Open Water Diver Courses in Phuket Thailand
The SSI Open Water Diver Course teaches you all the skills you need to dive safely and independently. This fun-filled course is for beginner divers. Including Digital Learning with the SSI education system. You can come prepared, sleep longer and safe money. The SSI course includes pool training, minimum 4 Open Water dives by day trip boat and a final exam with 50 questions. Your SSI certification is valid worldwide, giving you a ticket to adventure. We have a maximum class size of 4 students per dive instructor. You can choose to book a private course, giving you closer attention from your instructor.
SSI Training Center – Phuket Open Water Diver Courses
We believe in quality instruction and do not like to run rushed 2 day basic scuba diver courses. We run the OWD course in 3 days with small classes, including 2 days by day trip boat to the islands of Racha Noi and Racha Yai to the south off Phuket. After completing the online theory we can go when the paperwork is completed straight to the pool. You should complete the FREE Digital Learning before the course start. For courses including theory at our dive center it is best if you can come a day before to pick up your Open Water Diver manual. Prepared is the theory better to understand. A 3 day course is easy and fun. Please note that beginner dive courses in the Similan Islands National Park are prohibited. Training dives are taking usually place at the islands of Racha Noi and Racha Yai in the south of Phuket. Sunrise Divers is an authorized SSI Training Center – No. 766623.
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SSI Open Water Diver Course – Option & Prices
Option 1
3 days with 4 dives
Day 1: Start 9:00am, meet at our dive shop or *pick up from your hotel,
**final exam – pool training (lunch at the pool possible). Finish about 4 pm
Day 2: Start 7:30am, pick up from hotel, diving 2 dives at Koh Racha Yai, return about 3:30pm.
Day 3: Start 7:30am, pick up from hotel, diving 2 dives at Koh Racha Yai, return about 3:30pm.
Option 2
3 days with 6 dives
Day 1: Start 9:00am, meet at our dive shop or pick up from your hotel,
*final exam – pool training (lunch at the pool possible). Finish about 4 pm
Day 2: Start 7:30am, pick up from hotel, diving 3 dives at Koh Racha Noi and Yai, return about 5pm.
Day 3: Start 7:30am, pick up from hotel, diving 3 dives at Koh Racha Noi and Yai, return about 5pm.
*Pick up on the first day possible for hotels near our dive center.
**The final exam can also be taken later on board.
The SSI learning system allows you to do online learning for free at home, your hotel or at the beach to study on your own terms.
Dive course prices include eLearning, pool training in a custom dive pool, 4 – 6 open water dives, equipment rental, certification fee, course material, dive insurance, breakfast and lunch on boat trips.
Diving at Phi Phi Islands on Day 3 day is possible too.
Best start: Monday or Friday.
Phi Phi National Park Fee @ 600 Baht per person is payable on board in cash.
SSI Open Water & Advanced Diver Combined
Day 1: Start 9:00am, meet at our dive shop or *pick up from your hotel,
**final exam – pool training (lunch at the pool possible). Finish about 4pm
Day 2: Start 7:30am, pick up from hotel, diving 3 dives at Koh Racha Noi and Yai, return about 5pm.
Day 3: Start 7:30am, pick up from hotel, diving 3 dives at Koh Racha Noi and Yai, return about 5pm.
Day 4: Start 7:30am, pick up from hotel, diving 3 dives at King Cruiser Wreck, Shark Point and Koh Doc Mai, return about 5:30pm.
*Pick up on the first day possible for hotels near our dive center.
**The final exam can also be taken later on board.
The SSI learning system allows you to do online learning for free at home, your hotel or at the beach to study on your own terms.
Possible specialty dives for the Advanced Course: Navigation I Deep I Perfect Buoyancy I Wreck Diving I Waves, Tides & Currents
Dive course price include eLearning, pool training in a custom dive pool, 9 open water dives, equipment rental, certification fee, course material, dive insurance, breakfast and lunch on boat trips.
Diving at Phi Phi Islands on Day 3 day is possible too.
Phi Phi National Park Fee @ 600 Baht per person is payable on board in cash.
SSI Open Water, Advanced & Nitrox Diver Combined
Day 1: Start 9:00am, meet at our dive shop or *pick up from your hotel,
**final exam – pool training (lunch at the pool possible). Finish about 4pm
Day 2: Start 7:30am, pick up from hotel, diving 3 dives at Koh Racha Noi and Yai, return about 5pm.
Day 3: Start 7:30am, pick up from hotel, diving 3 dives at Koh Racha Noi and Yai, return about 5pm.
Day 4: Start 7:30am, pick up from hotel, diving 3 dives at King Cruiser Wreck, Shark Point and Koh Doc Mai, return about 5:30pm.
*Pick up on the first day possible for hotels near our dive center.
**The final exam can also be taken later on board.
The SSI learning system allows you to do online learning for free at home, your hotel or at the beach to study on your own terms.
Possible specialty dives for the Advanced Course: Navigation I Deep I Waves, Tides & Currents I Wreck Diving I EAN Nitrox 32-40%
Dive course price include eLearning, pool training in a custom dive pool, 9 open water dives, equipment rental, certification fee, course material, dive insurance, breakfast and lunch on boat trips.
Diving at Phi Phi Islands on Day 3 day is possible too.
Best start: Sunday, Monday, or Tuesday.
Phi Phi National Park Fee @ 600 Baht per person is payable on board in cash.
Only 30% deposit needed to sign up in advance. No credit card charges!
PADI certification possible with 2,500 Baht surcharge.
Confined Water Dives (Pool Dives)
You’ll be in the pool on the very first day of your course. The pool sessions cover a wide range of basic dive skills such as setting up your gear, clearing water from your mask, buoyancy control and proper entry techniques. You also practice some emergency skills, like sharing air (just in case). Oh and there is a swimming test too. You do need to be able to swim to take this course. By the time we’re done in the pool, you’re ready to hit the ocean with a splash!
Note : Lunch at the pool not included in course price, there is a restaurant to order Thai or international food, lunch likely to cost you about 150 – 250 Baht.
Below a large group of students which we can handle too.
How do I get my PADI or SSI? Is diving easy?
Learning to dive is not difficult. You may be a little nervous at the start, but the step by step structure of the course will take you through basics, then into a shallow pool before letting you loose on the reefs. Most people find out very quickly that diving is one of the most fun activities you can imagine! Here’s how the Open Water Diver course looks. Please note that on the video below are also certified divers shown. You will not penetrate a wreck during the course or dive deeper than 18 meters. This thrill comes later :-)))
Phuket Open Water Dives
After your confined water fun, you will make 4 or 6 open water dives over the remaining course of 2 days with your Instructor. When we say “open water”, we mean the beautiful blue ocean! You start shallow and gradually go deeper. The maximum depth in the course is 18 meters. Now you can experience real underwater adventure! We make dives on full day boat trips to islands near Phuket.
Lion Fish on Coral Block
Phuket Day Trip Diving
Knowledge Development with PADI Classroom Theory Possible
On day 1 please meet for PADI classes including classroom theory at our dive center 9am. We suggest that you stay close to Sunrise Divers (we are at Karon Beach) when making your course. On day 2 and 3, pick up is from your hotel, pick up time 7:30am based on hotels in Karon or Kata Beach area. Pick up also possible from Patong. If you stay in other areas of Phuket there may be an extra pick up fee.
PADI 3 day diving courses with theory in classroom and course manual plus 2,500 Baht.
We can also run the PADI course slowly including classroom theory in 4 days. Please ask for a price.
The theory covered in the course develops basic principles and diving procedures. You learn how pressure affects your body, how to choose the best gear and how to plan dives. We try to make the PADI theory fun! You have your PADI manual to read, plus we watch some DVD’s in our aircon classroom and then you take some simple quizzes and a final exam. Hey, we don’t want to make it too easy!
Diving Course Classroom
PADI eLearning is about 150 US$ EXTRA!
You can get started on your Open Water Diver course any time with PADI as well – this can save you holiday time – if you have completed all the theory in advance, you’ll be ready to get straight into the water, no messing around in classrooms on holiday, plus with eLearning you can do the theory in your own time. The charge for the PADI eLearning is about 150 US$ extra – this is paid to PADI, not to Sunrise Divers. Here in Phuket we’ll complete the course in 3 days, with no classroom work except a quick review quiz. Please contact us for the FREE SSI digital learning system!
PADI Itinerary with theory in classroom (4 days – 4 dives)
Day 1 : Start 9am, theory – lunch break – pool dives. Finish about 4 – 5pm
Day 2 : Start 7:30am, pick up from hotel, diving 2 dives at Koh Racha Yai, return about 3:30pm.
Day 3 : Start 9am, theory – lunch break – pool dives. Finish about 4 – 5pm
Day 4 : Start 7:30am, pick up from hotel, diving 2 dives at Koh Racha Yai, return about 3:30pm.
PADI Itinerary (4 days – 6 dives)
Day 1 : Start 9am, theory – lunch break – pool dives. Finish about 4 – 5pm
Day 2 : Start 7:30am, pick up from hotel, diving 3 dives at Koh Racha Noi and Racha Yai, return about 5:30pm.
Day 3 : Start 9am, theory – lunch break – pool dives. Finish about 4 – 5pm
Day 4 : Start 7:30am, pick up from hotel, diving 3 dives at Koh Racha Noi and Racha Yai, return about 5:30pm.
On day 1 and 3, please meet at our dive center 9am. We suggest that you stay close to Sunrise Divers (we are at Karon Beach) when making your course. On day 2 and 4, pick up is from your hotel, pick up time 7:30am based on hotels in Karon or Kata Beach area. Pick up also possible from Patong. Other areas of Phuket may have an extra pick up fee. Start time on day 3 is flexible, depends how much you get completed on day 1! It’s also possible to swap days 2 and 3.
Important Note : If you are taking a dive course you must remember to allow 18 hours after diving before flying – read more about this : Flying After Diving Guidelines. Be sure to plan your flights accordingly!
Open Water Referral Course
We also offer a referral course, which means you can complete all the pool and classroom work at home, then come to see Sunrise Divers and make the open water dives to gain your PADI Open Water certification in Thailand. The course takes just 2 days so you can maximize your holiday time. For more details see Open Water Referral Course.
I’m not a great swimmer. Can I dive?
YES! You don’t have to be an Olympic swimmer to learn scuba diving. Most of the time you are wearing scuba gear such as fins and a BCD (like a jacket which you can fill with air), so there’s not much need for normal swimming. There is however a swimming test to make sure you are happy in the water. You need to be able to swim 200 meters or 300 meters with mask, snorkel and fins. There is also a 10 minute float test. In general you should be comfortable in the water and you should be fit and healthy with no medical issues to have fun diving in the sun.
