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PADI 5 Star Centre

Orakei Dive shop is a PADI (Professional Association of Dive Instructors) five star facility. This means that we reach PADI's highest standard of excellence. PADI is the largest dive training institution both worldwide and in New Zealand, approximately 70% of divers throughout the world chose PADI. Individual training center's are regularly audited by PADI to ensure that their high standards are rigorously adhered to.

PADI certification at the entry level is the 'open water' course, this qualification enables you to dive anywhere in the world as it is globally recognized. This course involves classroom and pool training followed by four openwater dives over two days.

Next comes the Advanced training which takes just a couple of hours in the classroom followed by five sea dives. These dives can include deep dive, night, multilevel, wreck, navigation, search and recovery, plus many other options.

After the advanced dive is the rescue diver course which trains you how to help or rescue distressed divers. This is a good course to buy someone who you dive with on a regular basis. I mean if you're in trouble wouldn't you want your buddy knowing what to do? This course involves pool and class work along with two days of dragging helpless victims up beaches and onto boats. You will need either the PADI medical first aid certificate or a similar (red cross etc.) before you finish this course

The next step is becoming a Dive Master. This is the first step in becoming a dive professional. The course involves pool and class work with the option of assisting on a couple of open water courses to gain experience at working with students. The timing of the course depends a lot on the students themselves but the pool/class work is generally six to eight evenings.

You can find more about these courses at the PADI courses web site.