Please check the PADI Medical statement carefully before diving with us. Must be filled before the course starts.

Medical Advise

Rest of the year, expect rough seas, high waves, and limited visibility during the northeast monsoon.

Basic swimming skills & medically fit for diving

The world’s most popular and widely recognized scuba course. If you’ve always wanted to take scuba diving lessons, experience unparalleled adventure and see the world beneath the waves, this is where it starts. Get your first scuba diving certification in Sri Lanka!

##### What to expect:
__Millions of people have learned to scuba dive and gone on to discover the wonders of the aquatic world through this course.__

Your first breath underwater is something you will never forget! During this course, you learn the skills and knowledge needed to become a certified diver, get an understanding of how to use your equipment and care for it, how to manoeuvre underwater with all the gear, to dive with a buddy and understand safe diving practices, dive planning, and get comfortable with your buoyancy while respecting the environment you are surrounded. The course consists of 5 confined water sessions and 4 dives at local spots under the supervision of a PADI Dive Instructor.

##### Course Content:
- Knowledge Development in our diving centre (one day classroom) to understand basic principles of scuba diving.
- Five Confined Water Dives to learn basic scuba skills.
- Four Open Water Dives to use your skills and explore!

As a PADI Open Water Diver, you can dive up to 18 metres/60 feet deep anywhere in the world, lifetime. If you would like to take a next step the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course is waiting for you!


Challenging

PADI Medical Questionnaire

Nilaveli

__Arrival, Paperwork, and Dive Theory: Embarking on a Dive Adventure__

__Start__ 8:30 - __Finish__ 16:00

- Upon your arrival at the base, you will be welcomed by one of our local and international Divemasters and Instructors. You fill out the necessary paperwork, medical statement and make your balance payment. We accept both card and cash.

- First you start in classroom with theoretical part which includes videos, knowledge reviews, quizes and final exam for around half or one day.

__Dive Skills Practice: Exploring the Depths in Confined Waters__

__Start__ 8:30 - __Finish__ 14:00

Second day you will start with practical skills. During the Confined Water Dives, you learn and practice scuba skills in a pool or water with pool-like conditions. 

You’ll enjoy making one or more mini dives, which take you through the same steps you follow when you make open water dives (Day 3). 

__Exploring the Open Waters: Diving into Adventure with Open Water Dives__

__Start__ 8:30 - __Finish__ 13:00

Now it’s time to complete training you practice, apply and demonstrate what you learn during four Open Water Dives at a local dive site. Day 3 consists of 2 dives in the sea.

__Deepening Dive Exploration: Unveiling the Wonders of the Sea__

__Start__ 8:30 - __Finish__ 13:00

Day 4 consists of 2 open water dives in the sea. You demonstrate skills you’ve learned and explore more the underwater world!


PADI Open Water Diver Course in Nilaveli

- Dry Bag
- Swimming suit 
- Water bottle 
- Sunscreen (LOTS of sunscreen with Zinc!)
- Towel

##### Bring along your good spirits and a thirst for adventure
Bring your positivity and smiles and make sure to pack in a bit extra and spread them around. We're going to be all smiles and laughter all through this journey.

Your first underwater experience! Explore the fascinating blue world and start your lifetime adventure in Sri Lanka!

Have you always wondered what it’s like to breathe underwater? If you want to Try Scuba Diving, but aren’t quite ready to take the plunge into a certification course, our Try Scuba Diving and PADI Discover Scuba Diving is for you.

##### What to expect:

__While not a scuba certification course, Try Scuba Diving and PADI Discover Scuba Diving is a quick and easy introduction to what it takes to explore the underwater world.__

To breathe underwater for the first time – what a feeling! This is simply incomparable! You have to get used to it at first. After all, people are not made for it normally. After a few minutes of quiet breathing under water, most participants realize how easy diving can be. To stay calm and to follow the instructions of your PADI Instructor are the first prerequisites to complete the first diving exercises of your life. If that works after a few minutes, most of the participants are really enthusiastic and never forget that first impression under water.

##### Course Content:
You learn the basic safety guidelines and skills needed to dive under the direct supervision of a PADI Professional. If you make an open water dive, you’ll practice a few more skills in shallow water to prepare for your adventure. Get ready to:

- Learn about the basic scuba equipment and how to use it underwater
- Find out what it’s like to breathe underwater
- Learn key skills that you’ll use during every scuba dive
- Have fun swimming around and exploring
- Hear about becoming a certified diver through the [PADI Open Water Diver course](https://www.rapidadventures.lk/experiences/padi-open-water-diver-course-in-nilaveli)


Easy

PADI Discover Scuba Diving in Nilaveli

__You don’t need to be a scuba diver to get to know the fascinating world underwater and its splendor!__

Snorkelling is a relaxing activity for the whole family, children, and adults of all ages. It can be also the first step into diving or simply an alternative.

Equipped with mask, snorkel and fins you float on the water surface and watch the vibrant coral reefs, rocks and coral reef-fish below. An intense experience and unforgettable moments.

##### Why East Coast?
Snorkeling in Nilaveli & Trincomalee area is the absolute highlight of your stay on the east coast. You experience the most vibrant coral reefs of Sri Lanka, soft and hard corals, schools of colorful fish and different coral fish of the Indian Ocean.

Pigeon Island Snorkeling in Nilaveli 

PIGEON ISLAND - “The Snorkeler’s Paradise”

PADI Open Water Diver Course in Nilaveli

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Nilaveli

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April - October

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