PADI DSD to PADI Open Water Upgrade
Looking to upgrade? This course will take you from where you left off with your recent PADI Discover Scuba Diving Experience you completed with us in the last 12 months. To a full PADI Open Water Diver Course. The upgrade course is 2 days and involves a pre-study via online learning (see below). Then two days on our boat during which you will complete four confined water skill sessions, three open water dives, a 200-metre swim and a 10-minute float test. Upon completing the PADI Open Water Diver Course you will be a certified PADI Open Water Diver and able to dive to 18 metres with a buddy anywhere in the world.
During your PADI Open Water Upgrade Course with Borneo Dream, all confined skill sessions and open water course dives are completed in the lovely tropical waters of Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park located in front of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. During your open water dives, you can expect to see some pretty cool marine life including Clown Fish, Parrot Fish, Lion Fish, Puffer Fish, Barracuda, Yellow Snapper, Blue Spotted Rays and if you’re lucky a Hawksbill Turtle!
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Typical Itinerary | PADI Open Water Upgrade in Kota Kinabalu
Course Itinerary
PRE-STUDY | ONLINE LEARNING/ELEARNING – Once you have paid in full for your course we will send you via email your PADI eLearning Assess code. Once you have received it and registered with PADI you will have access to Online eBook, Certification credit, Knowledge Reviews, Quizzes and Final Exam, eTraining Logbook, Digital RDP with instructions and certifying credit. Your eLearning must be successfully completed prior to attending the course.
The online eLearning is now available in 28 languages – Arabic, Bahasa Indonesian, Bahasa Melayu (OWD, AOW & EANX), Chinese (Traditional & Simplified) Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Hebrew, Italiano, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish & Tagalog.
Day 1 – PADI Open Water Diver Course
Your need to meet our Dive Crew at the Red Public Telephone Booths at the entrance to Jesselton Point Jetty (in central Kota Kinabalu) at 8:45 am, for an 8:50 am boat departure. Please ensure you arrive on time, or early, as our boats will depart on time. You will enjoy a ~ 20 – 30 minute boat transfer to your morning dive site in Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park.
9:30 am – Receive a full safety briefing provided by your PADI Instructor for your morning diving activities. You will then complete your 200m swim test and 10-minute float.
10:00 am – You’ll be helped into your dive gear. You are now ready to start your morning scuba diving training session! During the morning training session, you will complete confined skill sessions 2, 3, 4 and 5.
11:30 am – 12 noon – Back on our boat and a chance to shower. You’ll be transferred to Padang Point for a tasty lunch.
~1:30 pm – Back on to our dive boat. Your PADI Instructor will provide a dive briefing for your first open water course dive. Put your dive gear on and go for a dive from our boat and enjoy diving along a shallow coral reef guided by your PADI Instructor. The dive can last anywhere from 30 – 50 minutes – This will be Open Water Training Dive #2
3:00 pm – Back on our boat after you finish your open water course dive. You’ll then be transferred back to Jesselton Point Jetty.
Day 2 – PADI Open Water Diver Course
Meet our Dive Crew at Jesselton Point Jetty at 8:45 am, for a 9:00 am boat departure. In the morning you will complete Open Water Training #3 followed by lunch. In the afternoon it is time for your Open Water Training Dive #4. After your afternoon dive, you will be transferred back to Jesselton Point Jetty (arriving back between 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm). Congratulations on becoming a certified PADI Open water Diver!!
Course Pre-requisites
To join a PADI Open Water Diver Course you must be:-
- Aged 10 years or older.
- Fit, healthy and able to swim comfortably in water too deep to stand up in. You will be required to self certify you are healthy to go diving before you start the course. If you will answer YES to any question on the PADI Medical form we will need to see a signed letter from your doctor saying you are healthy to dive.
- Prepared to study both before and during your PADI Open Water course.
- You must have successfully completed a full PADI Discover Scuba Diving Experience in the last 1 month with Borneo Dream.
What’s included?
- Online PADI Materials, Certification and eLog Book
- Full Diving Equipment
- Lunch on diving days (2)
- Low Instructor to Student Ratios, often lower than 1:4
- Drinking water, please bring your own container to refill.
- Instruction in English, Malay or Chinese
- Sabah Parks conservation fees.
- A smile
What’s not included?
- Collection from your hotel, airport or residence etc.
What do I need to bring on my diving days?
- Towel
- Swimwear – Please be ready to get wet straight away 🙂
- Suntan lotion
- Any personal items
- Your PADI Manual
- Money in case you want ice cream…
- A smile 🙂
Notes
Please note that you need to have a minimum of 18 hours free after diving before flying on a plane, or changing altitude > 300 metres, in line with PADI safety standards.
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