Course overview

Get certified quickly with the PADI Scuba Diver course in the Seychelles, a streamlined subset of the Open Water Diver programme ideal for shorter trips. You learn the core skills in the calm, sheltered waters near Beau Vallon on Mahe and make supervised dives over coral and granite reef. The rating lets you dive to 12 metres with a PADI professional and upgrades easily to full Open Water Diver.

What you’ll learn

• Assemble, use and care for scuba equipment
• Perform essential safety skills including mask clearing and regulator recovery
• Descend, ascend and equalise correctly
• Achieve neutral buoyancy and control your position
• Dive safely under the supervision of a professional
• Plan a simple dive with a buddy and divemaster

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 10 (Junior Scuba Diver) or 15
• No prior certification required
• Adequate swimming ability and watermanship
• Diver medical questionnaire (physician sign-off if indicated)

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 water

   Complete the first knowledge sections and confined-water skills in the sheltered shallows near Beau Vallon.
2. Day2
   Open-water dives

   Two supervised open-water dives to a maximum of 12 metres on Mahe's reefs, then certify.

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