Open Water Referral Course

What's involved?

The PADI Open Water Referral course comprises two distinct elements, some academic study work and your confined water training (i.e. in a pool). If you take the referral course with us, one of our instructors will help you complete the academic work required by PADI and then teach you the practical skills you need during five diving classes in the safety of our swimming pool. Once you finish the referral course you have the choice to complete your full open water certification with us or travel abroad and complete it with any certified PADI training establishment or resort.

We run the PADI Open Water Referral course in two formats:

• Five consequtive Tuesday evenings, allowing time for academic review and then training in the pool.
• All five academic and pool sessions in one intensive weekend course.

It's entirely up to you which course format to pick, the end result is the same regardless of the format you pick. If you're busy and want to do the training in a short space of time then the intensive course is probably better for you. We run one intensive weekend course every month.

Who is the course for?

This course is suitable for anyone from 10 years and upward. You should be able to swim 200 metres and float unaided for ten minutes. For those who are not confident swimmers, don't worry we can give help and advice. You will complete a simple medical questionnaire before you start the diving and then you're off and away!

How much does it cost?

The PADI Open Water Referral course costs £270.00 and this includes all your PADI materials and equipment rental.

Click here to book onto a five week course
Click here to book onto an Intensive Weekend course

Is there anything else I need to know?

If you would like to book, simply use the "book now" button above or call us on 0118 976 1360, alternatively send us an email and we'll respond as soon as possible.

You can check out our training schedule here or use the menu on the left of the screen.
On the days you train in the pool you will need to bring along some swimwear and an old tee shirt, we supply everything else!