OPEN WATER DIVER

Your first real certification, right here in Roatán

The Open Water Diver course is the standard first step into certified diving, and it’s still the best way to get properly comfortable in the water before you start exploring Roatán’s reef on your own terms. You’ll work through a mix of classroom material and hands-on skill sessions with a dedicated instructor, then put it into practice with four dives on the reef.

We keep instruction personal and paced to you — not a fixed script that moves on regardless of how you’re doing. By the end, you’ll be certified to dive to a maximum depth of 60 feet (18 meters), anywhere in the world.

If you’d rather not spend vacation time in a classroom, you can complete the academic portion online before you arrive through e-learning, then come straight to the in-water skills and dives once you’re here — one of the easiest ways to get certified in Roatán without losing beach time.

Course details

Length: 3 days (individual pace may vary)

Dives included: 4

Price: $499 (includes all taxes)

Most popular!

This is our most popular course, and for most divers, it’s the one certification that opens up the rest of a diving life — everywhere from Roatán’s reef to wherever you travel next.


We teach this course primarily through SSI, and can arrange PADI certification instead if that better matches your travel plans or existing training history — just let us know when booking.

Ready to get certified in Roatán?