Course overview

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

What you’ll learn

Prerequisites

What's included · What's not

Included
  • PADI Open Water eLearning and knowledge reviews
  • Five confined-water skill sessions
  • Four open-water training dives
  • Equipment and dive-planning theory
  • Final knowledge assessment
  • PADI Open Water Diver certification card
Not included
  • Flights and airport transfers
  • Accommodation
  • Travel insurance
  • Personal expenses
  • Gratuities

The PADI Open Water Diver pathway

PADI delivers Open Water via PADI Touch eLearning, five confined sessions and four open-water dives, certifying you to 18m with a globally recognised PADI card and Project AWARE conservation awareness.

Where you'll dive in Dahab

Open Water training uses Dahab's flat, easy-entry shore bays at the Lighthouse and Mashraba and gentle reefs like Eel Garden, where shallow coral, Anthias, parrotfish and frequent turtle sightings make good training grounds to the 18m certification depth.

Prefer a different certifying agency?SSI Open Water Diver in Dahab →

Not included? Sort the rest of your trip

Flights and accommodation aren’t part of the course price, here’s how to book them around your dates.

Getting there

Fly into Sharm El Sheikh (SSH) · 5-7 hours from India.

Where to stay

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