PADI Open Water Diver Course — Hurghada
PADI Open Water Diver Course in Hurghada
The certification that opens up the whole underwater world: dive theory, confined-water skills and four open-water dives in the Red Sea, taught by PADI instructors at a 5-star IDC center. Finish with a lifetime PADI Open Water certification recognised anywhere on Earth. Learning together saves money: 2 persons pay €642 total, 3 persons €904 total.
More About This Trip
The PADI Open Water Diver course is the world's most popular scuba certification, and the warm, clear, calm water of the Red Sea is one of the best places on the planet to earn it. Over three days you go from never having breathed underwater to being a certified diver licensed to dive independently with a buddy to 18 metres, anywhere in the world, for life.
Day one starts with dive theory — the physics and physiology of diving explained in plain language, with the PADI manual and knowledge reviews to anchor it — followed by confined-water sessions in calm, shallow conditions. Here you learn and practise every core skill until it feels natural: mask clearing, regulator recovery, buoyancy control, buddy checks and simple self-rescue.
Days two and three move to the open sea for four training dives over real coral reefs. The first two dives are limited to 12 metres while you consolidate your skills; dives three and four extend to 18 metres, and by the final dive you are genuinely diving — navigating, watching your air, hovering effortlessly while butterflyfish stream past. A short final exam wraps up the theory, and your instructor processes your lifetime certification on the spot.
Requirements are simple: minimum age 10 (junior rating until 15), ability to swim, normal good health confirmed by a standard medical statement, and reasonable comfort in water. Everything is included — full equipment, materials, certification fee, lunch and drinks on training days, and transfers within Hurghada. Couples and families save by learning together: two persons pay €642 total and three persons €904 total.
Highlights
What's Included
- Full dive equipment
- PADI instructor & course materials
- PADI certification fee
- Lunch, coffee, tea, water & soft drinks on board
- Free hotel transfer from/to all hotels within Hurghada
- Dive Safe Package — medical care from licensed physicians before, during and after your trip — and a fitness check before you dive whenever you would like one. No extra cost.
Not Included
- Marine park entrance fee (€5 per person per day)
- Hotel transfer for Makadi Bay, Sahl Hasheesh & El Gouna: €20 per day per car
Dive Safe Package — medical care is on us
Diving with us includes medical care from licensed physicians — before your dive, on the day, and after your trip has ended. If anything comes up once you are back at your hotel, you are still ours to look after: call us and we arrange the doctor, at no extra cost.
A dive medical fitness check before you get in the water is entirely up to you. Some divers simply like the reassurance — say the word and we arrange it with a licensed physician at no extra cost, whenever suits you. And if the physician advises against diving, we refund your booking in full.
This is the whole price
The PADI certification fee is already inside the price above — along with your equipment, instructor and course materials. Worth checking before you compare: some dive centres quote the course on its own and add the manual and certification at the desk, typically €90–€130. Others include it, as we do. So compare what each price covers, not just the number.
What is genuinely not included is listed above, in full — nothing else is added at the boat.
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Dive sites in this area
Reefs this trip may visit. The captain chooses each day's sites by wind, current and conditions on the morning — so treat this as the area, not a schedule.
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