PADI Courses

The way the world learns to dive

Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) is a comprehensive programme of the world's most practical, enjoyable and innovative range of recreational diver courses.

With PADI courses, both students and instructors have embraced the no nonsense approach that the PADI training system offers. The course materials are streamlined to let you study the essential academics with a renewed emphasis on practical diving skills learned in both the pool and open water environments.

PADI Courses Available

The Scuba Doctor is an accredited PADI Dive Centre (S26458). The instructors recommended by The Scuba Doctor offer the following selection of PADI dive courses here in Melbourne:

• Experience Scuba
  • PADI Discover Scuba Diving
    — A quick and easy introduction into what it takes to explore the underwater world. Although this is not a scuba certification course, you'll learn all the steps it takes to be a PADI certified diver.
• Begin the Adventure
  • PADI Open Water Diver Course,
    and see also Learn to Dive in Melbourne
    — Diver certification begins here. Start with PADI's online eLearning course. Move to the pool and practice your new skills. Then experience four open water ocean dives.
• Continue the Adventure
  • PADI Advanced Open Water Diver
    — This course can be taken after completing the PADI Open Water Diver certification. It's titled PADI Advanced Open Water Diver because it advances your diving knowledge and skills.
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    — Have an experienced dive professional help you understand our local dive environment so you can better enjoy the dive adventure.
  • Rescue Diver Course
• Get Back into the Adventure
  • PADI ReActivate Scuba Refresher,
    and see also Refresher Course
    — Update your dive skills and knowledge with a quick scuba refresher from the PADI Open Water Diver Course before jumping back into the water.
• Specialty Scuba Courses
  • Naturlist Speciality
  • PADI Enriched Air Diver (Nitrox)
    — The most popular PADI specialty course. Scuba diving with enriched air nitrox gives you more no decompression time, especially on repetitive scuba dives.
  • PADI Digital Underwater Photographer
    — Capture images of your underwater scuba adventures
  • PADI Night Diver
    — Learn how to see what happens underwater after the sun goes down, as day creatures retire and nocturnal critters emerge.
  • PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy
    — Improve the buoyancy skills you learned as a new diver.
  • PADI Deep Diver
    — Explore at depths down to 40 metres with confidence.
  • PADI Wreck Diver
    — Each wreck dive offers a chance for a new discovery.

If you are intestered in undertaking any of the above scuba diving courses in Melbourne, please Contact Us for more information.