If time prevents you from participating in our popular five-day course, but you still wish to enjoy the liveaboard experience, this four-day course is the perfect option for you. Classroom theory is replaced with online eLearning which can be completed in your own time prior to arriving in Cairns, leaving only one compulsory practical training day
The ocean training dives will be conducted as normal during our three-day, two-night liveaboard to the Great Barrier Reef. With warm waters, minimal current and great visibility year round, The Great Barrier Reef is the best place on Earth to learn how to dive.
After you book, you will receive login instructions for the online eLearning Open Water Course theory. These modules and quizzes must be completed before you arrive in Cairns and start your practical training. One day of practical training at the Pro Dive Cairns Training Centre. Three-days and two-nights on an Outer Great Barrier Reef liveaboard trip.
Your practical training is completed at the Pro Dive Cairns Training Centre. Centrally located in Cairns city, the training centre features two heated four-metre deep diver training pools. You’ll be learning in comfort and safety with our qualified PRO DIVE instructors. After your day at the training centre, it’s time to head out to The Great Barrier Reef for a three-day, two-night liveaboard adventure to become a certified diver!
On The Great Barrier Reef, you will have the opportunity to participate in up to nine dives. The first four dives are training dives, which will complete your PRO DIVE Open Water Certification. After these are completed, you can enjoy five recreational dives, one of which is an exciting night dive guided by your dive instructor. With small student numbers, this is a highly personalised certification course.
Food & drinks (Liveaboard)
Prior to your Arrival
Within 24-48 hours of your booking, you will recieve details om how to access the eLearning portal. You must complete all the identified modules to be ready for your pool training.
Day 1 - Training Centre
Day 2 - Great Barrier Reef
Day 3 - Great Barrier Reef
Day 4 - Great Barrier Reef
You will be required to obtain a dive medical certificate if you answer “yes” to any of the questions on the Entry Level Student Diver Medical Declaration. This must be valid within 90 days of commencing the course and must be done before you start with us.