VIP Private Open Water Course — 1-on-1
PADI Open Water Diver Course in Hurghada
The full PADI Open Water certification taught entirely one-on-one: just you (or you and your partner/family, on request) and your own dedicated instructor, moving at exactly your pace with total personal attention from first briefing to final dive.
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This is the complete PADI Open Water Diver certification — the same three days, the same four training dives, the same lifetime licence to dive to 18 metres worldwide — delivered as a fully private course. No group, no waiting for other students, no shared attention: one instructor, dedicated entirely to you from the first theory session to the final certification dive.
The private format changes the experience profoundly. Nervous in water? Your instructor slows down exactly where you need it, repeats any skill until it clicks, and nobody else is watching. A natural? You move faster, spend the saved time actually diving, and finish each day with longer, richer reef dives. The schedule bends around you too — start times, breaks and the daily rhythm are arranged to suit you rather than a group timetable.
The course itself follows the full PADI programme: dive theory with the official materials, confined-water skill development in calm shallow conditions, then four open-water dives on Red Sea reefs — the first two to 12 metres, the final two to 18 — with a short exam to complete the theory. Minimum age 10, basic swimming ability and a standard medical statement are the only requirements.
On request the private format can be shared with your partner, family or friends — the course stays closed to outsiders and the personal pace is preserved. Equipment, materials, the certification fee, lunches and drinks on board, and transfers within Hurghada are all included.
Highlights
What's Included
- Dedicated private PADI instructor
- Full dive equipment
- PADI course materials & 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.
All taxes & equipment included
