Open Water Diver course
Welcome to the course. We have divided it into 8 topics, in addition to the introduction, an epilogue and a manual at the end, which you can read online or download. To access each topic, click on the subject title or the first image, which represents it. In some subjects we offer images in the form of plates, also downloadable by clicking on them.
To facilitate your navigation through the documents, you can click on the lateral index. If you do not see it, you have to activate the bookmarks in your PDF reader.
At the end of this page we offer you a diving log sheet to complete the 4 dives of your course. We also offer you a contact form so that you can send us any doubts.
It is very important that you read and assimilate the topics in order, since there are concepts in some topics that are based on information offered in previous topics. Please start with topic 0, in which we explain the course.
Below each topic you will find a link to a self-assessment sheet, so you can do your own evaluation. Please download and complete each evaluation after having read each topic at least a couple of times.
Remember that you can contact your instructor to answer any questions, or with us at elearning@acucinternational.com
We present ACUC as an organization and we explain how the course is developed and presented.
We also offer useful tips for the realization of it, as well as procedures that can be of help.
We show and explain to you the basic diving equipment. We also offer 6 downloadable sheets to create a better visual idea about what is explained in the text.
To download the self-assessment sheet of this topic click on this link
We explain and show you the rest of the diving equipment, including four downloadable sheets that show you many details of those commented in the text, to create a better visual idea.
To download the self-assessment sheet of this topic click on this link
We enter into theory concepts that are necessary to know how to protect your safety.
We also offer you two downloadable sheets in which we show you the most basic signals in a graphic form, please watch them carefully as they are the ones that you will have to do and answer, both in the course and later, when diving.
Download the self-assessment document of the underwater signals by clicking on this link
To download the self-assessment sheet of this topic click on this link
It is fundamental to know the implications of this physics law for our safety. We explain the Law and we go into everything that can affect us.
To download the self-assessment sheet of this topic click on this link
Here we introduce other physics laws that are important for diving and to understand what happens in a hyperbaric environment.
Read it carefully and remember that any questions you can ask your instructor or, if your answer is delayed, you ask us through the form that we offer at the bottom of the page.
To download the self-assessment sheet of this topic click on this link
This part consists of 5 deliveries. The first one (6_I) you open it by clicking on the title or the first image. The rest of the images give you access to documents 6_II 6_III, 6_IV and 6_V where we teach you how to use the decompression tables and we propose exercises for you to do.
The last two images are the decompression tables, which we recommend you download also, so that you have them at your disposal at all times for your consultation. You will need them to do the exercises that we propose to you as well as to do the exam exercises.
Here below you can find the same documents, from 6_II to 6_V, but using the Imperial System measures.
To download the self-assessment sheet of this topic click on this link
We have already finished with the most, shall we say, technical part of the course. Here we present safety information and precautions.
To download the self-assessment sheet of this topic click on this link
Here we indicate aspects for your own protection, but also for the protection of the Environment. Finally, we give you useful information about ACUC and your diving certification.
To download the self-assessment sheet of this topic click on this link
Although this part of the course deals only with the theory aspects that you should know, in this epilogue we give you some basic information about some of the exercises you will do with your instructor in the practical part.
We only mention the most basic and fundamental exercises. You will see that it will be easy to put them into practice with the guidance and help of your instructor.
This document contains all the previously offered topics in a single document so that you can download it and keep it, if you wish, with all the unified information. There are some aspects in which we have included some more information here, which does not go into the topics because it is not part of any of the questions of the exam.
Within the practices of the course, 4 recordable dives are contemplated. Here we offer you a document with the fields to register your course dives. You must print it, at least the first page that contains the four cards, to be able to fill them in the course of your practices. You can also download it and, as we said before, either print it at home or take it with you and print it when you arrive at your place of practice. To access the document and download it, please click on the title of this section or on the following link:
Send us your message
Use the attached form to send us the message you want, any question related to the theory part that contains this page or any other question you wish to ask about the course or the elearning.
It is essential that you put your username and email with which you have signed up for the course, so that we can identify you and assist you better and faster. We also need the name of the course that you are doing, which appears in the header of this page, since we can receive queries about many different courses.
Finally, in the body of the message is where you can include your question, query or message.
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