Welcome to Rainbow Diving

.The PADI Open Water Diver qualification is the world's most popular entry level scuba diving qualification. An open water referral is when you do the theory and pool work at home before your holiday and complete the course on your travels. We specialize in PADI Open water diver referrals. You'll do the pool and theory session at our base near Pudsey between Bradford and Leeds.

PADI operate a brilliant referral system. Doing the PADI Open Water Referral means that you can complete your theory and confined water skills at home and finish your course by doing the open water dives on holiday.So if you're heading for one of the worlds great diving destinations give it a go. No sitting in a classroom in the sunshine or spending time getting familiar with the equipment in the pool. Its straight into the ocean to complete your course and the adventure of open water diving.

Whether its the Red Sea, Canaries, Mediterranean, Florida or even more distant places its always wise to arrange with a dive centre before you go so that you can be certain that they can fit you in. The referral allows you 12 months to complete your course altough its best not to leave it that long. You'll need to complete a PADI self certification medical form and be capable of swimming 200 metres and treading water.As long as you can make time and are willing to work on the theory we can normally complete a referral in a couple of weeks. If time is even shorter please get in touch. Our pool times are very flexible so we can timetable the course to suit you.

The self certification medical form checks that you don't have any health issues that would prevent you from taking part. Sometimes people need to check with a doctor that any issues identified don't prevent them from diving. Very occasionally a health condition will mean that scuba diving isn't for you.

We charge £225 for a PADI Referral. This includes the PADI Ultimate Open Water Crewpak, instruction, gear and pool time. To complete the open water diver certification you must arrange and pay the dive centre at your holiday destination for completion of the course.