PADI Beginner Courses

Discover Roatan below the surface!

Have you always been curious about what lies below the surface? Now is the time to find out! Learning to scuba dive unlocks the door to new adventures and unforgettable animal encounters. By the end of your scuba certification course, you’ll see our ocean planet through new eyes. Start your adventure with one of these beginner courses.

PADI Open Water Diver

PADI Open Water Diver is the first Scuba Instruction level. A highly-trained PADI Instructor will teach you how to scuba dive in a relaxed, supportive learning environment. By the end of the course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge to dive at home or abroad and be an ambassador for the underwater world.

  • Course Prerequisites: 10 years minimum age. Able to swim and comfortable in the water. Medically fit for diving.
  • Time Commitment: 5 sections of PADI Open Water Diver Course ( 5-10 hours) + 5 confined-water dives + 4 open-water dives
  • Price: $475 US/USD + tax

PADI Open Water Diver – Referral

Can’t decide whether to get your scuba certification while on vacation or at home before you travel? With a PADI® Open Water referral, you don’t have to choose! A PADI referral allows you to complete most of your Scuba Instruction at home – and then finish your certification dives once you’re here. This means you can avoid studying during your vacation!

  • Course Prerequisites: 10 years minimum age. Able to swim and comfortable in the water. Medically fit for diving. 
  • Completed: 5 sections of PADI Open Water Diver Course and 5 confined-water certification dives.
  • Includes: 4 open-water certification dives
  • Price: $225 US/USD + tax

PADI Discover Scuba

What better place to get your feet wet with Scuba Diving than at one of the pioneer dive resorts in all the Caribbean? Here on scenic Roatan, home to one of the world’s most majestic barrier reefs, Anthony’s Key Resort will provide you with a safe, solid introduction to the sport. In the space of a single afternoon, you’ll start what for many has become a lifetime passion!

  • Course Prerequisites: 10 years minimum age. Able to swim and comfortable in the water. Medically fit for diving.
  • Time Commitment: Classroom session, shallow-water practice, and 40′ open-water dive.
  • Price: $135 US/USD + tax

PADI Scuba Diver Certification

Short on time? The PADI Scuba Diver course is a subset of the PADI Open Water Diver course, and it might be right for you — particularly if you expect to go scuba diving primarily with a dive guide. This course is an intermediate step for earning an Open Water Diver certification if that’s your ultimate goal.

  • Course Prerequisites: 10 years minimum age. Able to swim and comfortable in the water. Medically fit for diving.
  • Time Commitment: First 3 sections of the PADI Open Water Diver course + 3 confined-water dives + 2 open-water dives.
  • Price: $315 US/USD + tax
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