Learn To DiveCourse PricingPADI Open Water TrainingPADI Advanced Open WaterPADI Rescue DiverPADI Seal TeamDive Instructors
Charlie Ewer 8th Feb
I've been away with the Subaqualholics team on a couple of dive trips now, and I had heaps of fun! The staff are great - really laid back and chilled, and make everything really easy. I'd always been wary of organised dive trips, but if you want to laugh your head off, make great friends, enjoy the ocean and just have a ball, then these are the guys to do it with! lots of love xxx
I've been away with the Subaqualholics team on a couple of dive trips now, and I had heaps of fun! The staff are great - really laid back and chilled, and make everything really easy. I'd always been wary of organised dive trips, but if you want to laugh your head off, make great friends, enjoy the ocean and just have a ball, then these are the guys to do it with! lots of love xxx
Kev Shaddick 3rd Feb
Learning to dive with Subaquaholics has been a great experience, I should have done it earlier in life. The training is top class and all instructors and shop staff are very helpful. Can't wait to try the new drysuit out. Thanks!
Learning to dive with Subaquaholics has been a great experience, I should have done it earlier in life. The training is top class and all instructors and shop staff are very helpful. Can't wait to try the new drysuit out. Thanks!
Jacob 6th Jul
To Spike, just to say thank you for a great weekend and for taking me on the dives, see you soon!
To Spike, just to say thank you for a great weekend and for taking me on the dives, see you soon!
PADI Open Water Diver Course
If you’ve always wanted to learn how to scuba dive, discover new adventures or simply see the wondrous world beneath the waves, this is where it starts.
Enquire now to start your PADI Training, click here!
Knowledge Development
Learn the lingo. During the first phase of your PADI Open Water Diver scuba certification, you develop an understanding of the basic principles of scuba diving. You learn things like how pressure affects your body, how to choose the best scuba gear and what to consider when planning dives. You briefly review what you have studied in the five knowledge sections with your instructor and take a short quiz to be sure you’re getting it. At the end of the course, you’ll take a longer quiz that makes sure you have all the key concepts and ideas down. You and your instructor will review anything that you don’t quite get until it’s clear.
Confined Water Dives – Scuba Skills Training
This is what it’s all about – diving. You develop basic scuba skills by scuba diving in a pool. We have two pool sessions each week so you can chose which is more convenient for you. On a Wednesday we are at St Mary Redcliffe School from 7pm-9pm and on a Thursday we are at Thornbury Leisure centre from 7pm-9pm. Here you’ll learn everything from setting up your scuba gear to how to easily get water out of your scuba mask without surfacing. You’ll also practice some emergency skills, like sharing air or replacing your scuba mask. Plus, you may play some games, make new friends and have a great time. There are five confined water dives, with each building upon the previous. Over the course of these five dives, you attain the skills you need to dive in open water.
Openwater Dives
This is when we take you into the water to complete your course either in a local quarry or weather permitting down to Devon. You complete 4 dives over the weekend and repeat a number of the skills your have mastered in the pool, such as your buoyancy skills and removing your mask. Once you have completed these dives you are a qualified openwater diver with a licence to dive anywhere in the world. This is just the start of your new adventure, now you can gain further skills in any of the PADI courses.
Before you enrol on the course there are a few extra things you need to know and the Subaquaholics team will go through each area with you.
Physical: For safety, all students complete a brief scuba medical questionnaire that asks about medical conditions that could be a problem while diving. If none of these apply, you sign the form and you’re ready to start. If any of these apply to you, as a safety precaution your physician must assess the condition as it relates to diving and sign a medical form that confirms that you’re fit to dive.
Waterskills
Before completing the PADI Open Water Diver course,your instructor will have you demonstrate basic waterskill comfort by having you:
• Swim 200 metres/yards (or 300 metres/yards in mask, fins and snorkel). There is no time limit for this, and you may use any swimming strokes you want. This is where Lou’s swimming teaching can help if you need a few pointers.
• Float and tread water for 10 minutes, again using any methods that you want.
Learning Materials : You will be given a pack which is yours to keep and includes the following training materials.
• The PADI Open Water Diver Manual
• Your PADI Log book and Recreational Dive Planner
You can purchase additional training materials such as DVD’s if you wish to do so.
Enquire now to start your PADI Training, click here!
We will take you step by step through all you need to know before you even put one toe in the water. Firstly, it is important you know who is teaching you.
If you’ve always wanted to learn how to scuba dive, discover new adventures or simply see the wondrous world beneath the waves, this is where it starts.
Enquire now to start your PADI Training, click here!Knowledge Development
Learn the lingo. During the first phase of your PADI Open Water Diver scuba certification, you develop an understanding of the basic principles of scuba diving. You learn things like how pressure affects your body, how to choose the best scuba gear and what to consider when planning dives. You briefly review what you have studied in the five knowledge sections with your instructor and take a short quiz to be sure you’re getting it. At the end of the course, you’ll take a longer quiz that makes sure you have all the key concepts and ideas down. You and your instructor will review anything that you don’t quite get until it’s clear.
Confined Water Dives – Scuba Skills Training
This is what it’s all about – diving. You develop basic scuba skills by scuba diving in a pool. We have two pool sessions each week so you can chose which is more convenient for you. On a Wednesday we are at St Mary Redcliffe School from 7pm-9pm and on a Thursday we are at Thornbury Leisure centre from 7pm-9pm. Here you’ll learn everything from setting up your scuba gear to how to easily get water out of your scuba mask without surfacing. You’ll also practice some emergency skills, like sharing air or replacing your scuba mask. Plus, you may play some games, make new friends and have a great time. There are five confined water dives, with each building upon the previous. Over the course of these five dives, you attain the skills you need to dive in open water.
Openwater Dives
This is when we take you into the water to complete your course either in a local quarry or weather permitting down to Devon. You complete 4 dives over the weekend and repeat a number of the skills your have mastered in the pool, such as your buoyancy skills and removing your mask. Once you have completed these dives you are a qualified openwater diver with a licence to dive anywhere in the world. This is just the start of your new adventure, now you can gain further skills in any of the PADI courses.
Before you enrol on the course there are a few extra things you need to know and the Subaquaholics team will go through each area with you.
Physical: For safety, all students complete a brief scuba medical questionnaire that asks about medical conditions that could be a problem while diving. If none of these apply, you sign the form and you’re ready to start. If any of these apply to you, as a safety precaution your physician must assess the condition as it relates to diving and sign a medical form that confirms that you’re fit to dive.
Waterskills
Before completing the PADI Open Water Diver course,your instructor will have you demonstrate basic waterskill comfort by having you:
• Swim 200 metres/yards (or 300 metres/yards in mask, fins and snorkel). There is no time limit for this, and you may use any swimming strokes you want. This is where Lou’s swimming teaching can help if you need a few pointers.
• Float and tread water for 10 minutes, again using any methods that you want.
Learning Materials : You will be given a pack which is yours to keep and includes the following training materials.
• The PADI Open Water Diver Manual
• Your PADI Log book and Recreational Dive Planner
You can purchase additional training materials such as DVD’s if you wish to do so.
Enquire now to start your PADI Training, click here!