Open Water

Benefits of Learning to Dive with Goat Island Dive

• You learn to dive in a world first Marine Reserve, up close and personal with New Zealand's friendliest fish
• Your boat diving is done from our stable 13m dive boat, Apollo with easy entry and exit points, a diver lift, hot water shower, coffee and tea and toilet
• We are located in Leigh, with the Hauraki Gulf Islands at our doorstep
  Our instructor to student ratios maximum of 1:6 ensure you are taught to dive properly and safely
• You are trained in quality equipment including Balanced Regulators, Dive Computers and Weight Integrated BCs ensuring you are comfortable during your course
• Choose from our convenient course schedule. Weekend or weekday courses available
• You can keep diving with us once you are certified. We offer you a world of diving opportunity with our regular dive trips to the stunning Outer Gulf Islands
• We have access to an unmatched range of scuba equipment and every major brand imported into NZ. Price will not be beaten on any item, you will get the best deal on equipment purchases
• If you wish to pursue your diver education and training past the Open Water level you can continue with Instructors you know and trust with our PADI Continue Education courses
  Course schedule 

So what's the Open Water Course really like? Ask our customers.

"Fantastic 4 day course, good value for money and sense of achievement once completed". Nyaika Kamurasi, London, UK

"My partner and I attended the PADI Open Water four day course and can highly recommend using Goat Island Dive Centre. Our Instructor put us at ease from the very moment we arrived, he presented the course clearly, and all the dives were undertaken with professionalism and care. Once again, thankyou to everyone for being so friendly, we are looking forward to joining you on a dive to the Mokohinau's soon." Brent and Calley, Puhoi, NZ

"The staff made our entry into scuba diving a fun and rewarding experience. Solid group, very attentive, highly recommended!" Jon Slason, United States 

"Hi guys, don't know if you remember Sue and I - we did our open water with you back in November last year. Just wanted to let you know we were definitely bitten by the bug and have been diving all around the world on our travels (Belize, Zanzibar, White Shark cage diving in Capetown, fresh water altitude dive in Lake Malawi).  Currently we are in Koh Tao Thailand, Sue has just finished her advanced open water and I have become a rescue diver (frightening eh), we wanted to thank you guys for doing such a great job with our first course, when we see others who are certified it is quite frightening they are allowed in the water." Richard and Sue, Warkworth, NZ

"Fantastic pool to learn in, beautiful Leigh region, Auckland only 1 hour away. New equipment, big dive boat, couldn't ask for much more, oh yeah...fantastic Instructor!" Troy Prescott, Auckland, NZ

'Excellent course, well organised, marine reserve 1st dive experience which was awesome. Top Instructor!!!' Kieren Goodhew, Warkworth, NZ

"Highly enjoyable, got more confident near the end of the course. I love diving now!" Tom Quested, Auckland, NZ

Open Water Course Schedule 

Please choose which course suits you from the dates below. To book, open the Booking Form at the bottom of this page or see page 3 in the Course Outline. If these dates don't suit please contact us, we may be able to put a course together for you.

2010

September

• OW1 - 2 weekends 11th, 12th, 18th, and 19th or 4 consecutive days 16th - 19th
• OW2 - 2 weekends Sept 25th, 26th, Oct 2nd, 3rd or 4 consecutive days Sept 30th - Oct 3rd

October

• OW3 - 2 weekends 9th, 10th, 16th and 17th or 4 consecutive days 14th - 17th
• OW4 - 2 weekends 23rd, 24th, 30th and 31st or 4 consecutive days 28th - 31st

November

• OW5 - 2 weekends 6th, 7th, 13th and 14th or 4 consecutive days 11th - 14th
• OW6 - 2 weekends 20th, 21st, 27th and 28th or 4 consecutive days 25th - 28th

December

• OW7 - 2 weekends 4th, 5th, 11th and 12th or 4 consecutive days 9th - 12th
• OW8 - 4 consecutive days 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st OW9 - 4 consecutive days 27th - 30th

2011

January

• OW10 - 4 consecutive days 3rd - 6th
• OW11 - 2 weekends 8th, 9th, 15th and 16th or 4 consecutive days 13th - 16th
• OW12 - 2 weekends 22nd, 23rd, 29th and 30th or 4 consecutive days 27th - 20th

February    

• OW13 - 2 weekends 5th, 6th, 12th and 13th or 4 consecutive days 10th - 13th   
• OW14 - 2 weekends 19th, 20th, 26th, 27th or 4 consecutive days 24th - 27th

March

• OW15 - 2 weekends 5th, 6th, 12th and 13th or 4 consecutive days 10th - 13th
• OW16 - 2 weekends 19th, 20th, 26th, 27th or 4 consecutive days 24th - 27th

April

• OW17 - 2 weekends 2nd, 3rd, 9th and 10th or 4 consecutive days 7th - 10th
• OW18 - 2 weekends 16th, 17th, 23rd and 24th or EASTER 4 consecutive days 21st - 24th
• OW19 - 2 weekends Apr 30th, May 1st, 7th and 8th

May

• OW19 - 4 consecutive days 5th - 8th
• OW20 - 2 weekends 14th, 15th, 21st and 22nd or 4 consecutive days 19th - 22nd

Our Guarantee

 We will give you all the information and training you need to complete your course to a safe and very high standard. We will only use fully qualified Instructors chosen for their professionalism and ability to teach scuba. If weather hampers completion of your course we can re-book you, available space permitting according to our course and trip schedules.

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