Open Water Course
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Thu 02 Oct 2025 18:00 — Sun 12 Oct 2025 17:00
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Registration for this event closes at Sun 28 Sep 2025 09:00.
"BUBBLES GO UP, DIVERS GO DOWN, BUT THE FUN NEVER STOPS
Let’s go diving together! Start your open water journey with the most fun three day course you’ll take in your life.
Here’s how it works:
- ONLINE TRAINING (8-12 hours before course): Homework!!! Start your independent online training at home through the world-class PADI eLearning system. Please note that PADI will not give you access to the eLearning until you have registered for the course.
- ORIENTATION - October 2nd 6:00PM-late: Review your online training, try on the scuba gear and learn to assemble your scuba kit.
- POOL DIVES - October 4th Full day: full day in pool to master all scuba skills you learned during your eLearning and will be later practised in Ocean.
- PACK LOAN GEAR + DIVE BRIEFING - October 9th 6:00PM-8:00pm: Be at the club to meet other divers, organise loan gear for the weekend and prepare for your ocean dives. All Unidive events meet at the club shed the Thursday night before the dives so this also gives you a taste of being a fully certified club member.
- OCEAN DIVES - October 11 + 12th: Explore the reef, putting the skills you have learned into practice over the course of 4 training dives. We will also go through gear care, where you will learn how to take care of your diving gear and log your first four dives into your diving logbook.
- CERTIFICATION - Once you have met all the requirements for the course, you will be an Open Water Diver! They’ll be a knighting ceremony and probably Pitbull’s entire discography playing! You can now join us on our social dives and go diving anywhere in the world!
Course Cost: $650
Includes:
* Transport to/from the University of Queensland St Lucia Campus
* 1 year of UniDive membership
* 3-months of gear hire
* All PADI eLearning materials
What you need:
* SCUBA Mask, snorkel and fins (before the orientation session)
* Bathers and towel
* Water bottle and packed lunch/snacks
I’m so excited to meet and dive with you all, and I’m so glad you’re choosing me to help you on your diving journey.
Registration details:
Spots on this course are currently reserved for those from the 7th of August Instructor meet and greet who have sent through their PADI medical form and UQ Swim test to the Unidive committee and were unable to secure a place on the August course. These people will be emailed the registration details. If the course doesn't fill from this pool of people, the course will open to everyone.
If you would like to be added to the email list for future courses or more information on how to organise your OW training with a local dive centre, please contact training@unidive.org