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Excerpt of the regulations: Open water dives
- Open water dives are performed in groups of minimum 2 people. Are allowed to participate in open water dives:
a. Divers having successfully completed the theoretical exam and swimming pool tests of the Initiate Diver certificate, accompanied by a VDC instructor.
b. Divers with an Initiate Diver certificate accompanied by a diver with Bachelor Diver certificate or higher.
c. Divers with a Graduate Diver certificate accompanied by a diver with Bachelor Diver certificate or higher.
d. Divers with a Bachelor Diver certificate accompanied by a diver with Initiate Diver certificate or higher.
e. Divers with an Instructor certificate accompanied by a diver with at least the qualifications mentioned under a. - The V.U.B. Diving Center acknowledges the following certificates to be equal to the certificate of Graduate Diver:
a. PADI Advanced Open Water with minimum 10 dives in the BeNeLux
b. CMAS 2-stars diver; VVW 2-stars diver - The V.U.B. Diving Center acknowledges the following certificates to be equal to the certificate of Bachelor Diver:
a. PADI Rescue Diver with minimum 25 dives, 5 of which as dive guide in equal conditions as the dive at hand or after a positive evaluation by a VDC instructor.
b. CMAS 3-stars diver and VVW 3-stars diver with minimum 5 dives as dive guide in equal conditions as the dive at hand or after a positive evluation by a VDC instructor.
The excerpt on this page has been extracted from the original regulations written in Dutch. These regulations can be downloaded via the following URL:
Regulations NL (12-03-2020)