Learn to Dive in Grand Turk
From your very first breath underwater to advanced certifications, our Grand Turk dive team offers a full range of PADI training. Courses run from the dive shack behind the Salt Raker Inn, with sites chosen daily to suit your level and the conditions.
We keep the classroom part where it belongs — at home. For every certification course you complete the knowledge portion online before you arrive, using PADI’s eLearning. That means no screens and no textbooks eating into your vacation: you land ready to get in the water.
Learn to Dive
Discover Scuba Diving
Take the plunge — no certification required.
The perfect introduction for anyone who’s ever wondered what it’s like to breathe underwater. Under the close supervision of a PADI professional you’ll learn a few essential skills in confined water, then experience a real dive on Grand Turk’s reef. No prior experience and no certification needed.
$275 per person
Open Water Diver
Your full certification — study at home, certify in Grand Turk.
The Open Water Diver certification is your license to dive independently, anywhere in the world. Complete the knowledge development online before you travel, then join us in Grand Turk for your confined-water skills and open-water training dives. You’ll finish as a certified diver, ready for the Wall.
$700 per person
Open Water Referral
Already started your course at home? Finish it here.
If you’ve completed your knowledge development and confined-water skills with a dive shop back home, bring your referral paperwork and finish your certification with us. You’ll complete your open-water training dives on Grand Turk’s reef — maximising your time in the water and turning your trip into your qualifying dives.
$550 per person
Dive Deeper
Advanced Open Water Diver
You don’t have to be advanced to take the next step.
Ready to build on your Open Water certification? The Advanced Open Water Diver course expands your skills across five adventure dives over two days — including deep and underwater navigation dives — so you can explore more of what Grand Turk has to offer with greater confidence. Complete the knowledge portion online before you arrive.
$575 per person
Enriched Air (Nitrox) Diver
More no-decompression time on every dive.
Diving with enriched air nitrox lets you extend your bottom time and shorten surface intervals — a real advantage on multi-dive days. This course covers how to safely plan and dive with nitrox, with the knowledge portion completed online. Open to Open Water certified divers and above.
$150 per person
Rescue Diver
The most challenging — and most rewarding — course you’ll take.
The Rescue Diver course teaches you to prevent and manage problems in the water and to help other divers in need. Demanding but hugely rewarding, it’s the course most divers say made them more confident and aware. You’ll expand your knowledge online before arriving, then put it into practice on Grand Turk.
Prerequisites: Advanced Open Water Diver (or equivalent) and a current Emergency First Response / CPR and First Aid certification completed within the last 24 months. Please arrive with your first-aid certification in hand.
$595 per person
Skill Refreshers
Scuba Refresher
Been a while? Get comfortable again before you hit the Wall.
If it’s been a while since your last dive, a refresher rebuilds your confidence before you head out. In a single session you’ll review key safety skills and get reacquainted with your equipment under the guidance of a PADI professional — so your first dive of the trip feels easy, not rusty.
$150 per person
Refresher + 2-Tank Dive
A skills refresher plus a guided day on the reef.
The best of both worlds: spend an afternoon reviewing your essential skills, then join a guided two-tank boat dive the following morning. It’s the ideal way to shake off the rust and get straight back to real diving, with a professional alongside you the whole way.
$275 per person
Health & Age Requirements
Before you dive, please review the PADI Diver Medical form. Some conditions require a physician’s sign-off, so it’s worth checking before you travel.
Minimum ages: Discover Scuba Diving and the Open Water Diver course are open to divers aged 10 and up. Advanced Open Water and Rescue Diver have their own minimum ages and prerequisites. Younger divers may have depth limits — our team will walk you through what applies to you.
Good to Know
- All courses run from the Dive Shack at Salt Raker Inn, Grand Turk.
- Knowledge development for certification courses is completed online, before you arrive.
- Rental equipment is available for all courses (see add-ons) and is not included in course fees.