Learn to Dive

If you are thinking of learning to SCUBA dive, there is no better place to do so than Kavieng, PNG. The water is generally very calm, the water temperature ranges from 28 - 30 degrees Celsius / 82 - 86 degrees Fahrenheit, making this an ideal training ground for the PADI Open Water dive course, and with small numbers, personal attention is guaranteed.

Kavieng has a reputation for difficult conditions and that you need to be very experienced. Although some of our dive sites do indeed require that you have a few dives under your belt, there are many that are ideal for diver training. After all, we have nearly 40 dive sites to chose from!

The course is made up of three components: Classroom theory, pool training and 4 open water dives. This usually takes 3 - 4 days, depending on how much studying you have managed to do before you arrive here.

Here at Lissenung Island Resort, you have three options to become a PADI Open Water diver:

Complete the entire course with Lissenung Diving:
Approx. two days in the classroom, although our classroom is a traditionally built restaurant with sand floor. This is combined with 5 pool session, whereby once again, our pool is not a conventional pool, but rather the shallow waters off the beach in front of the island. Lots of fish will be watching you, making this not quite such a boring event as a traditional pool session, where the only thing you can count are the tiles of the pool.

Once you have mastered the required skills in our "house reef pool", it's off into deeper water for the open water training dives. A small wreck in form of a yacht is usually the last and certifying dive and quite an exciting one for our new divers!

Cost:
One student: PGK 1,560.00* per person
2+ students: PGK 1,310.00* per person

Inclusions:
- PADI Open Water certification
- PADI Open Water manual
- 1 Passport photo for your certification card
- Dive logbook
- All dive equipment, incl. dive computer for the duration of the course
- Classroom and pool sessions, plus 4 open water dives

PADI Referral program:
Save time in paradise and complete the classroom and pool sessions at home. All PADI dive schools offer this option, and most of them do this also on weekends. You will generally only require one weekend/2 days to complete the classroom and pool sessions, saving 2 days of your holiday! Instead of sitting in our "classroom", bring your referral paperwork from any PADI dive school, just complete the 4 training dives and be a diver sooner, so you can enjoy some real fun dives after your certification!

Cost: PGK 960.00* per person, any number of students.

Inclusions:
- PADI Open Water certification
- 1 Passport photo for your certification card
- Dive logbook
- All dive equipment, incl. dive computer for the duration of the course
- 4 open water dives

PADI e-learning:
The newest way of learning to dive! The PADI Open Water Diver Course online provides the knowledge development portion you need. After enrolling, PADI’s eLearning system presents you with interactive presentations that include videos, audio, graphics and reading. Short quizzes let you gauge your progress, and review and correct anything you might happen to miss. This lets you move through the program efficiently and at your own pace.

The PADI Open Water Diver Course online is $120 (US) nonrefundable. The fee covers your knowledge development training and gives you unlimited access to an electronic version of the PADI Open Water Diver manual.

On arrival at Lissenung Island, we will do a short quizz to ensure that it was really you that completed the e-learning, and not your brother or sister, then it's in the water for the "house reef pool" and 4 open water training dives. This can be completed in as little as 2 - 3 days!

Cost: PGK 1,310.00* per person, any number of students, plus the fee to PADI.

* Prices are applicable for bookings and payment made from outside PNG. Any bookings made whilst in PNG are subject to 10% GST.

Inclusions:
- PADI Open Water certification
- 1 Passport photo for your certification card
- Dive logbook
- All dive equipment, incl. dive computer for the duration of the course
- Pool sessions
- 4 open water dives

Don't forget to drop us an e-mail, too, to tell us when you would like to come and do your open water dives!!!

Important information for all courses:

• Some medical conditions will prevent you from diving. Some of the more common conditions are Asthma, Diabetes, Epilepsy and heart or lung conditions. Pregnancy is also a contraindication to diving. Some other medical conditions may also be a problem. Please have a look at the PADI Medical Statement. If you answer Yes to any of the questions, please see a diving doctor and have a proper diving medical completed. You must then bring the medical with you to be able to complete the course. If you do not answer Yes to any of the questions, you do not need to consult a doctor, but may still like to do so for your own peace of mind.
  
• The minimum age to participate in this course is 12. There is no maximum age.
• It is a course requirement that you be able to swim 200 metres and tread water/float for 10 minutes.
• An Environment and Safety Fee of PGK 12.00 will be charged per person per dive day (for the open water dives and any pleasure diving after certification only). This amount helps fund the recompression facility in Port Moresby as well as environmental programs throughout PNG. This is not an insurance and does neither cover evacuation nor chamber treatment. For proper dive accident insurance, Lissenung Diving strongly recommends DAN (Divers Alert Network) Insurance.
  
  

Flying After Diving: PADI and DAN (Divers Alert Network) recommend that you do not fly for at least 18 hours after diving. Our two morning dives finish at around 1 pm, and since the flights out of Kavieng are all after 11 am, you have at least 22 hours, so more than plenty!

Lissenung Diving also offers Advanced Open Water, Rescue, Divemaster and a number of Specialty courses. Just e-mail us for info and prices on any of those.

All courses can be taught in English, German, Dutch and Japanese.