PADI Discover Scuba Diving

If you are usure if diving is for you or do not have the time to complete our PADI Open Water diving course, you can try a Discover Scuba dive, which is a 1 day fully supervised scuba adventure packed with fun.

Included in OTB Diving PADI Discover Scuba Dive

• One-day introduction to scuba diving
• Shallow (Confined Water) training dive followed by a deeper dive around the local dive site
• PADI Discover Scuba Diving Participant Guide
• Option to make additional Open Water dives
• Can be credited to PADI Open Water course (for up to 12 months after the experience)
• Rental of all scuba equipment
• FREE use of Dive Computer
• Guaranteed small group – maximum 4 students per PADI Instructor

To book a PADI Discover Scuba Diving experience you must be:

• 10 years of age or older
• Medically fit to dive

We conduct the Discover Scuba Experience over half a day.

The Experience program consists of three sections:

• Knowledge Development – your Instructor will take you through the Discover Scuba Diving participant guide that highlights key concepts to ensure your safety and allows you to enjoy the experience and have fun.

There is a very straight forward 9 question quiz to complete that we review with you so that you fully understand.

• Confined Water training – conducted in a local pool. We introduce you to breathing underwater for the first time and teach you some basic scuba skills.
• Open Water dive – a fun packed underwater adventure as your instructor guides you around the local dive site

Orientation & Knowledge Development

Your instructor will introduce you to the basic concepts including the effects of pressure and how to equalize your ears, the importance of correct breathing techniques and why you should never hold your breath.

We will also discuss hand signals and the importance of staying close to your Instructor.

The Instructor led knowledge development session along with the paperwork will take approximately 45mins to complete.

Shallow & Confined Water training

We will introduce you to scuba in water that is deep enough for you to stand in with your head out of the water.

To begin with, we will ask you to simply breathe through the regulator and when you are ready we will ask you to kneel down under the water. At this time, we can start to practice equalizing your ears.

Your Instructor will demonstrate each skill, then you will have time to try, practice and eventually perfect the skills.

Some of the other skills you will be mastering include:

• Regulator clearing
• Regulator recovery
• Mask clearing
• Inflate and deflate the BCD at the surface (Buoyancy Control Device)