Note - this option only includes the e-learning and pool sessions.  Certification Dives are not included.

New sessions available for Fall 2024 and Winter 2025

Sessions Available (Fredericton)

WINTER SESSION 2025 (1) (FREDERICTON)

Classroom Dates: Jan 9 (6pm - 8pm), Jan 23 (6pm - 8pm), Feb 9 (6pm - 8pm).  158 Garden Grove Road (COJO Classroom)

Pool Dates: Jan 12 (9:00am - 11:00am), Jan 26 (8:30am - 12:30pm), Feb 9 (8:30am - 12:30pm). Fredericton Indoor Pool, 79 Carrington Lane

WINTER SESSION 2025 (2) (FREDERICTON)

Classroom Dates: Feb 20 (6pm - 8pm), Mar 13 (6pm - 8pm), Mar 27 (6pm - 8pm).  158 Garden Grove Road (COJO Classroom)

Pool Dates: Feb 23 (9:00am - 11:00am), Mar 16 (8:30am - 12:30pm), Mar 30 (8:30am - 12:30pm). Fredericton Indoor Pool, 79 Carrington Lane

WINTER SESSION 2025 (3) (FREDERICTON)

Classroom Dates: Apr 10 (6pm - 8pm), Apr 17 (6pm - 8pm), May 1 (6pm - 8pm).  158 Garden Grove Road (COJO Classroom)

Pool Dates: Apr 13 (9:00am - 11:00am), Apr 20 (8:30am - 12:30pm), May 1 (8:30am - 12:30pm). Fredericton Indoor Pool, 79 Carrington Lane

Who should take this course?

If you’ve always wanted to take scuba diving lessons, experience unparalleled adventure and see the world beneath the waves, this is where it starts. Get your scuba diving certification with the PADI Open Water Diver course – the world’s most popular and widely recognized scuba course. Millions of people have learned to scuba dive and gone on to discover the wonders of the aquatic world through this course.

To enroll in the PADI Open Diver course or Junior Open Water Diver course, you must 

• Be 10 years or older (12 years old recommended minimum age)

• Be reasonably fit with some swimming ability

• Complete a Medical Statement

What will you learn?

The PADI Open Water Diver Referral course consists of the following:

• Knowledge Development (online) to understand basic principles of scuba diving
• Confined Water Dives to learn basic scuba skills

What scuba gear will you use?

In the PADI Open Water Diver course, you learn to use basic scuba gear, including a mask, snorkel, fins, regulator, buoyancy control device and a tank.

Check with us about the gear you’ll use during this course and get advice about everything you need from your PADI Instructor.

Next Step

Breathing underwater for the first time is something you’ll never forget, so don’t wait.

• Sign up for Open Water Diver Course and start learning right away.
• Try scuba diving with the Discover Scuba Diving program.
• Download a Medical Statement and Questionnaire (pdf).
• Browse the scuba certification FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions).

Tropical Referral

Thinking to get certified while away on vacation?  Complete your e-Learning and confined water/pool work with COJO under the Open Water Referral program, and save your vacation time for diving in exotic locations!  We will issue you a referral form which will allow another PADI dive resort to verify your training.  Students will need to own their own mask and snorkel, which may be purchased at our retail store for 10% off the regular price.

Students who have completed the referral program and wish to later complete the certification dives with COJO will pay a fee for the dives, contact us for more information.