Learning to scuba dive with DIVE AND DIVE Melbourne and PADI is an incredible adventure! With PADI as your training organization, your path to breathing underwater is accomplished in three exciting phases:
During the first phase of your PADI Open Water Diver scuba certification in Melbourne, you develop an understanding of the basic principles of scuba diving Melbourne. You learn things like how pressure affects your body, how to choose the best scuba gear and what to consider when planning dives in Melbourne, Cydney, Queensland and even the World. You briefly review what you have studied in the five knowledge sections with your instructor and take a short quiz to be sure you're getting it.
At the end of the course, you'll take a longer quiz that makes sure you have all the key concepts and ideas down. You and your DIVE AND DIVE Instructor will review anything that you don't quite get until it's clear.
Select the knowledge development option you prefer:
This is what it's all about – Scuba diving. You develop basic scuba skills by scuba diving in a pool or body of water with pool-like conditions. Here you'll learn everything from setting up your scuba gear to how to easily get water out of your scuba mask without surfacing. You'll also practice some emergency skills, like sharing air or replacing your scuba mask. Plus, you may play some games, make new friends and have a great time. There are five confined water dives, with each building upon the previous. Over the course of these five dives, you attain the skills you need to dive in open water.
After your confined water dives, you and the new friends you've made continue learning during four open water dives with your DIVE AND DIVE PADI Instructor at a dive site in Melbourne. This is where you fully experience the underwater adventure – at the beginner level, of course. You may make these dives around Melbourne or at a more exotic destination while on a DIVE AND DIVE group holiday.
It's possible to complete your confined and open water dives in as few as three days by completing the classroom portion online via PADI eLearning or home study options offered by DIVE AND DIVE.
The PADI Open Water Diver course is incredibly flexible and performance based, which means that DIVE AND DIVE can offer a wide variety of schedules, paced according to how fast you progress.
Your instructor's interest is in your learning to scuba dive in Melbourne, not in how long you sit in a class. So, training is based upon demonstrating that you know what you need to know and can do what you need to do. This means that you progress at your own pace – faster or slower depending upon the time you need to become a confident scuba diver who dives regularly. You can start learning to scuba dive online right now with DIVE AND DIVE and PADI eLearning.
Compared with getting started in other popular adventure sports and outdoor activities, learning to scuba dive isn't expensive.
For example, you can expect to pay about the same as you would for:
Learning to scuba dive Melbourne is a great value when you consider that you learn to dive under the guidance and attention of a high trained, experienced professional - your DIVE AND DIVE PADI Scuba Instructor. From the first day, scuba diving starts transforming your life with new experiences you share with friends. And, you can do it almost anywhere there is water. Start learning online with DIVE AND DIVE and get ready to take your first breath underwater!
DIVE AND DIVE is proud to be able to offer the PADI Open Water Course:
per person.
Choosing and using your scuba gear is part of the fun of diving. DIVE AND DIVE will help you find the right gear. Each piece of scuba equipment performs a different function so that collectively, it adapts you to the underwater world.
When you start learning to scuba dive, as a minimum, you want your own
These have a personal fit, and DIVE AND DIVE will help you choose ones that have the fit and features best suited to you. Included in the cost of your PADI Open Water Diver course, DIVE AND DIVE will provide a:
Check with DIVE AND DIVE to confirm sizing available for your course package. It's recommended that you invest in your own scuba equipment when you start your course because:
The kind of gear you will need depends on the conditions where you dive. You may want:
Easy. There is no best gear. But, there is the best gear for you. The professionals at DIVE AND DIVE are trained to help you find scuba gear that best matches your preferences, fit and budget. These professionals can get you set with the right stuff, plus they provide service and support for years of enjoyable and dependable use.
If you have an appetite for excitement and adventure, odds are you can become an avid PADI scuba diver. You'll also want to keep in mind these requirements:
Minimum Age:
Physical: For safety, all students require to consult with a physician before entering the course,
Waterskills: Before completing the PADI Open Water Diver course, your instructor will have you demonstrate basic waterskill comfort by having you:
About Physical Challenges: Any individual who can meet the performance requirements of the course qualifies for certification. There are many adaptive techniques that allow individuals with physical challenges to meet these requirements. Individuals with paraplegia, amputations and other challenges commonly earn the PADI Open Water Diver certification. Even individuals with more significant physical challenges participate in diving. Talk to DIVE AND DIVE Team for more information.
Learning Materials : We Use the PADI eLearning training materials during the PADI Open Water Diver course, and for your review and reference after the course:
You can dive practically anywhere there's water – from a swimming pool to the ocean and all points in between, including quarries, lakes, rivers and springs. Where you can scuba dive is determined by your:
For example, if you've just finished your PADI Open Water Diver course in Melbourne, you probably won't be diving under the Antarctic ice on your next dive. But, don't limit your thinking to the warm, clear water you see in travel magazines. Some of the best diving is closer than you think.
Your local dive site can be anything from a special pool built just for divers like one found in Brussels, Belgium, or more typically natural sites like Belize's Great Blue Hole, Australia's Great Barrier Reef or Japan's Yonaguni Monument. It may be a manmade reservoir or a fossil-filled river. It's not always about great visibility because what you see is more important than how far you see.
The only truly important thing about where you dive is that you have the scuba diving training and experience appropriate for diving there in Victoria, and that you have a dive buddy to go with you. DIVE AND DIVE can help you organize great local diving or a dive vacation. Visit today to get started.
No, assuming you have no irregularities in your ears and sinuses. The discomfort is the normal effect of water pressure pressing in on your ears. Fortunately, our bodies are designed to adjust for pressure changes in our ears – you just need to learn how. If you have no difficulties adjusting to air pressure during flying, you'll probably experience no problem learning to adjust to water pressure while diving.
You can book a consoltation with a Scuba Diving Doctor to get a strait answer:
Not necessarily. Any condition that affects the ears, sinuses, respiratory function or heart function or may alter consciousness is a concern, but only a physician can assess a person's individual risk. Physicians can consult with the Divers Alert Network (DAN) as necessary when assessing a scuba candidate.
DAN has information available online if you wish to do some research.
For any concern and get a medical advise, please visit the SPUMS (Diving Doctors List)
Sun burn and seasickness, both of which are preventable with over the counter preventatives. The most common injuries caused by marine life are scrapes and stings, most of which can be avoided by wearing gloves and an exposure suit, staying off the bottom and watching where you put your hands and feet.
Contact DIVE AND DIVE for information about exposure protection needed for any of your diving in Melbourne.
When you're lucky, you'll get to see a shark. Join us on our South West Rocks or Rodney Fox Expeditions -Port Lincoln next dive trip.
Although incidents with sharks occur, they are very, very rare. Most commonly shark encounters primarily involve spear fishing or feeding sharks, both of which trigger eractic feeding behavior. Sharks main food source is fish and if they can get a free feed they will.
Most of the time, if you see a shark it's passing through and a relatively rare sight to enjoy.
Some myths, about sharks, that you have heard may be dispelled by checking out Australian Geographic.
Aside from pregnancy, no. Because physiologists know little about the effects of diving on the fetus, the recommendation is that women avoid diving while pregnant or trying to become pregnant. Menstruation is not normally a concern.
For any further concern and further information please visit SPUMS (Diving Doctors)
With the necessary training and experience, the limit for recreational scuba diving is 40 metres. Beginning scuba divers stay shallower than about 18 metres unless you are a Junior Scuba Diver then it is 12 metres. Although these are the limits, some of the most popular diving is no deeper than 12 metres/40 feet where the water's warmer and the colors are brighter.
That's not likely because you have a gauge that tells you how much air you have at all times. This way, you can return to the surface with a safety reserve remaining. But to answer the question, if you run out of air, your buddy has a spare mouthpiece that allows you to share a single air supply while swimming to the surface. There are also other options you'll learn in your PADI Open Water course with DIVE AND DIVE.
People find the “weightlessness” of scuba diving to be quite freeing. Modern scuba masks are available in translucent models, which you may prefer if a mask makes you feel closed in. During your scuba diving training with DIVE AND DIVE, your instructor gives you plenty of time and coaching to become comfortable with each stage of learning. Your scuba instructor works with you at your own pace to ensure you master each skill necessary to become a capable scuba diver who dives regularly.
DIVE AND DIVE keeps classes small so that we can give you more time to get comfortable with the amazing world of diving.