Now is the time to dive into the PADI training course, the most popular dive program in the world! This is your ticket to a lifetime of intense adventure with PADI, the dive company that sets the standards in the global diving community .

Why PADI Open Water?
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. If you already tried a PADI Discover Scuba Diving experience or are PADI Scuba Diver certified , check with your instructor to see how credit from these courses may apply to the open water program.

What do I need to start?
Virtually anyone who is in good health, reasonably fit, and comfortable in the water can earn a PADI Open Water Diver certification. You must be older than the age of 14 to begin the PADI Open Water Diver program. For those of you who are not above the age of 14 and would like to participate in the PADI Open Water Diver Program, then the PADI Jr Open Water Diver program is available to you. If you are between 10 and 14 or have a child between these ages, there is a PADI Junior Open Water Diver program available.

A PADI Jr Open Water Diver between the ages of 10 and 11 years may only dive with a PADI Professional, a certified parent or certified guardian to a maximum depth of 12 metres/40 feet.

What will I do?
Throughout the course, you’ll learn fundamentals of scuba diving, including dive equipment and techniques. You earn this rating by completing five pool dives and knowledge development sessions and by making four open water (ocean or lake) dives.

How long will it take?
PADI programs are performance based. You proceed as you demonstrate mastery of the course skills. This allows you to work at a pace that is comfortable for you.

What will I need?
Everything you need will be provided for the course
Use of all necessary equipment
PADI Open Water training material - crewpack

Where can I go from here?
Once you have complete the Open Water course you can continue exploring the underwater world with PADI’s Adventures in Diving program by building up your experience to complete the Advanced Open Water course. As an Open Water diver you may also expand your diving skills in specific areas with specialty courses. The Enriched Air Diver, Emergency Oxygen Provider are our most popular courses.



Timuna Sea is a PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors) 5 star Dive Centre offering PADI courses including the Open Water Diver - both referral (pool/theory) where you can complete part of your training with us, and the remaining dives on holiday or the full course, Advanced Open Water, Rescue Diver, Divemaster. Emergency First Response - Primary Care/Secondary Care/AED, Care for Children with AED. As a Five Star Centre we sell a complete range of diving equipment, offer regulator servicing, cylinder testing, air and nitrox fills upto 40%. Based in the London Docklands in West India Quay, Canary Wharf, London, E14 we are just a short distance from the City by either the Jubilee Line to Canary Wharf, or the DLR - Docklands Light Railway to West India Quay or Westferry. We can offer evening or weekend courses.