Study in your time, dive on ours! Get the theory done beforehand, and spend your time diving at the Poor Knights Islands.
After enrolling, PADI's eLearning system presents you with interactive presentations that include videos, audio, graphics and reading. Short quizzes let you gauge your progress, and review and correct anything you might happen to miss. This lets you move through the program efficiently and at your own pace.
The E-Learning is designed to be convenient and easy to use. You will be able to access the eLearning anywhere you have a PC with an Internet connection.
Also, you will be able to complete the E-Learning entirely on your own schedule--there are no class times or places to meet.
The E-Learning will keep track of your progress, and you can begin again where you left off last time.
It should take no more than 8-10 hours.
Don't forget to download the PADI app before you get here. Makes it SOO much easier!
Pricing Information
You can get the code yourself by signing up here with PADI and pay online. It is an Australian currency, so it may range a bit - but should be between $NZD320 and $NZD350.
OR we will invoice you $300, and once you have paid, we will send you a code.
Either way, when you sign up, select Dive! Tutukaka as your dive centre, and study in your own time.
You have to have finished MOST of the study and Knowledge Reviews before we jump in the pool, and the whole thing before we take you out to the Poor Knights.
When you get here, we take you to our amazing saltwater pool and complete four Open Water dives at the incredible Poor Knights Islands, certifying you as a PADI Open Water Diver. Boom. Too easy!
What does the course involve?
eLearning utilizes multimedia and communications resources available on the Internet to enhance the experience of learning how to dive. This includes:
- Multimedia content, including pictures and video clips.
- Links to more detailed explanations of relevant information.
- Instant feedback on quizzes and tests (the Website will correct your tests for you, and indicate the correct answer if you did not select it).
- Contact with dive instructors from Dive! Tutukaka (the dive centre you will be affiliated with).
- A narrator, to read the course information aloud to you if required.
- Access to dive tables.
- Links to equipment knowledge and understanding (e.g. defogger and an extra strap to consider also buying when buying a new mask).
The E-Learning will challenge you to master (and, through testing, demonstrate) the course material. Through lessons and evaluations, you will deal with the information in E-Learning much the same way you would with the traditional dive courses (taught with a workbook). As with traditional classroom dive instruction, passing scores on quizzes and tests will be required to complete the current E-Learning program. The courses are not without a little bit of fun, though, and the multimedia content helps to keep things lively and interesting.
What do I need to supply?
You only need a medical from your doctor if you tick YES to anything in the PADI medical. Got a question on that? Check out the PADI Medical form here.
What's included?
All pool fees and costs, all equipment hire, your certification fees to PADI and E-card, and four amazing dives out at the Incredible Poor Knights Islands.
With us, it is $949 in total: $649 for the practical, and $300 for the E-Learning.
When do you run the courses?
We run these any time! Call us to find out when suits your holiday time.