Course overview

Finish your certification on holiday in Phuket with a PADI Referral, completing your open-water training dives in the warm Andaman Sea after doing the theory and confined-water sessions at home. The crossover option also lets divers certified with another agency move into the PADI system. Either way, you spend your Phuket time diving rather than in the classroom.

What you’ll learn

• Complete the open-water training dives of your certification
• Apply skills learned in confined water to real dives
• Demonstrate the required open-water skill set
• Adapt to warm-water tropical conditions
• Build confidence at Phuket's reef sites
• Finalise your PADI certification

Prerequisites

• Valid PADI referral paperwork, or certification from a recognised agency for crossover
• Completed knowledge development and confined-water training (for referral)
• Minimum age 10
• Diver medical clearance where required

What's included · What's not

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.

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
   First open-water dives

   Paperwork review and the first two open-water training dives on a sheltered Phuket reef, applying your confined-water skills.
2. Day2
   Final dives and certification

   Complete the remaining open-water dives at Racha Yai or Kata and finalise your PADI certification.

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