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Pirate Divers care about the environment and feel passionate about teaching our students about the world below the water.
Our diving courses always start at Pirate Divers Shop, our eco-friendly dive center, and are held in small groups, ensuring that everyone is trained to the highest standard.
Our instructors came from all parts of the world and they all share the same mission – to teach with passion.
The SSI Open Water or PADI Open Water Diver Course are certified courses recognized by diving organizations worldwide. (Minimum age is 10 years old.)
Pirate Divers Open Water Course
1 Student – 3 day Open Water Course
2 Student – 4 day Open Water Course
On your first day of the Open Water Course you will meet your instructor at Pirate Divers shop and gain theoretical base for diving. On the second day, a pool session will help you to turn this knowledge into practical skills. On third and fourth day you will be using this skills to discover the beauty of open waters of Similan Islands!
All inclusive price
An Advanced Open Water Course allows you to go to a depths of 30 meters and improves your diving skills. The SSI Advanced Adventurer or PADI Advanced Open Water Diver certification can be used all over the world. (Minimum age of 12 years)
Pirate Divers Advanced Course
2 day course – 5 Dives
This is a very flexible course on which you will expand your knowledge and go deeper.
It’s more fun on a Pirate Divers liveaboard!
Advanced Open Water Diver course can be done on one of our liveaboards.
Not including trip costs and park fees
We always teach in small groups and we never combine different diving courses together.
The maximum of 2 Students to 1 Instructor provides good communication and more relaxed learning process that will make you a better and safer diver!
Before the Open Water Course begins, you will receive your open water manual, either an online version or book. The manual has five chapters and we advise our students to read at least the first three before the course starts.
Reading the open water manual is your first step in becoming a diver! It will give you a better understanding of what this course is all about! And being prepared for the course will make the whole experience more enjoyable and relaxed.
After meeting your diving instructor, it is time to get some theoretical base that will enable all the fun later! You will watch five, 45 minutes long video lessons, which correspond to the five chapters of the open water manual.
A quiz will follow after each video. Lunch or coffee break will take place after the third lesson. And after the pause and completion of remaining lessons and quizzes your Instructor will give live presentation of the diving theory and answer all the questions you might have.
Open water pool for students
It is time to put into practice all that you have read about and watched in the videos! Some students find this day “the hardest”, because at the beginning, all the information you have received and all the skills you have been practising might seem a little bit overwhelming.
But after a brief time and completing a few skills, students usually start to relax and become more comfortable in the water. They realize that it is not that hard and begin to have fun.
We are heading towards Similan Islands where you will finally discover how it feels like to dive in the open sea! Our Open Water Courses are always carried out in the Similan islands and we are excited to show you the best dive sites the Similans have to offer. On Dives 1 and 2 you will be practising some of the skills you mastered in the pool session at maximum depth of 12 meters.
You will enjoy two more dives in the Similian Islands as much more relaxed and confident diver. It is time to demonstrate few more skills at maximum depth of 18 meters. After taking the final exam on the boat ride back to the pier you have completed your Open Water Course.
Day one of your Open Water course
09:00 Fill in the paper work
10:00 Video 1 and Quiz
11:00 Video 2 and Quiz
12:00 Video 3 and Quiz
13:00 Lunch or coffee break
14:00 Video 4 and Quiz
15:00 Video 5
16:00 Instructor presentation
Day two
10:00 Pool session
Day Three
8:00 We meet at the dive shop
8:30 Briefing.
10:45 Your first dive
12:00 Lunch and relaxation
13:45 Second dive
15:00 Heading back to your hotel
Day Four
7:20 Pick up from your hotel
8:00 The boat leaves
8:30 Briefing and breakfast on the boat
10:45 Dive 3
12:00 Lunch and relaxation
13:45 Dive 4
15:00 Heading back to your hotel
Advanced course is designed to improve your diving skills and allows you to dive to 30 meters. Successful completion of the course will award you with the worldwide recognized SSI Advanced Adventurer or PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (AOWD) certification. Minimum age for participation is 12 years old.
We strongly recommend that you go through the advanced open water diver manual and complete knowledge reviews at the end of each chapter before you start the course. Being prepared will allow you to understand better each adventure dive. Also, do you really want to start reading your book when everyone else is relaxing on the sun deck?
The best way to enjoy your advanced course is on a Similan liveaboard, as it will give you the opportunity to experience a night dive. Night dive is only possible on a Similan liveaboard, as day trip boats do not stay in the Similan Islands long enough to dive at night.
If you are short on time or just want to spend your evenings on the land in your hotel, our day trip boat is the way to go.
Each Wednesday and Friday we have a day trip to the Similan Islands with 3 dives from a slow boat. The remaining 2 dives usually take place either at Koh Bon / Koh Tachai or Richelieu Rock.
Adventure Dives – within Advanced Course or as single adventure dive
The Advanced Course consists of 5 Adventure Dives. You can choose your set of adventure dives and even sign up for only one you are interested in! The most popular single adventure dive is Deep Adventure Dive. If you don’t have the time to complete the advanced course but still want to dive deeper than 18 meters, the adventure deep will allow you to dive to 30 meters.
Advanced Course in the Similan Islands
Underwater Navigation (mandatory)
Check out our funny blog on Night Diving Tips!
Day one of your Open Water course
09:00 Fill in the paper work
10:00 Video 1 and Quiz
11:00 Video 2 and Quiz
12:00 Video 3 and Quiz
13:00 Lunch or coffee break
14:00 Video 4 and Quiz
15:00 Video 5
16:00 Instructor presentation
Day two
10:00 Pool session
Day Three
8:00 We meet at the dive shop
8:30 Briefing.
10:45 Your first dive
12:00 Lunch and relaxation
13:45 Second dive
15:00 Heading back to your hotel
Day Four
7:20 Pick up from your hotel
8:00 The boat leaves
8:30 Briefing and breakfast on the boat
10:45 Dive 3
12:00 Lunch and relaxation
13:45 Dive 4
15:00 Heading back to your hotel
