PADI Junior Open Water Diver Course

The PADI Junior Open Water Diver course is like the adult certification program but with smaller teacher-to-student ratios and shallower depth limits. To enroll, kids must be 10-15 years old and able to swim. PADI Junior Open Water Divers automatically become Open Water Divers at the age of 15.

The PADI Junior Open Water Diver certification has restrictions to ensure young divers don’t exceed their limits. Divers aged 10 and 11 must dive with a PADI Professional or a certified parent or guardian, and dives cannot exceed 12 meters (40 feet). Divers aged 12 years to 14 years old must dive with a certified adult, and dives cannot exceed 18 meters (60 feet) in depth.