Course overview

Become a fully certified diver with the PADI Open Water Diver course in Djibouti, earning the world's most recognised entry-level qualification on the calm Gulf of Tadjoura where the Red Sea meets the Indian Ocean. Across confined-water sessions and four open-water dives you learn to dive independently with a buddy to 18 metres, opening up the reefs, walls and pelagic action of this quiet Red Sea destination.

What you’ll learn

• Assemble, use, maintain and stow scuba equipment
• Master essential skills including mask clearing, regulator recovery and controlled ascents
• Achieve neutral buoyancy and efficient finning
• Plan dives using tables or a computer and dive safely with a buddy to 18 metres
• Respond to common problems and follow safe-diving procedures

Prerequisites

• No prior experience or certification required
• Minimum age 10 (Junior Open Water Diver)
• Ability to swim and float comfortably (basic watermanship assessment)
• Diver medical questionnaire, with physician clearance if indicated

What's included · What's not

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Day-by-day itinerary

1. Day1
   Theory and first skills

   Work through the knowledge sections and begin confined-water skill practice in the calm shallows of the gulf.
2. Day2
   Confined water and exam

   Complete the remaining confined-water sessions and the final theory exam.
3. Day3
   Open-water dives 1 and 2

   Apply your skills on the first two open-water dives at a sheltered Gulf of Tadjoura reef.
4. Day4
   Open-water dives 3 and 4

   Finish the final two training dives to 18 metres and certify as a PADI Open Water Diver.

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