Scuba diving requires a minimum level of health and fitness. Chronic health conditions, certain medications and/or recent surgery may require you to get written approval from a physician before diving.

Avoid disappointment, download and review the Diver Medical form to ensure you won’t need a physician’s approval to dive before enrolling in a scuba course. Instructors, divemasters and dive shop staff are not physicians and should not be asked for medical advice; only medical professionals can give medical clearance to dive.

If you (or your physician) have questions about medical fitness to dive, contact the experts at Divers Alert Network (DAN).

Course prerequisites: able to swim, medically fit for diving, comfortable in the water

During the Scuba Diver course, your instructor will ask you to:

Float or tread water without aids for 10 minutes

Swim 200 metres/yards with no aids or 300 metres/yards with mask, fins and snorkel

Minimum age: 10

Divers certified between the ages of 10-14 earn a Junior Scuba Diver certification

Using eLearning, or in a classic classroom) to understand the basic principles of scuba diving.

1. The Underwater World

2. Adapting to the Underwater World

3. The Dive Environment

PADI eLearning: 3-6 hours

Entire course: 2-3 days

PADI Scuba Diver course Full eLearning (including streaming videos)

Included:

- e-Learning quick review at the shop

- gear rentals during the course

- 3 Pool/Confined water modules

- 2 open water training & certification dives

- PADI Scuba Diver certification