you are a competent and safe diver. We divide the skills in such a way that you will have only a small portion of exercises and lots of time to explore the underwater world with your instructor.

 

3 + 4 Open Water Dives on Day 3

 

The third day also takes place on the boat. Today you will complete the final two dives of your course and have the opportunity to explore the enchanting underwater world around you once more.

Koh Kood. Under the supervision of your instructor, you will repeat a few skills and make use of the abilities that you have learned, while you look for fish, corral, and other sea dwellers.

 

Around 3 pm the boat will return to Bang Bao beach to bring you back.

Depending on how far we go, the boat trips will take between 45 and 80 minutes.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Now it’s time to celebrate! You are now an SSI Open Water Diver and are allowed to dive up to 18 meters deep. You can also rent scuba equipment and tanks all over the world and fun dive.

 

Did you enjoy diving with Koh Kood Divers and want to continue your diving adventures with us?

Become an SSI Advanced Adventurer Diver in 2-3 days.

If you don’t have that much time, there is always the option for SSI Adventure Dive, which is credited towards the SSI Advanced Adventurer Diver certificate.