Who this is for: New students ready to earn a SDI® Open Water Diver Certification. No prior experience required.
SDI® Open Water Diver
Join us and start your SDI® Open Water Diver journey! You’ll learn the skills you need to dive safely and confidently — and join a community of underwater explorers. Once training is complete, you’ll finish your certification with open water checkout dives. (Additional fees apply.)
SAVE $60! Regular fee: $489
Enroll in-person anytime at Dive & Glide Scuba, or online 60+ days before the course start date, and your cost is $429. Includes eLearning Online!!
Enroll in-person anytime at Dive & Glide Scuba, or online 60+ days before the course start date, and your cost is $429. Includes eLearning Online!!
$489.00
Availability: In Stock
SAVE $60! (Regular fee: $489) Enroll in-person anytime at Dive & Glide Scuba, or online 60+ days before the course start date, and your cost is $429. Includes eLearning Online!!
Schedule & Format
- eLearning Online (included): (self-paced) to build your knowledge
- Classroom Session: for review of eLearning studies and preparation to attend pool skills sessions
- Pool Sessions: to learn basic diving skills to safely dive to a depth of 60 feet
Gear Included vs. Personal Gear
- Provided for Use: regulators, gauges and/or dive computer, buoyancy compensator, tanks, weights
- Student's Personal Gear (Required): mask, snorkel, boots, fins
- Recommended Gear: 1.5mm or 3mm wetsuit for pool sessions
Referral Students Welcome
- Started elsewhere? We accept Universal Referral students with proper paperwork as required by SDI®.
Attendance
- To successfully complete this course, students must attend all scheduled classroom and pool sessions
- Additional classroom and pool sessions may be scheduled for students, by student request, or by instructor recommendation, at no additional charge to the student
Registration Deadline
- Register at least one week before your desired class start date to allow for time for completion of eLearning prior to your classroom session
Enrollment
- Ages 10+
- Registration, medical form, and waiver required
- If registering online, forms and eLearning access will be emailed
- Physician approval may be required based on medical questionnaire
Cancellation Policy
- Please review our course cancellation policy.
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Meet Your Instructors
This course is taught by instructor Marc Ellis or Timothy Burch.
Marc has been an instructor since 1994 and has been teaching at Dive & Glide Scuba since 2022. In addition to training divers, he also heads up the organization of our dive club (Mid-Michigan Dive Adventures) meetings and events. Marc is bilingual (he speaks Spanish) and holds multiple diving instructor certifications as a PADI®, SSI®, and SDI/TDI® instructor.
Tim is an instructor and sales associate at Dive & Glide Scuba. Before his tenure here, he was teaching in the Mid-Michigan area for many years under his own company name, Maximum Bottom Time. Tim's passion is advanced and technical diving, and he enjoys teaching new students, too. He is an SDI/TDI® and SSI® Instructor.
Want to learn more about our full staff team? Visit our Dive Team Page.