Event

What you need to take

Swim Suit
Towel
Academic Materials (included within course fee)
Medical Statement (See below)
Packed lunch
Passport photographs
Pound Coin for lockers
eRDPml (Strongly Recommended - See Below)

Included in your course is a standard paper RDP Table. This RDP is used to calculate your nitrogen level and dive time. This calculation is done prior to every dive. A high percentage of questions in your exam are based on this. It is now possible to use an electronic version of the RDP (eRDPml) and this can also be used in your exam. We VERY strongly recommend the purchase of an eRDPml at the time of booking your course (click to add).

The following PADI forms and paperwork will be required for your course and will be mail merged and sent to you automatically by email when you book your course, or you can download it below:-
PDF File Download MSS Course Offer
MSS Open Water Course Enrol Pack
PADI Standard Safe Diving Practices form (10060, Ver. 1.4)
Self Declaration PADI Medical Statement form (10063, Ver. 2.0)
PADI Statement of Risks and Liability form (10072 Ver. 3.1)
Learning Agreement

Course Pre-requisites

No diving experience necessary
*Minimum age: 10 - No upper age limit
Able to swim 200 metres any style
Able to tread water/float for 10 minutes

NOTE:- * Students between the ages of 10 to 15 will receive a PADI Junior Open Water Diver certification on completion of training. Junior Open Water divers between the ages of 10 and 11 years may only dive with a PADI Professional, a certified parent or certified guardian to a maximum depth of 12 metres. From age 12 years and above depth is limited to 18 mts.

Included in your course is a standard paper RDP Table. This RDP is used to calculate your nitrogen level and dive time. This calculation is done prior to every dive. A high percentage of questions in your exam are based on this. It is now possible to use an electronic version of the RDP (eRDPml) and this can also be used in your exam. We VERY strongly recommend the purchase of an eRDPml at the time of booking your course (click to add).

For each course part below, choose the time and date you would like to attend.

Maidstone Leisure Centre:

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£443.69

If you can find any PADI registered dive centre or resort within a 30-mile radius offering a better price, for an equivalent course, we guarantee to beat it! Internet Booking Price: £315.80 (normal price £396.03) - Booking your course online is fast, straightforward, totally secure and accessible 24 hours a day 7 days a week – Click for How to Book onLine (opens a new window). We do however understand that some customers wish to book by phone. If you would like to book by phone please call us between 09.00 and 18.30 seven days a week on 01622 754280. Courses booked by telephone incur a handling surcharge of £5.00 per person.

If you are unsure of your required course dates, simply book your course “Open Dated” and select the dates later. Once selected, course dates are fixed and charge is applicable if you later decide to change the dates (see section 9 on our terms & conditions). *Note: Depending on group size the theory session may run on the Saturday or Sunday. This will be confirmed on the Friday prior to your course.

Maidstone Scuba School is committed to offering you the best possible course prices on all PADI courses, dive equipment and dive travel services. Maidstone Scuba School is a PADI 5 Star IDC diving school. We are not a shop, so we don't include shop overheads in our prices. If you can find any PADI registered dive centre or resort within a 30-mile radius offering a better price for an equivalent course, we guarantee to beat it!

Included in your course is a standard RDP Table. This RDP is used to calculate your nitrogen level and dive time. This calculation is done prior to every dive. A high percentage of questions in your exam are based on this. It is now possible to use an electronic version of the RDP (eRDPml) and this can also be used in your exam. We VERY strongly recommend the purchase of an eRDPml at the time of booking your course (click to add).

To watch a brief video explanation of the PADI Open Water Diver Full Course, click the right arrow next to the video screen above. To return to the beginning of the clip, click the left arrow.

Videos by Underwater World

We regularly get the inevitable grumblings from other centres (charging up to double our prices) suggesting: ‘you only get what you pay for or there’s got to be something missing’ or little throw away comments like: ‘would you buy a cheap parachute?’

Our response is simple: We have been in this business longer than most of the centres that come up with these kind of comments, and what they won't tell you is that in many instances it was Maidstone Scuba School that trained THEM (from their first Try Dive right up to becoming a PADI Professional)! They came to the best!- Maidstone Scuba School - Raising Standards, Lowering Prices - Why Pay More?

Do the maths! We are up to 75% less than the others charge for exactly the same course, and the discounts don’t just apply to PADI courses. We supply a full range of equipment and we GUARANTEE to beat any genuine price!

Maidstone Scuba School - JUST £310.89 FULLY INCLUSIVE! - View Student Testimonials (Click)

South East Diving - £505.00 (£475 PLUS Course Manual £30.00).

Scuba Hut - £415.00

Blue Ocean Diving - £349.00 - (PLUS around £160.00 for additional equipment for lake dives).

Lakeside Diving - £349.00

Dive Machine - £395.00

Exclusively Scuba £425.00

London School of Diving £399.00

2Dive4 - £369.00

In2Scuba - £365.00

If you can find any PADI registered dive centre or resort within a 30-mile radius offering a better price, for an equivalent course, we guarantee to beat it! Maidstone Scuba School is committed to offering you the best possible course prices on all PADI courses, dive equipment and dive travel services. Maidstone Scuba School is a PADI 5 Star IDC diving school. We are not a shop, so we don't include shop overheads in our prices. If you can find any PADI registered dive centre or resort within a 30-mile radius offering a better price for an equivalent course, we guarantee to beat it!

Our Price: Only �443.69

PADI Open Water Referral Course - Click Here

If you would prefer to start your course with us in the UK but complete your qualifying dives abroad on holiday, see our £209.95 'referral' course - CLICK HERE

Combined PADI Open Water & Advanced Open Water package - Click Here

This combined package will save you pounds whilst training you to dive up to 30mts and includes wreck diving.

Many students travel to Maidstone, Kent from other parts of the country to complete their courses with us. Most of our courses can be completed within one or two weekends. If you are travelling from outside the Maidstone area and require accommodation, why not take advantage of the special 10% discount offered by the Grade II listed King Street Hotel to all Maidstone Scuba School students.

The hotel is within easy walking distance of Maidstone Leisure Centre, where your confined water and theory training takes place. In between your course, you can relax in their comfortable lounge or enjoy the open air in our courtyard, which gives an extra dimension to this lovely old hotel. For more information click here or to book direct with the holel click here.