{"id":7253,"date":"2024-11-04T22:53:32","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T21:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rebreatherzone.com\/?page_id=7253"},"modified":"2026-01-11T09:56:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T08:56:44","slug":"sdi-open-water-diver-course","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rebreatherzone.com\/en\/scuba-training\/oc-recreational-training\/sdi-open-water-diver-course\/","title":{"rendered":"SDI Open Water Course"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3772 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebreatherzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/sdi.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"307\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebreatherzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/sdi.png 307w, https:\/\/www.rebreatherzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/sdi-300x135.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"boxed alignright wp-image-7255 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebreatherzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SDI-Divers-from-Below-Photo-2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"SDI Open Water diver\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebreatherzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SDI-Divers-from-Below-Photo-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebreatherzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SDI-Divers-from-Below-Photo-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebreatherzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SDI-Divers-from-Below-Photo-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebreatherzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SDI-Divers-from-Below-Photo-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebreatherzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SDI-Divers-from-Below-Photo-2-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>SDI Open Water Diver<\/h2>\n<h2>Course Overview<\/h2>\n<p>SDI makes it possible for you to complete all of the academic requirements for your entry-level scuba diver certification online. You can get started right now and, when you are done, you will then complete your in-water skill-development sessions and final open-water training dives at a local SDI Dive Center close to home, or at a popular vacation destination. It\u2019s that simple! Now, go dive the world with your SDI certification.<\/p>\n<h3>Course prerequisites:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Minimum age 18, 10 through 17 with parental consent<\/li>\n<li>Students between the ages of 10 through 14 may obtain a SDI Junior Open Water Scuba Diver Certification if the following conditions are met: junior students are to train and dive under the direct supervision of a parent, guardian, or active dive professional.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>*Note: <\/strong>When a SDI Junior Open Water Diver reaches the age of 15, they may upgrade to a SDI Open Water Scuba Diver certification by completing the Junior Open Water Upgrade Form and submitting it to World HQ.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">What you can expect to learn<\/h3>\n<p><strong>The SDI Open Water Scuba Diver Course will cover all of the necessary skills and knowledge for open water scuba diving, including:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The aquatic environment: vision, light, sound, heat loss, tides, currents, waves, surge, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Physics and physiology: buoyancy, pressure, air spaces, breathing compressed air, mixed gases, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Dive equipment selection, assembly, use and maintenance<\/li>\n<li>Dive planning<\/li>\n<li>Basic scuba skills including\n<ul>\n<li>Partial\/Full mask clear at depth<\/li>\n<li>Breathing and swimming underwater without a mask<\/li>\n<li>Buoyancy compensator device (BCD) use<\/li>\n<li>Buoyancy Control: hovering, controlled ascents, and controlled descents<\/li>\n<li>Regulator use: Breathing, clearing, and recovery on surface and at depth<\/li>\n<li>Computer use:\n<ul>\n<li>Reading and understanding data<\/li>\n<li>Understanding functions of computer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Use of gauges<\/li>\n<li>Underwater Communication<\/li>\n<li>Rescue techniques:\n<ul>\n<li>Tired diver tows<\/li>\n<li>Cramp relief<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Out of Air Emergencies\n<ul>\n<li>controlled swimming ascents<\/li>\n<li>alternate air source use<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>And much more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Pricing:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"row \"><div class=\"col-sm-6 \"><table class=\"table table-striped table-bordered\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Open Water Diver<\/td>\n<td>\u20ac 549,00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-6 \"><a href=\"\/contact\/\" title=\"Want to Know More? 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You can get started right now and, when you are done, you will then complete your in-water skill-development sessions and final open-water training dives at a local SDI Dive Center close to home, or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebreatherzone.com\/en\/scuba-training\/oc-recreational-training\/sdi-open-water-diver-course\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":7255,"parent":7242,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7253","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rebreatherzone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rebreatherzone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rebreatherzone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rebreatherzone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rebreatherzone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7253"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.rebreatherzone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7717,"href":"https:\/\/www.rebreatherzone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7253\/revisions\/7717"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rebreatherzone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7242"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rebreatherzone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rebreatherzone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}