PADI open water course in Thailand

[Seks]

Is $550ish cad or so a good deal for 3-day course in Thailand?

[sneek]

I don't know if that is super amazing. I think I paid under $700 for SSI Open Water + Advance at Big Blue. I think it was about 5 days or so but such an awesome experience.

[CompletelyNumb]

I spent 10 days diving in Koh Tao for about $1k. Got my PADI open water and advanced open water, as well as nitrox certifications. Did some ship wreck dives, night dives, etc. It was a great time.

$550 for the 3 day course seems more expensive than when I went, but that could just be where it's headed. Call around to other places. Read the Google reviews.

[Mitsu3000gt]

I paid about $500 CAD in Grenada for the full certification through the Sandals resort. You don't need 3 days though, 2 days (9-5 type thing) tops, it's very easy and so is the written test.

[RX-7_TWINTURBO]

You can take the full certification (class, pool, open water)in Calgary for $575
Or just do the class and pool for $350 and complete your open water certification dives during your vacation if you don't want to burn 2 days in a classroom in Thailand

[Ben]

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You can take the full certification (class, pool, open water)in Calgary for $575
Or just do the class and pool for $350 and complete your open water certification dives during your vacation if you don't want to burn 2 days in a classroom in Thailand

This!

Do your open water part where it's warm. It's a huge weight of stress gone immediately. Dropping into lake Minewanka at 3 degrees eats ass.

[TYMSMNY]

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This!

Do your open water part where it's warm. It's a huge weight of stress gone immediately. Dropping into lake Minewanka at 3 degrees eats ass.

It's good and bad. I got certified in a dry suit. It was pretty warm in my suit though.... from my own urine.

[Doozer]

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Or just do the class and pool for $350 and complete your open water certification dives during your vacation if you don't want to burn 2 days in a classroom in Thailand

I also recommend this. Did this my class and pool in Calgary, did my open water in Hawaii.

A) Didn't blow a few days of Hawaiian vacation in a classroom/pool.
B) Maybe this is nothing, but I also felt that the people in Calgary didn't care about whether I kept diving at their resort - they wanted to make sure I didn't drown. So I felt like the training was more legit, it wasn't just some tourist dive company that had an interest in getting me to do more diving with them.

[Seks]

Thailand in Oct. Australia in Dec.

Contacted 3 places in Patong. Range from $550-$600 for 3 days openwater. Includes 6 dives and the pre-req online learning

Cheaper than at Port Douglas in Australia where I got quoted $850 just for the 3 days and additional ~$200 for the pre-req online learning.

Obviously I will do it in Phuket then do a 1-day group dive when in Australia.