The PADI Open Water Course is your doorway to an incredible underwater world – the stuff of National Geographic. This PADI course provides you with an internationally recognized license to dive anywhere in the world. You learn diving fundamentals through knowledge development (5 modules), skill training, equipment orientation and troubleshooting in shallow water (or a swimming pool) and 4 open water dives with skill exercises. The course is progressive, and allows students to get comfortable in shallow water before practicing skills in the open water. The PADI Open Water certification is valid worldwide and does not need renewal.