PADI Referral Open Water Course

The PADI Referral Course lets you Complete the theory portion and pool sessions with a local dive shop back home. Then you can finish your PADI Open Water course with us in El Nido.

How does it work? PADI Referral Course El Nido

∙ Back home: Simply contact one of your PADI local dive shops using this link and complete the basics of scuba diving with them. Then you can finish your course with us in El Nido. All you need to do is bring your PADI Referral form from your instructor and your medical clearance. It shows that you have successfully completed the necessary training before arriving here.

∙ With Palawan Divers: The referral course takes two days to complete and consists of 4 open water dives and 1 check-out dive. It’s important for us that you try your new skills. The extra fun dive on the second day is only an additional Php1,200!

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A Typical Schedule

Palawan Divers usually plans 3 dives per day. We meet at 8:00am and are back at around 3:30pm. The quality, safety and comfort of your course are very important to us, so you can expect the focused, undivided attention of our staff. We limit the number of divers to 10 per boat, with a maximum of 2 students per instructor.

● Day One: On your first day the first session will be a short check out dive in confined water for yourself and to give the instructor an idea how comfortable you are before taking you for your open water dives 1 and 2.
● Day Two: You will finish Open water dive 3 and 4. In the afternoon you can even do an extra fun dive to get some more experience in.

Our Package - PADI Referral Course El Nido

• Add Php1,200 for an extra fun dive on the second day

You can pay by cash, by Paypal or credit card (3.5% bank charge).

Our PADI Referral Open Water Course package includes: full diving gear, online PADI certification card, instructor’s fee, boat travel, warm lunch made from fresh local ingredients, fruits, hot and cold drinks.
Our package does not include the Eco Tourism Development fee and has to be paid in cash. This ticket costs Php200 and is valid for 10 days.

Groups discount:
4-7 PAX : 5% discount
Continuing Education discount:
5% discount on your next course!
Extra day of Fun Diving after your Course:
Php4,300 full day trip – 3 dives (instead of Php4,800!)

I’m a certified PADI Open Water diver. What next?

Congratulations! You are now a PADI Open Water diver. You can join us on our daily trips and test your new diving skills or continue your training and get another certification at discounted rate!

PHP 15,800