PADI OPEN WATER REFERRAL
PADI
OPEN WATER REFERRAL
COURSE OVERVIEW
Learn to dive with Andark Diving, we’ve been training divers since 1976 and have unrivalled facilities and highly experienced staff waiting to take you on your first dive adventure.
You’ve always wanted to take scuba diving lessons, to experience adventure and see the world beneath the waves, this is where it begins. Get your scuba diving certification with the PADI Open Water Diver course – the world’s most renowned and widely recognised scuba course. Millions of people have learned to scuba dive and gone on to discover the wonders of the underwater world through this course.
The PADI Open Water Referral Diver course is the first half of the PADIOpen Water Course, that allows you to complete all your confined water sessions in Andark’s purpose built training pool.
COURSE PREREQUISITES
A spare two days
To be able to swim and float
To have read the book, watched the DVD and completed the knowledge reviews
To be at least 15 years old or 10 years old for the Junior Open Water Referral
OPEN WATER COMPLETION DIVES
If after completing your PADI Referral with us and you would like to go on and complete your PADI Open Water course with 4 dives or have done your Referral at another dive centre. These are the following costs to complete your FULL PADI Open Water Course:
Upgrade cost if Completed Referral at Andark: £220.00
Upgrade cost if Completed Referral at other dive centre: £360.00
* If you have not done your PADI Open Water Referral course in the last 6 months, you will need to do a Refreshers to review your skills; Available to do on a Monday or Wednesday evening at £89.00.
COURSES TO DO BEFORE HAND…
OUR DIVER TRAINING POOL
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
2 days of Classroom and Pool sessions kit hire included (in our on site heated pool). Except Mask, Snorkel, Boots and Fins
PADI E-learning
Free on site car parking
Free tea and coffee’s for classroom sessions
Use of all the expensive scuba equipment (suit, weights, cylinders, BCD and regulator)
Please fill in the forms below and return to us before your course starts
Please let us know if you can not attend due to having any of the symptoms and are self isolating. We can reschedule your session at no extra cost or give you a credit note to use in store. We will not refund your session.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS A minimum of 3 people is required in order for a course to run (unless otherwise stated). Andark reserves the right to vary or cancel, at their discretion, a course or its contents, where the circumstances necessitate. Andark reserves the right to refuse admission onto a course and does not accept provisional bookings. Reservations will only be confirmed upon receipt of a completed signed booking form, and payment. Telephone bookings will be deemed to be cancelled if the booking form and medical are not received within 5 working days. Course fees may change without notice. Lost or broken equipment (caused by student) must be paid for by student. Inland dive sites may be used – any associated entry fee or boat charges must be met by student. Transport to and from dive sites is student’s responsibility. For continuing education courses, a refresher MUST be completed and logbook evidence shown if the student has not dived in the six months prior to attending the course. You must pre-study all course materials for all Andark courses. If you fail to do so you will not be permitted to join the course. If you wish to rebook, there will be an additional charge of £80 to cover administration/additional tuition. REFUNDS AND CANCELLATION: No refunds of any monies paid will be given, save that Andark at its absolute discretion may offer: (1) a credit note (less an administration fee of minimum £30) redeemable at Andark’s retail shop or against the cost of an alternative course; or (2) an alternative course of equal value (less an administration fee of minimum £30). Failure to attend a course on the due date will result in loss of all course fees. An administration fee (minimum £30) will be charged for changes to course dates where a minimum of 2 full weeks’ notice is give. Where less than 2 weeks’ notice is given OR where the cancellation/change of dates results in a course falling below minimum numbers, no refund/credit or change of dates can be permitted and the course must be rebooked at full value.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
What's Included
2 days of Classroom and Pool sessions full kit hire included (in our on site heated pool)or 6 evening sessions with full kit hire included
4 open water dives over 2 days usually at Andark Lake
Kit hire included for Open Water dives; suit, cylinder, free air, regulators and gauges, BCD, weights and dive computer.
Free onsite car parking
Free teas and coffee’s during classroom sessions
PADI E-learning package that must be completed before the first day of your course.
PADI certification – lasts a lifetime
Use of all the expensive scuba diving equipment (suit, weights, cylinders, BCD and regulator)
There is a great selection of equipment to purchase at preferential rates for all Andark Students. View our range here.
IMPORTANT FORMS
Please fill in the forms below and return to us before your course starts
COVID-19
Please let us know if you can not attend due to having any of the symptoms and are self isolating. We can reschedule your session at no extra cost or give you a credit note to use in store. We will not refund your session.
COURSE DATES AVAILABLE
Day 1 | Day 2 |
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Saturday 17th August | Sunday 18th August |
Saturday 24th August | Sunday 25th August |
Saturday 31st August | Sunday 1st September |
Saturday 7th September | Sunday 8th September |
Saturday 21st September | Sunday 22nd September |
Saturday 5th October | Sunday 6th October |
Saturday 19th October | Sunday 20th October |
Saturday 2nd November | Sunday 3rd November |
Saturday 16th November | Sunday 17th November |
Saturday 30th November | Sunday 1st December |
Choose to complete your pool training over 5 Monday evening sessions on the dates and times below. Once your pool training is complete, chose one Day 3 date and one Day 4 date from the table above to complete your lake training
Open Water Diver - Confined Water Monday Evening Sessions
Session | Month | Date | Day | Time |
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Session 1 | September | 02/09/2024 | Monday | 6.30pm - 9.30pm |
Session 2 | September | 09/09/2024 | Monday | 6.30pm - 9.30pm |
Session 3 | September | 16/09/2024 | Monday | 6.30pm - 9.30pm |
Session 4 | September | 23/09/2024 | Monday | 6.30pm - 9.30pm |
Session 5 | September | 30/09/2024 | Monday | 6.30pm - 9.30pm |
COURSE PRICE
£400
COMPLETE THE FULL PADI OPEN WATER COURSE
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