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PADI Discover Scuba Diving
Take Your First Breath Underwater.
Curious about scuba diving but not ready to commit to a full certification course? PADI Discover Scuba Diving is a one-day experience that lets you try scuba diving for the first time with the close support of a PADI Instructor.
No diving licence or previous scuba experience is required. You can choose a relaxed pool experience, guided beach dives in the ocean, or a combination of both. Everything is explained clearly in English, and your instructor will stay with you throughout the experience.
Discover Scuba Diving is not a certification course, but it is the perfect first step if you want to find out whether scuba diving is right for you.
E-learning
E-learning
What can I learn During This Experience?
- Use a mask, regulator, buoyancy control device, and other scuba equipment
- Equalize your ears as you descend
- Clear water from your mask and regulator
- Recover your regulator if it comes out of your mouth
- Interact responsibly with the underwater environment
Your instructor will introduce each skill gradually and give you time to become comfortable.
You will never be expected to go deeper than you feel ready for.
Discover Scuba Details
Price:
1 Dive Experience – ¥25,500 (Including Tax)
2 Dive Exprerience – ¥29,000 (Including Tax)
3 Dive Exprerience – ¥37,500 (Including Tax)
These prices apply to pool dives, beach dives or a combination of both. All ocean dives are beach entries. Boat dives are not available for Discover Scuba Diving.
Includes:
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PADI Discover Scuba Diving eLearning
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PADI Discover Scuba Diving registration
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PADI Instructor fees
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Cylinder fees
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Dive-site/facility fees
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Insurance
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Transportation from Tokyo and back
Additional Information:
- You may also choose a mix of dives, such as 1 Pool Dive + 2 Beach Dives.
- Additional Dives ¥8,500 per dive (An additional dive may be requested at the dive site, subject to available time, sea conditions and instructor availability.)
- Private dives are also available at an additional ¥12,000 per day. This fee automatically applies if you are the only diver booked for that day.
- Gear rental prices are displayed on the Rentals Page
Duration:
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Discover Scuba Diving: 1 Day
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eLearning: Approximately 20–30 mins
Prerequisites:
To enroll in the PADI Discover Scuba Diving experience, you must:
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Be 10 years old or older
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Be in good general physical health
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No prior scuba diving experience is required
Participants under 18 must have a parent or legal guardian complete the required consent forms
DSD Experience Overview:
1. Knowledge and Safety Review
Before entering the water, you will learn the essential information needed for your first scuba experience. This includes basic equipment use, the effects of water pressure, equalizing your ears, underwater communication, breathing rules, and important safety procedures.
You can learn about these and more in the PADI Discover Scuba Diving eLearning which can be done on a smartphone, tablet, or computer before your dive day.
2. Shallow-Water Skill Practice (Inital Dive)
Your instructor will help you put on your scuba equipment and make sure everything fits correctly. You will begin in water shallow enough to stand and practise essential skills at a relaxed pace.
Skills may include:
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Breathing through a regulator
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Inflating and deflating your buoyancy control device
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Equalizing your ears
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Clearing water from your mask
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Recovering and clearing your regulator
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Communicating with basic underwater hand signals
3. Your Underwater Experience
For the pool option, you will explore the pool with your instructor to a maximum depth of 6 metres / 20 feet.
For the ocean option, you will continue from the shallow-water practice area into your guided beach dive. You may choose one, two, or three beach dives, with a maximum depth of 12 metres / 40 feet. Every dive is conducted under direct instructor supervision.
Lesson Materials:
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PADI Discover Scuba Diving eLearning (Smartphones, PC and Tablet)
Daily Schedules (How everything works):
Step 1 — Application
Click the Apply Now button and complete the application form. We will review your information, confirm availability, and explain the next steps.
Step 2 — Learning and Paperwork
Your eLearning will be sent once the application is approved. We will arrange access so you can complete it before the experience.
All participants must complete the required liability, safety, and medical forms before entering the water. If your medical questionnaire indicates that physician approval is required, the signed approval must be provided before your diving experience day.
Step 3 — Discover Scuba Day
We will pick you up at the agreed-upon location and travel together to the pool or dive site. For ocean days, we will make a few convenience-store stops along the way so you can purchase food and drinks.
After arriving, your instructor will show you the facilities, help you prepare your equipment, review the essential knowledge, and practise the required skills with you in shallow water. Once you are comfortable, the underwater experience begins.
For two- and three-dive ocean experiences, you will have suitable surface intervals between dives to rest, warm up, eat, and rehydrate.
Step 4 — Return to Tokyo
After the experience, we will rinse and pack the equipment before returning to the original meeting location. Return times vary depending on the venue, traffic, and the number of dives selected.
Congratulations - You Took Your First Breath Underwater!
After completing the experience, Divers Frontiers will register your participation with PADI.
Please remember that Discover Scuba Diving is not a diving certification and does not allow you to dive independently or join regular fun dives as a certified diver.
If you decide that you would like to become certified, your Discover Scuba Diving experience may count toward parts of the PADI Open Water Diver course when the required additional skills are completed. Please tell us before your in-water training if you are interested in this option. The PADI Open Water Diver course must begin within 12 months for the eligible experience components to receive credit.
If you still have questions, check out the PADI FAQs here or message us.
Ready to get Started?
Discover Scuba Diving is the perfect way to experience the underwater world without committing to a full certification course.
We will support you clearly and patiently from your first briefing to your first breath underwater.