The Open Water Diver Course is a three and a half day course designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to become an Open Water Diver.

The course is divided into three segments: classroom work, pool training and open water dives. The student will spend eight hours in the classroom learning scuba theory, eight hours in the pool learning to operate scuba equipment and practising skills before completing four open water dives.

Certification courses are scheduled upon demand wherever possible. The course includes books, equipment and boat dives.

In order to take the PADI Open Water Course you need to have a good general level of fitness. You are required to swim 200 yards (or 300 yards with mask/fins/snorkel) using any stroke without stopping (no time limit) and spend 10 minutes floating on your back or treading water - both exercises are completed in water too deep to stand in.

PADI Open Water Referral Course

A Referral Course is perfect for people who begin their scuba certification with their favorite dive shop back home and want to complete their four open water-training dives in Grand Cayman with Red Sail Sports.

After a brief pool session to test underwater skills, students complete the four 'check-out' dives over a two-day period, and a Red Sail Sports instructor will sign their referral forms to verify completion. The newly certified diver can then spend the rest of his or her vacation diving!

Red Sail Sports offer referral courses for all of the largest recognized diving agencies: PADI, NAUI, SSI, IDEA, PDIC, YMCA, and HSA (Handicapped Scuba Association). Students must present referral forms from their original instructor upon check-in. Course includes all equipment, boat dives and certification materials.