open water Course

As a certified PADI Open Water Diver, the most widely recognized and respected rating in the world, you have the freedom to dive with a buddy independent of a professional. Scuba Junkie is an award winning 5* PADI IDC Centre, so you can rest assured that you will get the best dive education around! To dive world famous Sipadan, you must have at least an Advanced Open Water certification, why not consider obtaining both of your certifications while you're here and enjoying the marvels of the Sipadan National Park? We offer several incredible packages that include the PADI Open Water + Advanced certification, fun diving at Sipadan, along with accommodation and meals at our Mabul Beach Resort! Read on for more information.

Scuba Junkie is an award winning 5* PADI IDC centre, and your safety is our top priority! Our instructors are friendly and experienced, and most have been trained in-house to ensure that we can offer you top quality training, not only in line with PADI standards, but also by our Scuba Junkie standards! Group sizes are kept to a maximum of 4 students per instructor, to ensure each and every student gets the attention they need. Our equipment is well maintained, and serviced regularly, and our dive boats have all safety equipment you may need, including emergency oxygen and first aid kit.

Our purpose built training platform is located in the calm waters right in front of our jetty, it offers the perfect place for you to practise your diving skills and build confidence in confined water. The shallow waters of our House Reef is a great place to put your dive skills to use in open water, all whilst experiencing some great diving! You can combine this with fun diving world class Sipadan to experience one of the top dive sites in the world. The only problem we foresee is that after diving in this amazing area, you'll be forever spoiled!

The course is conducted over 3 days and is made up of 5 confined water dives and 4 open water dives.

A rough itinerary would look like this:

DAY 1:
Equipment set up
Swim & Float tests
Confined session 1
Open Water Dive 1
Confined session 2 & 3

DAY 2 :
Open Water Dive 2
Confined session 4 & 5
Open Water Dive 3

DAY 3:
Open Water Dive 4
One or Two Fun dives (or extra time to complete above sessions if required)

Firstly, you will need to sign up and register for an account with PADI- this can be easily done with the following link: Create a PADI account

If you already have a PADI account please let us know at the time of booking!

Once you have an account with PADI and deposits have been paid, we will issue you your e-learning package that will be linked to your account, allowing you to fully complete your theory training online in the comfort of your home, prior to arrival.

It's essential that the E-learning theory is completed in full before your arrival, without this, you will not be able to start your practical portion of your course!

During the 5 confined water dives you will practise 24 basic scuba skills under the guidance of your PADI instructor. The skills will be demonstrated to you, and repeated as needed to build your confidence. You will start out on our purpose built training platform, which is shallow enough to stand up in. As you progress through the 5 dives, you’ll head into the deeper waters of our confined area (5m maximum) and you’ll even go on a mini dive to put your skills to practise! You will also need to complete a 200m swim, or 300m snorkel, as well as a 10 minute float. All this is done in the calm waters right in front of our jetty, which means you’ll be able to see some awesome marine life from the moment you start! It’s not unheard of to have turtles swim past you as you’re practising your skills.

During your open water dives, you will repeat certain skills from the confined water dives. You’ll learn how to plan and execute dives safely, how to react in case of an emergency, and of course your instructor will help you master buoyancy control so that you can explore the tropical waters around this area, whilst interacting responsibly with the marine life. You can expect to see lots of exciting marine life such as huge green turtles, cuttlefish, tropical reef fish and coral, Nemo, moray eels, pufferfish, stingrays and much, much more! During Open Water Dives 1 & 2 you’ll dive to a maximum of 12m, and during Open water dives 3 & 4 maximum 18m.

To dive in Sipadan, you must have at least an Advanced Open Water certification, so why not consider doing both of your certifications and dive Sipadan National Park, one of the worlds top dive sites?

The packages below combine learning to dive and diving at Sipadan, making this area possibly one of the best places in the world to learn to dive! All packages include accommodation at our Mabul Beach Resort, PADI Open Water Course + Advanced Course material and certification, fun dives around Mabul, Kapalai, Si Amil, Sipadan, equipment rental, boat transfers to/from Mabul at specified times, full meals, tea, coffee & water. If you do not wish to book a package with accommodation you'll find our non-package rates further down the page.