Four reef dives with our dive shop in West End, Roatan.
$400 includes eLearning, gear, instructor and PADI certification.
Open Water is the certification most people mean when they say they’re a certified diver. Do the PADI eLearning at home. Give us two to three days in West End, Roatan and we’ll handle the rest. Shallow-water skills off the beach first, then four dives on the Mesoamerican Reef. You finish qualified to 18 meters with a buddy, no instructor needed, anywhere in the world. The card doesn’t expire.
Two to three days in West End, Roatan, Honduras. No pool. Skills run in shallow water off the beach, then four open water dives on the Mesoamerican Reef.
Requirements: minimum age 10. Basic swimming ability, reasonable health and a signed PADI medical form.
Five to eight hours of theory online before you fly. Do it in your own time.
Mask, regulator, buoyancy and buddy work off the beach. No pool, no bus ride.
Four open water training dives from our West End dive shop over 2-3 days.
PADI certification submitted the same day. Your card arrives digitally first.
Four reef dives, the full beginner diver training, and a PADI Open Water certification card that doesn’t expire. This is where independent recreational scuba diving starts, and it’s the most booked course at our dive center in Roatan.
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Assemble it, check it, break it down. You'll be doing it yourself by dive two.
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Find and clear your reg without heading for the surface. Everyone panics once.
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Water in your mask, cleared while you keep breathing. The skill people dread.
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Stop bobbing like a cork. Trim, weighting and staying well off the coral reef.
No. Open Water is the first full scuba certification and it assumes you’ve never breathed underwater. You need basic swimming ability, reasonable health and a signed PADI medical form. That’s the whole list.
Yes, and it isn’t timed. Swim 200 meters any stroke, or 300 with mask, fins and snorkel. Then float or tread water for 10 minutes. Nobody’s marking your technique.
18 meters / 60 feet as an adult. Divers aged 12 to 14 hold the same limit but dive with a certified adult. Ten and eleven year olds certify as Junior Open Water Divers to 12 meters, with a PADI Pro or a certified parent.
Two to three days here, once the eLearning is done. Finish the theory before you fly and your days on Roatan are spent in the water instead of on a laptop.
Skills run in shallow water off the beach, a minute from the shop. The four open water dives are on the Mesoamerican Reef. No pool anywhere in it.
Yes. PADI Open Water is the same certification worldwide, whether you earn it in Honduras, Egypt or Thailand. Get certified here in Roatan and the card works on any dive boat, anywhere, for life.
Then you take more days. Nobody gets signed off on a schedule. If a skill needs repeating we repeat it, and there’s no extra charge for the time.
Send us your dates and your current certification and we'll come back to you with availability, usually the same day.
You’re training on the Mesoamerican Reef, the second largest barrier reef in the world, minutes from our dive shop in West End. Water sits between 26 and 29°C year round and visibility usually runs 20 to 30 meters. Calm, warm and shallow where you need it. Roatan is one of the easiest places in Honduras to learn, and one of the cheapest in the Caribbean to get certified.
Open Water gets you in the water and diving confidently. Advanced Open Water is how you go deeper and stay longer. A lot of divers decide to take the Advanced course right after they get Open Water certified.
Five adventure dives, no exam. Depth limit goes to 30 meters.
One day, two dives. Better buoyancy for every dive after it.
Two single-tank tours every afternoon, open to Open Water.
Coconut Tree Divers is right in the heart of West End, with some of Roatan's best dive sites right on our doorstep.
Our PADI 5 Star IDC Center is one of Roatan's oldest and top-rated dive shops.
Completed, official PADI course certification records, May 2026.
Four daily fun dives and Tues & Thurs night dives make five.
TDI courses and guided deep diving from Advanced Nitrox to Trimix to Helitrox.
“Amazing team! I got my Open Water certification with them, and they did an excellent job walking me through every step of the process, making sure I felt comfortable and confident at every stage. My instructor, Sean, broke everything down with thorough, easy-to-understand explanations that made learning enjoyable and stress-free.”
Hannah, July 2026
