Scuba Diving Whangārei

The SSI Freedive Level 1 course will give you all the skills you'll need to safely and comfortably dive to a depth of up to 20m below the surface on a single breath.


The training methods, skills and practice that you will do alongside your instructor create the perfect environment for you to improve your breath-hold and learn and practice some vital safety skills.


Our SSI Freedive Level 1 course comprises of e-learning, theory workshops, breathing workshops, in pool training and open water training which are spread out over 2 dives.

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. This is an amazing adventure. We can't wait for you to begin!
Experience the wonders of our oceans, lakes and rivers. Diving exposes us to like minded people and so you can make new friends, both human and aquatic when you learn to dive with us.
Not only will you enjoy seeing lots of aquatic animals, some may come and say hello, some will shy away from you as we are pretty big, but you will also enjoy the feeling of flying when you swim neutrally buoyant above the bottom stopping occasionally to look around.
This course is just the beginning of a great journey, so whether you want to sight see, take photos, explore or collect sea food, this is the starting point in that journey.


PLEASE NOTE: The dates listed here are the first day/night of your course only. The course runs either over 4 full days or 3 evenings and 2 full days. Please refer back to the website https://www.divenow.co.nz/courses/learn-to-dive/learn-to-dive-open-water-course to see all of the dates for your selected course.
Once you confirm your booking you will have the option to pay either $229 deposit per person or the full amount.

The Next Step in Diving
Diving like any pastime requires practice to perfect existing skills and to learn new ones. This is where the PADI Advanced Open Water and SSI Advanced Adventurer Courses comes in. Most people assume that the 'Advanced' Course is for 'advanced' divers due to it's slightly misleading name.
What the course is really about is growing an Open Water diver's skill base through five fun filled open water dives and through the online study material and Knowledge Reviews. The course helps build confidence and expand your scuba skills through different Adventure Dives.




The dives that can be conducted on the our course are: Deep Dive (to maximum of 30m) Mandatory for PADI (we love doing this dive) Underwater Navigation Mandatory for PADI (we highly recommend this) Peak Performance Buoyancy (recommended if you haven't completed Peak Performance Buoyancy course) Night Dive (April to October) Wreck Dive (Sea conditions depending) Enriched Air Nitrox (we offer the full Enriched Air Nitrox course at a discounted price alongside this course) Search and Recovery Underwater Photography/Videography Fish ID Dry Suit (A dry suit pool orientation is required for this. Orientation fee $100.) Dry suit rental fee, additional $100 Diver Propulsion Vehicle (Scooter rental is $100 extra)
Each dive is actually Dive One from a PADI or SSI Specialty course, so the skills that are taught are a taster of the skills that can be learned on the full specialty courses that are available with us at Dive Now Whangarei.
By taking part in this course you will not only gain confidence in your diving ability, but gain the freedom to take part in a wider variety of fun dives.
This course emphasizes student involvement in all aspects of dive planning and gives them the ability to safely plan the dives independently once the course is finished.
If you are unsure about what interests to follow in diving or just want to improve your skills, then this is the course for you.
April-October the course will include 5 boat dives. You will do 3 dives on day one. Normally we do Perfect Buoyancy, Underwater Navigation and Night Dive. On day two you will do another two dives. Normally a Deep Dive and a Wreck Dive (if the weather allows us to get to the Wreck) or another dive of your choice at the Poor Knights from the options above.
November-March - same schedule as above but no Night Dive. You will be able to choose another dive from the above list.


Cost includes all Charter Fees, SSI training, certification and study materials. Any specialist equipment will be provided for the duration of the course.
A minimum of 2 students are required for this course to run - Maximum of 6

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. This is an amazing adventure. We can't wait for you to begin!
Experience the wonders of our oceans, lakes and rivers. Diving exposes us to like minded people and so you can make new friends, both human and aquatic when you learn to dive with us.
Not only will you enjoy seeing lots of aquatic animals, some may come and say hello, some will shy away from you as we are pretty big, but you will also enjoy the feeling of flying when you swim neutrally buoyant above the bottom stopping occasionally to look around.
This course is just the beginning of a great journey, so whether you want to sight see, take photos, explore or collect sea food, this is the starting point in that journey.


PLEASE NOTE: The dates listed here are the first day/night of your course only. The course runs over 4 full days (2 weekends) and you do 2 days at the Poor Knights. Please refer back to the website https://www.divenow.co.nz/courses/learn-to-dive/learn-to-dive-open-water-course to see all of the dates for your selected course.
Once you confirm your booking you will have the option to pay either $229 deposit per person or the full amount.