Open Water Phi Phi

Open Water Phi Phi

Open Water Phi Phi – Start your underwater adventure with this 3 day course and become an Open Water diver! The Open Water Diver course is the world’s most popular scuba diving course, and has introduced millions of people to the adventurous scuba diving lifestyle. Our courses are conducted by experienced and certified PADI and SSI instructors with a ratio of 2 students to one instructor. With custom built boats, excellent dive equipment and professional service your course will be both enjoyable and memorable.

Open Water Phi Phi Schedule

The following schedule is the standard but can be adjusted to fit with your travel plans;

• First Day: Theory in the morning, Beach (shallow/confined water) training in the afternoon.
• Second Day: Two Open water dives in the morning, Theory in the afternoon or evening.
• Third Day: Two Open water dives to complete the course.

The schedule is flexible, you are welcome to start the Theory sections of the course on your day of arrival in the afternoon or evening. the dives can also be conducted in the afternoon as well as the morning.

Requirements

• You need to be Medically fit to dive. This means that you must be in reasonable good health, a medical questionnaire is completed at the start of the course and divers with a pre-existing medical condition will need a doctors approval before diving. The medical questionnaire can be downloaded from here. If you need to answer ‘Yes’ to any of the questions in the medical please check with a doctor and have the second page of the medical signed.
• Divers must be able to swim.
• Divers will need to stay a minimum of three nights on Phi Phi island, preferably in the Tonsai Bay area.

Whats Included

• Equipment Rental
• Insurance when diving
• Course materials
• Certification
• Log book
• Tea, Coffee, fruit, water and lunch while diving.
• Classroom Theory in one of our 2 air conditioned classrooms.
• Shallow water beach training
• 4 open Water dives over two days from our dive boats
• Instruction from a fully certified and renewed instructor

Other Information

• All dive trips in the Phi Phi National Park are subject to a first day entry and diving charge of 400 baht with 2nd and 3rd days incurring a charge of 200 baht. These payments are in addition to the diving prices and the payments are made directly to the national park rangers not ourselves.
• Please retain you national park tickets to show on subsequent days of diving.
• For PADI courses add 900 baht for the manual.
• You will need a break of 18-24 hours between the end of your last dive and flying(even short flights) so please take this into consideration when making your travel plans.
• When choosing where to stay we suggest that you stay in the Tonsai Bay Area or Long Beach – see map
• The equipment includes a choice of 3mm short or long wetsuit, 5mm boots to prevent blisters on your toes, Mares super channel fins, mask (regular, large face, small face and prescription masks are available), Dive regulator with a Suunto dive computer and a BCD. We have tea, coffee, drinking water, a selection of fruit and a lunch of your choice to keep you refreshed and energised. There are also 15 litre tanks if you use a lot of air at no extra charge.

Course Breakdown

The course is split into three parts;

1. Open Water Theory – The theory is split over two sessions in our air conditioned classrooms. You will progress through the theory using a combination of manuals, videos and online materials. The theory is split into 60 minute modules with quizzes and knowledge reviews conducted with our instructors at the end of each module . If you want to cut down of the time spent in the class room check out the online theory option.
2. Shallow water training on the beach – We start your in water training in water shallow enough so that you can stand up if you need to. Starting with simple skills we gradually develop you dive skills ensuring that you master each step. During the shallow water training you will be required to complete a 10 minute tread water and 200 meter swim (there is no time limit on how long the swim takes). If needed the confined open water training can be split over two days to give you more time to master the dive skills.
3. Open water dives (4 dives) – Over two days you will complete 4 open water dives, on each dive we spend a short time reviewing some of the skills learnt in the shallow water. You then proceed to diving over the Phi Phi reefs with there abundant wild life. For open water dive 1 & 2 you will dive to a maximum depth of 12 meters, on the second day you will progress to a maximum depth of 18 meters on dives 3 & 4. After each session of diving you will log the details of your dives to keep a record of your training.

At the end of the course you will be issued with a digital open water card which will allow you to dive around the whole world.