PADI Open Water Diver Course in Hurghada — E-Learning and Equipment Included
The first full certification with Diving Star: €360 on the price list, with PADI E-Learning, certification fees and dive equipment all included. Transport from Makadi, El Gouna or Sahl Hasheesh is €25 per car.
Hurghada, Egypt · €360 per session · EN · DE · RU · PL · FR · ES · AR
Diving Star Hurghada is an excellent dive center with a wonderfully welcoming, family-like atmosphere. The entire team is incredibly friendly, helpful, and multilingual, so you feel right at home from the very first moment. The service is exceptionally well-organized.
What is this tour like?
The PADI Open Water Diver is the certification that lets you dive worldwide to 18 metres with a buddy. At Diving Star the theory is done through PADI E-Learning, which you can start at home before you fly; the water work — confined sessions and open-water dives from the boat — happens in Hurghada.
What matters on the price list: the €360 already contains the E-Learning and the certification fees, and the operator states in so many words that dive equipment is included with the Open Water course (for other courses it charges €20 per day). The centre holds 4.9 on Google from 1,272 reviews as of 3 September 2026, and lists its instructors by name with their languages — English, German, Russian, Polish, French, Spanish and Arabic. The list does not print 'per person' for this row; we quote it as printed. The operator does not publish the number of course days, so we do not state one.
What are the highlights?
- PADI E-Learning and certification fees inside the €360
- Dive equipment included for this course — stated by the operator
- Theory at home before you fly, water work in the Red Sea
- 4.9 on Google from 1,272 reviews (3 September 2026)
- Instructors named on the site with seven languages between them
How does the day go, hour by hour?tap a photo to enlarge
- Before arrivalPADI E-Learning
The theory modules are completed online; the access is part of the price.
- First daysConfined-water skills
Equipment set-up and the core skills with the instructor in shallow, calm water.
- Following daysOpen-water dives from the boat
The certification dives on the reef, then the card is processed — the fee is already paid.
What's included in the price?
- PADI E-Learning
- Certification fees
- Dive equipment (included with PADI Open Water)
What's not included?
- Equipment rental for other courses — €20 per day (not applicable to Open Water, where it is included)
- Transportation from Makadi, El Gouna and Sahl Hasheesh — €25 per car
What should you know before you go?
Who runs this tour?
Where do we meet?
Diving Star, 107 Abu Ramada Street, beside Meraki Hotel, Hurghada (27.259609, 33.814715). Pickup from hotels inside Hurghada is included — the centre confirms the time when it takes the booking.
Exact meeting point shared after booking.
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What do guests say?
“Diving Star Hurghada is an excellent dive center with a wonderfully welcoming, family-like atmosphere. The entire team is incredibly friendly, helpful, and multilingual, so you feel right at home from the very first moment. The service is exceptionally well-organized.”
“Diving Star is a really good Diving Center, has lovely people and is such a good community. I highly recommend diving here. We started our diving career here, breathed air underwater for the first time, and have always enjoyed coming back for further courses.”
“Diving with the team of Diving Star was my best diving experience to date by a mile! Everyone was very friendly and eager to answer any questions one might have during their time on the boat or the pre-dive briefing, and both the OWD and AOWD courses were very easy to understand.”
“Simply the best experience of our trip to Egypt (Jan 3-9, 2026)! Absolutely fantastic service provided by this diving school for what was for us an unforgettable intro diving experience. Easy and efficient reservation and customer service, very careful explanation of the basic principles.”
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