PADI Learn to Dive Courses


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Ocean Connections offers a variety of recreational dive courses, from Discover Scuba Diving to Master Scuba Diver. Whether you are starting out into the silent blue world for the first time or if you are a seasoned veteran of diving adventures we can offer courses to increase your enjoyment of exploring the natural wonders of Roatan's reef system.

Our confined water training site is the palm tree lined Half Moon Bay just next to the center. Behind the reef crest and inside the protected Bay you will find the pool-like conditions offer a relaxing introduction to diving in clear, warm water surrounded by tropical fish and invertebrates.

The centers classroom setting is an air conditioned multimedia center using all the latest PADI and DAN Instructional materials. We stock PADI materials in a variety of different languages as our Instructors speak Spanish, Dutch, French, Slovak and a variety of English (American, British, and Canadian!).

Discover Scuba Diving $99 (minimum age 10, duration: 1 day)

Course Price includes; use of our Diving Equipment, required PADI materials, marine Park fees and in house registration.

An Introduction to scuba and the basic skills of safe, fun diving! This course includes a theory overview, confined water skills practice and an Open Water reef dive. Students practice scuba skills in the shallow water of Half Moon Bay, followed by a boat dive on one of Roatan's shallow water reefs. These dive sites are ideal for beginners and are populated with colorful reef life. Discover Scuba Diving can be credited towards the PADI Open Water Diver certification.

Scuba Diver $210 (minimum age: 10, duration: 2 days, no prerequisite)

Course Price includes; use of our Diving Equipment, required PADI materials, and in house certification. All that you need except the Marine Park Pass ($10).

This is the first step in recreational diving certification and will prepare you to dive to a depth of 12m/40 ft accompanied by a certified PADI Divemaster. You will learn basic dive theory in our air conditioned classroom, practice basic scuba skills in Half Moon Bay and 2 Open Water dives on the shallow reefs of the West End Marine Park. This course is a sub-certification of the complete Open Water Diver course and can be completed in 2 days. At any point you can complete the final two days of training for full Open Water Diver certification.

Open water Diver $280 (minimum age: 10, duration: 4 days, no prerequisite)

Course Price includes; use of our Diving Equipment, required PADI materials, and in house certification. All that you need except the Marine Park Pass ($10).

This is you complete introductory certification. The course consists of a mixture of classroom/self study, confined water sessions in Half Moon Bay and 4 Open Water Dives on a variety of the sites in West End Marine Park. Unique to Ocean Connections, student divers in our program receive free diving insurance for the duration of the course through our affiliation with Divers Alert Network a corporate PADI affiliate. Once the course is completed you will be certified to dive in a buddy team to a maximum depth of 18m/60ft. The Open Water Diver course is a prerequisite for the PADI Adventures in Diving and Specialty courses!

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