PADI OPEN WATER DIVER DIVING TRAINING
Open water diving training, which is given for a minimum of 4 days, is the first step of the
professional diver training level accepted by the diving community. With the license obtained, you
can dive up to a maximum of 18 meters at dive centers located all over the world. Diving training
consists primarily of theory and then surface and underwater skills. During the theory training,
firstly, after the video narration, on the boat or in the classroom environment, the development of
various diving information, the equipping of the equipment, the introduction of underwater skills,
etc., and after the trainings, surface and underwater skills are started.
The skills to be done are as follows.
– Regulator cleaning in two ways (by pressing the button, cleaning by blowing)
– locate missing regulator from side/shoulder
– half/full mask discharge
– buoyancy adjustment
– swimming/floating comfortably for 10 minutes at a depth that is impossible to stand on
– switch from snorkel to regulator
– pulling a tired diver
– cramp relief
– maskless breathing
– Eject and re-equip bcd on the surface/underwater
– remove the weight belt on the surface/underwater and re-fit
-medium suspending
– emergency exit training
– breathing and surfacing with alternate air source
– inflating bcd orally
– freestyle swimming
– buddy check
– water entry techniques
– water exit techniques
– first aid training
– handling and use of diving cue balloons
– underwater communication signals
– linear navigation
– techniques of ascent and descent in water
