Course overview

Earn your PADI Open Water Diver certification in Dahab, the Red Sea town purpose-built for learning, where the calm Lighthouse and Mashraba bays sit steps from the dive centres. Your training dives unfold over coral teeming with Anthias and the chance of meeting a turtle, in water clear enough to see your instructor at a glance.

What you’ll learn

• Assemble, use and maintain scuba equipment
• Master all core safety and emergency skills
• Control buoyancy and trim
• Plan dives with tables or a computer
• Dive independently with a buddy to 18m

Prerequisites

• 10+ years old (Junior 10-14 with depth limits)
• Able to swim and float
• Diver medical questionnaire

What's included · What's not

Probability of sightings · month-by-month

What you're likely to see each month, based on historic operator logs.

Day-by-day itinerary

1. Day1
   Theory & Confined Skills

   Complete eLearning and confined-water skills in a calm bay.
2. Day2
   Open-Water Dives 1-2

   Apply skills on the Lighthouse reef in clear, shallow water.
3. Day3
   Open-Water Dives 3-4

   Build depth and confidence at sites like Mashraba or Eel Garden.

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