The PADI Open Water Diver course is the world’s most popular and widely recognized scuba course. Your certification will travel with you to the ends of the earth or wherever your dive travels may take you.
Unique to Maui Diving and our mission to make better people AND better divers, we’ve decided to teach the PROJECT AWARE Specialty Certification, as well, bundled with every Open Water certification we issue. It’s no extra cost to you and you’ll come away aware of the 10 ways you can make a difference in the future of our oceans and the health of our planet. This specialty does count towards your 5 specialties required for a Master Scuba Diver Certification.
What to expect
What you'll need
What to expect
What you'll need
The PADI Open Water Diver course is the world’s most popular and widely recognized scuba course. Your certification will travel with you to the ends of the earth or wherever your dive travels may take you.
Unique to Maui Diving and our mission to make better people AND better divers, we’ve decided to teach the PROJECT AWARE Specialty Certification as well bundled with every Open Water certification we issue. It’s no extra cost to you and you’ll come away aware of the 10 ways you can make a difference in the future of our oceans and the health of our planet. This specialty does count towards your 5 Specialties required for a Master Scuba Diver Certification.
TWO CERTIFICATIONS IN TWO DAYS!
* Max 5 Students - There is a required surcharge of $125 for 10 & 11 Year Olds (Class capacity must be adjusted to max 4 people)
Maximize your enjoyment and upgrade to include our most popular dive day after class! If you have a 3rd dive day available book this +Upgrade now and we'll schedule you a Mala Plus dive after your class.
* Upgrade offer only available at the time of booking
2 CERTIFICATIONS AND A SKILL WORKSHOP IN 2 DAYS!
* Max 5 Students - There is a required surcharge of $125 for 10 & 11 Year Olds (Class capacity must be adjusted to max 4 people)
UPGRADE TO GOLD +
Maximize your enjoyment and upgrade to include our most popular dive day after class! If you have a 3rd dive day available book this +Upgrade now and we'll schedule you a Mala Plus dive after your class. You can also sign up for the PPB eLearning and let us know you'd like to complete your PPB Specialty during these extra dives at no extra cost (aside from elearning).
* Upgrade offer only available at the time of booking
3 CERTIFICATIONS AND A SKILL WORKSHOP IN 2 DAYS!
* Max 5 Students - There is a required surcharge of $125 for 10 & 11 Year Olds (Class capacity must be adjusted to max 4 people)
UPGRADE TO PLATINUM +
Maximize your enjoyment and upgrade to include our most popular dive day after class! If you have a 3rd dive day available book this +Upgrade now and we'll schedule you a Mala Plus dive after your class. You can also sign up for the PPB eLearning and let us know you'd like to complete your PPB Specialty during these extra dives at no extra cost (aside from elearning from PADI at $129).
* Upgrade offer only available at the time of booking
$179 Certified diver option if last dive was less than three years ago. No instruction will be provided. Single day, 2 dives.
$359 Certified diver option if last dive was less than three years ago. No instruction will be provided. Two days, 4 dives
TWO CERTIFICATIONS IN TWO DAYS!
UPGRADE TO SILVER +
Maximize your enjoyment and upgrade to include our most popular dive day after class! If you have a 3rd dive day available book this +Upgrade now and we'll schedule you a (non-private) Mala Plus dive after your class.
* Upgrade offer only available at the time of booking
2 CERTIFICATIONS AND A SKILL WORKSHOP IN 2 DAYS!
UPGRADE TO GOLD +
Maximize your enjoyment and upgrade to include our most popular dive day after class! If you have a 3rd dive day available book this +Upgrade now and we'll schedule you a (non-private) Mala Plus dive after your class. You can also sign up for the PPB eLearning and let us know you'd like to complete your PPB Specialty during these extra dives at no extra cost (aside from elearning from PADI at $129).
* Upgrade offer only available at the time of booking
3 CERTIFICATIONS AND A SKILL WORKSHOP IN 2 DAYS!
UPGRADE TO PLATINUM +
Maximize your enjoyment and upgrade to include our most popular dive day after class! If you have a 3rd dive day available book this +Upgrade now and we'll schedule you a (non-private) Mala Plus dive after your class. You can also sign up for the PPB eLearning and let us know you'd like to complete your PPB Specialty during these extra dives at no extra cost (aside from elearning from PADI at $129).
* Upgrade offer only available at the time of booking
$179 Certified diver option if last dive was less than three years ago. No instruction will be provided. Single day, 2 dives.
$359 Certified diver option if last dive was less than three years ago. No instruction will be provided. Two days, 4 dives
TWO CERTIFICATIONS IN TWO DAYS!
UPGRADE TO SILVER +
Maximize your enjoyment and upgrade to include our most popular dive day after class! If you have a 3rd dive day available book this +Upgrade now and we'll schedule you a (non-private) Mala Plus dive after your class.
* Upgrade offer only available at the time of booking
2 CERTIFICATIONS AND A SKILL WORKSHOP IN 2 DAYS!
UPGRADE TO GOLD +
Maximize your enjoyment and upgrade to include our most popular dive day after class! If you have a 3rd dive day available book this +Upgrade now and we'll schedule you a (non-private) Mala Plus dive after your class. You can also sign up for the PPB eLearning and let us know you'd like to complete your PPB Specialty during these extra dives at no extra cost (aside from elearning from PADI at $129).
* Upgrade offer only available at the time of booking
3 CERTIFICATIONS AND A SKILL WORKSHOP IN 2 DAYS!
UPGRADE TO PLATINUM +
Maximize your enjoyment and upgrade to include our most popular dive day after class! If you have a 3rd dive day available book this +Upgrade now and we'll schedule you a (non-private) Mala Plus dive after your class. You can also sign up for the PPB eLearning and let us know you'd like to complete your PPB Specialty during these extra dives at no extra cost (aside from elearning from PADI at $129).
* Upgrade offer only available at the time of booking
$179 Certified diver option if last dive was less than three years ago. No instruction will be provided. Single day, 2 dives.
$359 Certified diver option if last dive was less than three years ago. No instruction will be provided. Two days, 4 dives
Your passport to adventure and the underwater world awaits you. We aim to provide the highest level of training, and that starts with our small class sizes (maximum student-instructor ratio of 5:1 or 4:1 if you have a 10-11yr old in class) and highly-trained instructors. We offer e-learning for the knowledge development phase of your certification.
Additionally, you will also have the option to upgrade your open water package. Adding some of the most popular and useful specialties to your Open Water Course experience at a deal of a price.
Includes the Open Water Course and the Project Aware Specialty Certification. This is our basic economical package when chosen as the semi-private 5 student class option. You not only come away with your PADI Open Water Certification that is valid anywhere in the world for a lifetime, you also get your first Specialty Certification, Project Aware.
This certification gives you the 10 Tips you can do as a new diver to help keep our oceans a healthy environment that divers can enjoy for generations to come. At Maui Diving, you’ll finish your Open Water Course in two days instead of the typical three or more at other places.
If your trip is long enough, make use of that third day and gain more diving experience under the watchful eye of a dive instructor and +Upgrade your Silver Bundle to include the most popular Mala Pier Plus dive day after class!
Includes everything listed above in the Silver Bundle with the added value of a Peak Performance Buoyancy (PPB) workshop performed in your Open Water class! This takes no extra time at all. You and your instructor perform the PPB workshop skills congruently in open water dives 2, 3 or 4 on day two of class.
The PPB workshop improves the buoyancy skills you learned as a new diver and elevates them to the next level. Learning to hover effortlessly, achieving neutral buoyancy, and using less weight, ultimately reduces the amount of air you consume, making all your future dives longer and more enjoyable. This workshop pulls double duty and serves as credit on your first of two dives in the PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty dive 1 of 2!
Don’t forget, you’ll finish your Open Water Course in two days instead of the typical 3 day course at other places. Make use of that third day and gain more diving experience under the watchful eye of a dive instructor and +Upgrade your Gold Bundle to include the most popular Mala Pier Plus dive day after class! This extra day of diving also lends you the opportunity to finish the Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty dive 2, if you want to purchase the PADI eLearning. We can finish dive 2 of PPB Specialty on this fun dive day and issue you your 2nd Specialty Certification!
If you +Upgrade and opt into finishing the PPB cert, at the end of 3 fun days in the water you’ll come away with 3 certifications. An added benefit of the full PPB certification is that it counts as 1 of your 5 dives required for Advanced Open Water.
Includes everything listed above in the Gold Bundle with the added value of THE most popular PADI Specialty called Enriched Air (Nitrox) Diver also known as Nitrox Certification.
What is enriched air? Enriched air or Nitrox is a blend of air that has higher oxygen content then the 21% oxygen we normally breathe. Breathing Nitrox has many benefits. Five major benefits of nitrox: Safety, extended bottom time, shorter surface intervals, longer repetitive dive times, and reduced exhaustion. This is the key certification (other than Advanced Open Water) that will help you enjoy your time on a dive vacation.
When you start doing 4 dives a day over 5 or 6 days, the nitrogen build up in your system can begin affecting your no deco limits on your dive time quite noticeably, taking your bottom time from 50-60 minutes down to 20-30 minutes. You’ll do the eLearning for this at home and have a quick in person analyzing session with your instructor right before (or after) your Open Water Class day 2.
Don’t forget you can +Upgrade this bundle with a 3rd dive day to pack in the MOST fun dives on the island. Make use of that third day and gain more diving experience under the watchful eye of a dive instructor and +Upgrade your Gold Bundle to include the most popular Mala Pier Plus dive day after class! This extra day of diving also lends you the opportunity to finish the Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty dive 2, if you want to purchase the PADI eLearning. An added benefit of the full PPB certification is that it counts as 1 of your 5 dives required for Advanced Open Water. We can finish dive 2 of PPB Specialty on this fun dive day and issue you your 4th Certification!
If you +Upgrade and choose to finish PPB elearning, at the end of 3 fun days in the water you’ll come away with 4 certifications!
This course is executed in two days and consists of:
Learn the lingo! During the first phase of your PADI Open Water Diver scuba certification you'll develop an understanding of the basic principles of scuba diving. You learn things like how pressure affects your body, how to choose the best gear and what to consider when planning dives in order to have fun while staying safe. Your study resources are included in the PADI eLearning program which can be taken at your own pace, anytime, anywhere. The five knowledge development sections at the end of each one of the five chapters must be completed prior to your classroom session. Once you are done with your independent study, you are ready to begin your classroom and water sessions at the dive shop. You should have a course scheduled already, but if not, now is the time to lock in your spot!
You should be prepared to do a quick review of the eLearning in the classroom, as well as have your first hands-on session with your dive gear for the duration of the course. The Project Aware Specialty will be taught in the classroom before or after the water sessions, depending on the day. During your confined water session you’ll get to learn how to set up your diving equipment, clear your mask of water, hover and several other important and fun skills. The skills learned in confined water sessions will prepare you to dive in a variety of open water environments. Our confined open water sessions, commonly referred to as “the pool work” are taught in the ocean. No pool time required in Maui!
Your tuition includes all of your rental gear such as your exposure suit, your BCD, and your regulator, mask, snorkel, and fins. It is our recommendation and experience that it's more fun, more comfortable, and more conducive to efficetnt learning when you have a mask that fits your face perfectly! So, If you don’t already own a mask, boots, fins, and snorkel, you can purchase them from our wide array of top notch gear at our dive shop in Lahaina or Kihei when you come by to check in with us.
* Max 5 Students - There is a required surcharge of $125 for 10 & 11 Year Olds (Class capacity must be adjusted to max 4 people)
UPGRADE TO SILVER +
Maximize your enjoyment and upgrade to include our most popular dive day after class! If you have a 3rd dive day available book this +Upgrade now and we'll schedule you a Mala Plus dive after your class.
* Upgrade offer only available at the time of booking
TWO CERTIFICATIONS AND A SKILL WORKSHOP IN 2 DAYS!
* Max 5 Students - There is a required surcharge of $125 for 10 & 11 Year Olds (Class capacity must be adjusted to max 4 people)
UPGRADE TO GOLD +
Maximize your enjoyment and upgrade to include our most popular dive day after class! If you have a 3rd dive day available book this +Upgrade now and we'll schedule you a Mala Plus dive after your class. You can also sign up for the PPB eLearning and let us know you'd like to complete your PPB Specialty during these extra dives at no extra cost (aside from elearning).
* Upgrade offer only available at the time of booking
THREE CERTIFICATIONS AND A SKILL WORKSHOP IN 2 DAYS!
* Max 5 Students - There is a required surcharge of $125 for 10 & 11 Year Olds (Class capacity must be adjusted to max 4 people)
UPGRADE TO PLATINUM +
Maximize your enjoyment and upgrade to include our most popular dive day after class! If you have a 3rd dive day available book this +Upgrade now and we'll schedule you a Mala Plus dive after your class. You can also sign up for the PPB eLearning and let us know you'd like to complete your PPB Specialty during these extra dives at no extra cost (aside from elearning from PADI at $129).
* Upgrade offer only available at the time of booking
$179 Certified diver option if last dive was less than three years ago. No instruction will be provided. Single day, 2 dives.
$359 Certified diver option if last dive was less than three years ago. No instruction will be provided. Two days, 4 dives
TWO CERTIFICATIONS IN TWO DAYS!
UPGRADE TO SILVER +
Maximize your enjoyment and upgrade to include our most popular dive day after class! If you have a 3rd dive day available book this +Upgrade now and we'll schedule you a (non-private) Mala Plus dive after your class.
* Upgrade offer only available at the time of booking
2 CERTIFICATIONS AND A SKILL WORKSHOP IN 2 DAYS!
UPGRADE TO GOLD +
Maximize your enjoyment and upgrade to include our most popular dive day after class! If you have a 3rd dive day available book this +Upgrade now and we'll schedule you a (non-private) Mala Plus dive after your class. You can also sign up for the PPB eLearning and let us know you'd like to complete your PPB Specialty during these extra dives at no extra cost (aside from elearning from PADI at $129).
* Upgrade offer only available at the time of booking
THREE CERTIFICATIONS AND A SKILL WORKSHOP IN 2 DAYS!
UPGRADE TO PLATINUM +
Maximize your enjoyment and upgrade to include our most popular dive day after class! If you have a 3rd dive day available book this +Upgrade now and we'll schedule you a (non-private) Mala Plus dive after your class. You can also sign up for the PPB eLearning and let us know you'd like to complete your PPB Specialty during these extra dives at no extra cost (aside from elearning from PADI at $129).
* Upgrade offer only available at the time of booking
$179 Certified diver option if last dive was less than three years ago. No instruction will be provided. Single day, 2 dives.
$359 Certified diver option if last dive was less than three years ago. No instruction will be provided. Two days, 4 dives
TWO CERTIFICATIONS IN TWO DAYS!
UPGRADE TO SILVER +
Maximize your enjoyment and upgrade to include our most popular dive day after class! If you have a 3rd dive day available book this +Upgrade now and we'll schedule you a (non-private) Mala Plus dive after your class.
* Upgrade offer only available at the time of booking
2 CERTIFICATIONS AND A SKILL WORKSHOP IN 2 DAYS!
UPGRADE TO GOLD +
Maximize your enjoyment and upgrade to include our most popular dive day after class! If you have a 3rd dive day available book this +Upgrade now and we'll schedule you a (non-private) Mala Plus dive after your class. You can also sign up for the PPB eLearning and let us know you'd like to complete your PPB Specialty during these extra dives at no extra cost (aside from elearning from PADI at $129).
* Upgrade offer only available at the time of booking
3 CERTIFICATIONS AND A SKILL WORKSHOP IN 2 DAYS!
UPGRADE TO PLATINUM +
Maximize your enjoyment and upgrade to include our most popular dive day after class! If you have a 3rd dive day available book this +Upgrade now and we'll schedule you a (non-private) Mala Plus dive after your class. You can also sign up for the PPB eLearning and let us know you'd like to complete your PPB Specialty during these extra dives at no extra cost (aside from elearning from PADI at $129).
* Upgrade offer only available at the time of booking
$179 Certified diver option if last dive was less than three years ago. No instruction will be provided. Single day, 2 dives.
$359 Certified diver option if last dive was less than three years ago. No instruction will be provided. Two days, 4 dives
Your passport to adventure and the underwater world awaits you. We aim to provide the highest level of training, and that starts with our small class sizes (maximum student-instructor ratio of 5:1 or 4:1 if you have a 10-11yr old in class) and highly-trained instructors. We offer e-learning for the knowledge development phase of your certification.
Additionally, you will also have the option to upgrade your open water package. Adding some of the most popular and useful specialties to your Open Water Course experience at a deal of a price.
This course is executed in two days and consists of:
Learn the lingo! During the first phase of your PADI Open Water Diver scuba certification you'll develop an understanding of the basic principles of scuba diving. You learn things like how pressure affects your body, how to choose the best gear and what to consider when planning dives in order to have fun while staying safe. Your study resources are included in the PADI eLearning program which can be taken at your own pace, anytime, anywhere. The five knowledge development sections at the end of each one of the five chapters must be completed prior to your classroom session. Once you are done with your independent study, call us to book your classroom and confined water sessions.
You should be prepared to do a quick review of the e-Learning in the classroom, as well as have your first hands-on session with your dive gear for the duration of the course. The Project Aware Specialty will be taught in the classroom before or after the water sessions, depending on the day. During your confined water session you’ll get to learn how to set up your diving equipment, clear your mask of water, hover and several other important and fun skills. The skills learned in confined water sessions will prepare you to dive in a variety of open water environments. Our confined open water sessions, commonly referred to as “the pool work” are taught in the ocean. No pool time required in Maui!
Your tuition includes all of your rental gear such as your exposure suit, your BCD, and your regulator, mask, snorkel, and fins. It is our recommendation and experience that it's more fun, more comfortable, and more conducive to efficetnt learning when you have a mask that fits your face perfectly! So, If you don’t already own a mask, boots, fins, and snorkel, you can purchase them from our wide array of top notch gear at our dive shop in Lahaina or Kihei when you come by to check in with us.