PADI Junior Open Water Diver Course

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

The PADI Junior Open Water Diver certification has restrictions to ensure that young divers do not exceed their limits. Divers aged 10 and 11 must dive with a PADI professional or certified parent or guardian, and dives cannot exceed 12 meters. Divers aged 12 to 14 must dive with a certified adult, and dives cannot exceed 18 meters in depth.