Open Water Diver
So you’re looking to get your scuba certification here in landlocked Fort Worth, Texas. Why not become an Open Water Scuba Diver before your big trip? Certainly, you don’t want to use your valued vacation time taking classes? We make it easy for you to learn to scuba dive locally and it takes just two weekends to get your certification!
The PADI Open Water Diver course is the beginning of your underwater adventure! Imagine watching countless fish on a tropical reef as you glide weightlessly below the surface. Your newly earned scuba certification is your ticket to worldwide underwater exploration.
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How Your Scuba Class Works
In the PADI Open Water Scuba Diver course, our instructors will take you through all the basics of learning how to dive. First, you start in the classroom at Lone Star Scuba in Fort Worth, both on Saturday and Sunday mornings. During the classroom portion, you will be introduced to the equipment and practical knowledge needed to safely enjoy your new sport. After the classroom portion it’s time to get in the water!
Next, you will spend the afternoon on both days in a heated indoor Junior Olympic pool, not a tiny in-store pool. The pool is where you will learn and practice the basic skills of scuba diving.
Finally, after you have completed the classroom portion and confined water (pool) portion of the course, you will proceed to the following weekend’s open water check out dives. Where we hold these dives is highly dependent on visibility and water temperature. For this reason, we have many dive parks to choose from to afford you an enjoyable diving experience. You are required to do four open water dives but PADI only allows for three training dives a day. So, we split the check out dives up over both days.
Once you have completed the classroom, confined water, and open water dives you will be PADI Open Water Scuba Diver certified! You will receive a certification card, a diver’s license if you will, that will allow you to dive all over the world using your brand new scuba skills.
Now That You Want To Learn To Scuba Dive, How Do You Get Started?
To sign up for the PADI Open Water Scuba Diver course all you need to do is come by the store to fill out some paperwork, try on some equipment and pick up your books. There will be some reading to do, and some videos to watch, before the class starts. Therefore, you want to make sure you allow yourself enough time before the class start date to complete those items.
If reading a book is not your thing, and feel you need a little more screen time in your life, you do have the option of doing the classwork via computer, tablet or phone with PADI’s Open Water Scuba Diver - Elearning Course. The eLearning course allows you to come in a little later on that first weekend. More importantly, it gives you the opportunity to begin your learning now by clicking on the banner below:
PADI’s Open Water Scuba Diver - Elearning Course
What are you waiting for?
So, now that you’ve decided to expand your knowledge and skills, and dive into a new and exciting life full of wonders, check out our PADI Open Water Scuba Diver class schedule. Then, take a look at your calendar to see which class fits best. After that, come by the shop to sign up and add a little adventure to your life!
2026 Course Dates:
| January 17th | June 6th | September 5th |
| February 21st | June 20th | September 19th |
| March 14th | July 11th | October 3rd |
| April 11th | July 25th | October 17th |
| April 25th | August 8th | November 7th |
| May 9th | August 22nd | December 5th |
Get ready to dive in!
Our 2026 PADI Open Water Schedule offers flexible, convenient options to earn your certification. Whether you're starting fresh or adding Nitrox or PPB, we've got a package that fits your goals.
Bronze
Includes the complete certification package: PADI textbook or eLearning code, Pool Sessions, and Lake Sessions. Also includes the Project AWARE program, which teaches you about the aquatic environment, your impact as a diver, and how to make that impact positive.**
Silver
Includes everything in the Bronze package plus Peak Performance Buoyancy, a specialty course that fine-tunes your weighting, teaches proper weight placement, and helps you understand how your lungs and gear configuration affect buoyancy control.**
Includes everything in the Bronze and Silver packages plus Enriched Air Diver (Nitrox), which allows longer allowable bottom times and reduces nitrogen build-up during repetitive diving.**
*10 &11 year old students - Private class with e-learning only*
*Students must have their own personal gear. If personal gear is purchased from Lone Star Scuba, the rental gear for the course is free; otherwise, the rental gear add-on is $150.*
Required Medical Form
All student divers must complete the Diver Medical Form. Please read each question carefully and answer honestly.
If you answer “Yes” to question 3, 5, or 10, or to any question on page 2, you are required to obtain a physician’s release (with no restrictions) on the same form before participating in pool training.
CLICK HERE to access the required medical form
Your Essential Personal Gear
For optimal fit, safety, and comfort, you will use your own personal gear during the course. Your personal gear includes:
Mask, Snorkel, Fins, and Boots.
Your Rental Gear
When you come in to complete your course registration, you will be fitted for your rental gear. This includes a BCD, regulator, dive computer, wetsuit, scuba cylinder, and weights.
