PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors) is the world's largest professional diving association whose members are dedicated to making recreational diving a fun, safe sport. PADI's goal is to promote the training and education of those who wish to dive in the techniques for safely participating in underwater activities and the advancement of those activities.

These give the would-be diver an experience of what it is like to actually breathe underwater and feel the freedom of weightlessness.

Discover Scuba Diving
An introduction to scuba diving. Short knowledge / water skills session in AquaVenture's pool, followed by a shallow scuba dive in open water. Lets you experience scuba diving without committing to an entire course.
Please note this is not a certification course.

Discover Snorkelling
Enjoyable first level course for those not wishing to scuba dive. Involves a confined water pool session and open water session where you learn skills of snorkelling, which include environment, water entries, and equipment.

All entry level certifications qualify you to dive anywhere in the world.

Our Entry Level Certifications include :

PADI Scuba Diver
Suitable for those who wish to scuba dive, but have limited time available to complete the full certification Open Water Diver course. Completion of three knowledge sessions and three confined water sessions, followed by open water dives one and two, qualifies you to dive accompanied by a PADI instructor to a maximum depth of 12 metres. (Completion of modules four and five, plus sea dives three and four, qualifies you for the full certification of PADI Open Water Diver).

PADI Open Water Diver
The ideal course for the holidaymaker, enabling you to obtain the first full certification and qualification as a scuba diver. Course consists of theory using audio/visual equipment and an easy to understand textbook, followed by confined water training and a minimum of four open water sea dives. This then provides you with the necessary knowledge and skills for complete confidence in the underwater environment.

Book your Open Water Course online before 30th April 2008 (to take place any time during the year) and receive a 10% discount.

Should a sport dive medical be required this is available from AquaVenture’s own doctor at the dive center at a cost of  €13.75 – valid for two years

From PADI Open Water Diver qualification it is possible to progress right up to and including instructor level, but of course you can limit your further qualifications to the time available and the experience level you wish to attain. For more details on continuing education courses please clikck here.