🤿 Detailed Course Description & Schedule
Learn to dive in paradise!
The PADI Open Water Diver Course in Hurghada is your gateway to an entirely new world beneath the surface. The Red Sea offers perfect conditions for beginners – warm, clear waters, colorful reefs, and abundant marine life create a dreamlike learning environment.
From the very first day, you’ll dive right into the adventure. After an introductory theory session, you’ll get familiar with your equipment and learn how to move, breathe, and communicate safely underwater. Under the patient guidance of your PADI Instructor, you’ll practice essential skills such as buoyancy control, mask clearing, regulator recovery, and emergency procedures – all in a calm, controlled environment.
Over the next two days, your adventure continues at sea. You’ll board a comfortable dive boat and head to some of Hurghada’s most beautiful coral reefs. Here, you’ll experience real open-water diving – floating weightlessly through crystal-clear waters surrounded by vibrant corals, tropical fish, and perhaps even graceful rays or turtles.
Between dives, you can relax on the sun deck, enjoy the gentle sea breeze, and savor a freshly prepared lunch onboard.
Your final day marks a true milestone: completing your final open-water dives, demonstrating your skills, and earning your official PADI Open Water Diver certification. With this license, you’ll be qualified to dive independently with a buddy to depths of up to 18 meters anywhere in the world.
This course is more than just training – it’s the beginning of a lifelong passion for the ocean and its breathtaking beauty.
📅 Course Itinerary
Day 1 – Theory & Confined Water Training Learn the basics of diving, equipment setup, breathing techniques, and safety drills in shallow water or pool.
Day 2 – Open Water Dives 1 & 2 Boat trip to the Red Sea reefs, practice real open-water diving, buoyancy control & underwater navigation.
Day 3 – Open Water Dives 3 & 4 + Certification Advanced skill practice, confidence building, and final assessment dive.
After successful completion, you’ll earn your official PADI Open Water Diver license.
3-day PADI course with instructor
4 open-water dives & full equipment
PADI materials, certification & logbook
Lunch & drinks on board
Hotel transfer within Hurghada
National park fee (5 € per day)
Transfer supplement outside Hurghada