Take the world’s most popular scuba diving course on the Belize Barrier Reef

The PADI Open Water Diver Certification is the first complete entry-level certification you can earn and the most chosen course for beginners worldwide. The PADI Open Water Certification is the most recognized in the dive industry and will allow you to dive anywhere in the world. The reef system around Placencia in Southern Belize is the perfect environment for you to do the beginner’s scuba diving course with warm waters, no currents, great visibility, and amazing coral reefs. We do the confined water dives at one of the cayes, using our 50-foot pool for the confined water dives only in the case of bad weather.

This PADI Open Water Diver course is comprised of 5 academic modules, 5 confined water training dives, and 4 open water dives. This license is your passport to adventure and the key to opening the door to the wonderful underwater world.  If you do the academic modules online, this course can be completed in as little as two days. This PADI open water diver course requires no previous experience. The course is open to anyone from the age of 10 years old and is ideal for the whole family.

Our equipment is professionally maintained and in excellent condition.  Your course will be closely supervised with personal tuition from our licensed Belizean PADI Instructors. We work with a maximum of two students per instructor to ensure the safety and the quality of the experience. Our Instructors are very knowledgeable with the local aquatic life and coral reefs, and will educate you on the fish and creatures you will encounter on your course. Placencia has some great dive sites, and healthiest reef systems in Belize with an abundance of marine life.

As a resort dive operator that gives back to the community and environment with our community support programs, you make a sustainable choice when you choose to learn to scuba dive with Splash Dive Center.

Start your PADI Open Water Diver course online

We strongly recommend you do the academic portion of the PADI open water dive course with the E-learning option. We have a very nice classroom but our classroom is not where you want to spend your time in Belize! To book E-learning, click on this logo.

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As a resort dive operator that gives back to the community and environment with our community support programs, you make a sustainable choice when you choose to learn to scuba dive with Splash Dive Center.

Placencia’s finest dive sites and aquatic life are the beginning of an underwater adventure