Palm Beach Divers is a Padi 5* (IDC) Dive Center on Lanta, Thailand and offers all Padi scuba diving courses,ofwich the Padi Open Water Diver Course.

The PADI Scuba Diver and Padi Open Water Diver courses are the first step into the exciting world as a certified Scuba Diver

 

As an Padi Open Water Diver you are qualified to scuba dive independently, with a dive buddy, to a maximum depth of 18 meters. PADI scuba diving certifications are accepted worldwide and open up a new world of diving adventure where ever you may go.

 

NEW: You can now give the Padi Elearning Access as a present to your friend or family. Think about the following occasions: birthdays, graduations, as a thank you, Valentine's day, Christmas, mothers day, fathers day, Earth Day or any other occasion you see fit. Give your friends / family the gift of starting to scuba dive or continuing to scuba dive. Now available: Padi Open Water Diver Course and Padi Advanced Open Water Diver Course online.

 

 

Diving from Koh Lanta offers access to some of the most amazing reefs in Thailand. Giant anenomes, schools of swirling barracuda, resting leopard sharks and much, much more are around to be seen.

Maybe this first step into Scuba Diving motivates you to want to work in scuba diving and live the scuba dive instructors or dive masters dream life ? Would you not like to lay between our fish every day ? Then you can do your Padi Open Water Diver Course as part of your Padi Internship. When you are finished you will be a Padi Dive Master and you will be able to work anywhere around the world in scuba diving !! Make your diving hobby into your diving work and life !

 

 

 

Children & Scuba Diving: also have a look (by clicking on the link under the picture) at the separate page about children, scuba diving and other things to do around Koh Lanta.

At 8 years of age children can start with Padi Bubble maker (max. depth 2 meter in Confined Water) or Padi Seal Team (max. 4 meter in a pool only).

At 10 years children can start with their Padi Junior Scuba Diver or Padi Junior Open Water Course (max. depth 12 meter) and after this with some diving specialities (contact us about this if you are interested) or with the Padi Junior Adventure Diver Course.

At 12 years children can start with their Junior Advanced Open Water Diver Course (max. depth 21 meter until 15 years) and with their Junior Rescue Diver Course.

Children under the age of 13 years are not allowed to do their theoretical diving part with Padi's Elearning.

Palm Beach Divers offers smaller diving groups for children, so the control and their safety will be guaranteed ! Best ofcourse are the family scuba diving courses, so you can spend some fun family time together under water. 100% supervision, relaxation, fun, adventure, beautiful surroundings, sportive and environmental education for the whole family !!

 

 

 

 

PADI dive courses are structured to make it easy for you to learn to dive. After watching some Padi dive videos and taking a few quizzes, your Padi dive instructor will take you diving into shallow water, to practise using all this new diving equipment and putting the diving skills you have learned in your dive theory into practise. After you feel comfortable scuba diving in shallow water, you are ready to spend one or two days out on the boat to complete your open water dives under the direct supervision of your Padi dive instructor.

The Padi Open Water Diver course usually takes 3-4 days (if you choose to do the scuba diving theory online with Elearning, you can do the diving practise part in 2 days) and involves 5 short classroom sessions, some diving training in shallow water followed by 4 open water dives.

 

 

Video about the Padi Open Water Diver Course

 

The Padi Scuba Diver Course is the first half of the Padi Open Water Diver Course, taking just 2 days. You complete 3 classroom sessions, shallow water diving training and 2 open water dives, with the option to continue onto your Padi Open Water Diver certification in the future.

After receiving the Padi Scuba Diver certification you may complete the additional requirements for the Padi Open Water course at a later date or straight away.

 

If you would prefer not to spend time in a classroom on your holiday you may now complete the diving theory part of the dive course online in your own time with Padi's Elearning.

If you do your diving theory for the Open Water Diver Course online, you can actually make your dive course 1 day shorter. If you really want to you can now complete the rest of your scuba diving course in 2 or 3 days ! So more time under water and a cheaper course !

If you however choose for the 3 or 4 days scuba diving course, with 2 days on the boat (the Comfort package), then you get a 3rd dive for FREE on the last dive day from us, so you can make a start already for your Padi Adventure Diver Course !

 

 

Minimum age:	10 years for Padi Junior Scuba or Padi Junior Open Water Diver
Previous diving experience:	None
Duration dive course :	Padi Scuba Diver - 2 days Padi Open Water Diver - 3-4 days
Dive p ackages:	Basic and Comfort Package and a combination package with Padi Advanced Open Water Diver Course
Group size:	Max. 4 dive students per Padi dive instructor (private courses are possible)
Languages:	English, German, Dutch, French, Thai, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Spanish, Malay and Japanese.

 

 

Start your diving today by learning your theoretical diving part online in your own time, before you get here, with Padi's Elearning.