PADI Open Water Dive Course

Recreational Diving Medical Requirements – Go Dive Tasmania

To make things easier for you, please see the links below for the recreational diving medical forms.

Go Dive Tasmania requires a diving medical in the following cases:

• You answer “Yes” to any medical question and are prompted to see a doctor.
  
• You are 45 years or older.
  

If this applies to you, you must complete the medical before booking your course.

PADI Dive Medical*

• Can be completed by any willing GP.
  
• When booking your appointment, ask for a recreational diving medical.
  
• Not all GPs are familiar or willing to do this — check ahead of time.
  
• Bring a printed copy of the form to your appointment.
  
• All doctors listed below are known to offer this service in Tasmania.
  

📄 Download Medical Forms

To complete your diving medical, please download and print the appropriate form below:

🔹 PADI Dive Medical Form
Use this form if you are seeing a general GP.
👉 Download PADI Medical Form (PDF)

🔹 SPUMS Recreational Dive Medical Form
Use this only if seeing a SPUMS-accredited doctor.
👉 Download SPUMS Medical Form (PDF)

Make sure to bring the printed form to your appointment to ensure the medical can be completed without delays.

SPUMS Dive Medical*

• Can only be completed by SPUMS-accredited doctors.
  
• To find an accredited provider near you, use the SPUMS Doctor List.
  

Doctors Performing Recreational Diving Medicals – Hobart Region

Dr Michael Tooth
City Doctors Hobart
📞 (03) 6231 3003

Dr Vaneeshwar Rajamoorthy
City Doctors Hobart
📞 (03) 6231 3003

Hyperbaric Medicine Unit (Royal Hobart Hospital)
📞 (03) 6166 8196

Dr Kathrine Maher
Derwent Valley Medical Centre
📞 (03) 6261 1399

Dr Graham Stevens
Bellerive Health Hub
📞 (03) 6122 0150

Dr Elizabeth Elliott
General Practice Plus
📞 (03) 6223 5533

Dover Medical Centre
📞 (03) 6298 1222

Sorell Doctors Surgery (existing patients only)
📞 (03) 6265 1595

Doctors – Northern Tasmania

Windmill Hill Medical (Launceston)
📞 (03) 6776 0080

Tremaur Medical Centre (Launceston)
📞 (03) 6776 0080

Rose Cottage Medical (Launceston)
📞 (03) 6334 3622

Exeter Medical Center (Exeter)
📞 (03) 6394 4247

SmartClinics (Devonport)
📞 (03) 6422 6200

Burnie General Practice (Burnie)
📞 (03) 6431 7708

Wynyard Medical Centre (Wynyard)
📞 (03) 6442 2201

Important

Please allow at least 14 days to book and attend your diving medical — wait times can vary.

If you have any questions or are unsure whether a medical is required for your booking, feel free to contact us:

📞 (03) 6231 9749
📧 info@godivetassie.com.au

Go Dive Tasmania – Booking Conditions

By booking any activity with Go Dive Tasmania, you acknowledge and agree to the following terms and conditions. Please read them carefully before making your booking.

1. General Conditions

• All participants must complete any required participant information forms, medical questionnaires, and liability waivers prior to commencing the activity. Completion is mandatory.
• You are responsible for ensuring you are medically fit to participate and that you book an activity appropriate to your certification, training and experience level.
• All courses, briefings, training and activities are conducted in English. For safety reasons, participants must be able to understand and communicate in English.
• Go Dive Tasmania reserves the right to cancel, reschedule, modify or relocate any activity due to weather, sea conditions, safety concerns, instructor availability, vessel availability, minimum participant numbers, operational requirements, or any other circumstance beyond our reasonable control.

2. Course Booking Conditions

Eligibility

• Minimum age is 12 years unless otherwise specified.
• Bubble Maker and Seal Team programs have separate minimum age requirements.
• Participants are responsible for arranging their own transport between locations, including the dive shop, pool, accommodation and dive sites.
• Entry fees, permits and National Parks passes are not included unless specifically stated.

Medical & Swim Requirements

• All participants must complete the applicable diver medical questionnaire.
• Participants aged 45 years or older must provide a dive medical certificate from a doctor prior to participating, regardless of their answers on the medical questionnaire.
• If indicated by the medical questionnaire, participants under 45 years of age may also be required to obtain medical clearance prior to participating.
• Participants must be able to swim 200 metres continuously and float unassisted for 10 minutes.
• Swim assessments are conducted to ensure participant safety.
• Failure to successfully complete the swim assessment or float assessment will result in removal from the course without refund.
• Participants wishing to continue at a later date will be required to pay the applicable $245 rebooking fee.
• Deliberately misrepresenting swimming ability, water confidence, or comfort in the water places participants, instructors and staff at risk and may result in immediate removal from the course without refund.
• Go Dive Tasmania instructors and staff have a responsibility to provide a safe training environment for all participants. Decisions regarding participant safety are final.

Deposits, Payments & Refunds

• A non-refundable deposit of $245 per participant applies to all course bookings.
• Cancellations more than 30 days before the course commencement date will receive a refund of monies paid less the $245 deposit.
• Cancellations within 30 days of the course commencement date are not eligible for a refund.
• If a participant is unable to participate due to a failed dive medical and provides supporting documentation, a refund may be issued less the $245 deposit, provided notification is received more than 14 days prior to the course commencement date.
• No refunds will be provided for medical reasons within 14 days of the course commencement date.
• Course bookings may be transferred to another participant for a $245 transfer fee, provided the transfer is requested before the course commencement date and the replacement participant meets all course requirements.
• The transfer fee covers course materials, PADI eLearning licences, administrative costs, certification processing, and other costs already incurred by Go Dive Tasmania.
• Go Dive Tasmania reserves the right to refuse a transfer request where certification processing has commenced, the transfer cannot reasonably be accommodated, or course requirements cannot be met by the replacement participant.
• Refunds will be returned to the original payment method where possible.

Combo Course Bookings

• Where a participant withdraws from a multi-person package, any refund will be calculated based on the difference between the original package price and the applicable revised package price, less any non-refundable deposits.
• No refunds are available for cancellations within 14 days of commencement.

Date Changes & Rebookings

• More than 14 days before commencement: One free date change is permitted.
• Within 14 days of commencement: One date change is permitted upon payment of a $245 rebooking fee per participant.
• Once a booking has been changed (whether free or paid), any further changes may require full repayment of the course fee.
• Participants who do not attend, arrive excessively late, fail to complete the course, voluntarily withdraw, fail the swim assessment, fail the float assessment, or fail to complete the required online learning may rebook once within 12 months by paying a $245 rebooking fee.
• After a rebooking has been used, any further continuation or rebooking may require payment of the full course fee.
• Participants arriving more than 30 minutes late may be treated as a no-show at Go Dive Tasmania's discretion.

Extended Experience Courses

• The PADI Open Water Extended Experience includes additional guided diving beyond the requirements of a standard Open Water Course.
• If a participant requires a rebooking due to cancellation, non-attendance, or incomplete course completion, the standard $245 rebooking fee applies.
• Rebooked participants will be transferred to a standard Open Water Course to complete any remaining training requirements.
• The additional guided diving included in the Extended Experience format is forfeited and is not included as part of the rebooking fee.
• As a courtesy, participants who originally booked an Extended Experience Course and subsequently rebook may receive 50% off one scheduled Go Dive Tasmania boat dive within 12 months of course completion. This offer is non-transferable, subject to availability, and has no cash value.
• Participants who originally booked a standard Open Water Course cannot use a rebooking, continuation, transfer, or upgrade request to move into an Extended Experience Course. Any applicable upgrade fee must be paid before the course commencement date.

Online Learning & Course Administration

• Access to online learning materials will be provided after booking.
• It is the participant's responsibility to contact Go Dive Tasmania if course materials are not received.
• Participants should check spam and junk folders before contacting us.
• Completion of all required online learning prior to practical training is mandatory.
• Failure to complete the required online learning before the course commencement date will result in removal from the course.
• Participants may rebook onto a future course by paying the applicable $245 rebooking fee.
• All required forms and waivers must be completed before the course start date.

3. Gift Vouchers & "Choose Dates Later" Bookings

• Gift vouchers are valid for 3 years from the date of purchase unless otherwise stated.
• Original proof of purchase may be required when redeeming a voucher.
• Gift vouchers are not redeemable for cash.
• Bookings are subject to normal availability and scheduled course dates.
• Custom dates are not included unless specifically stated.
• Any price increases that occur after the date of purchase must be paid at the time of booking or redemption.

4. Participant Conduct & Safety

• All participants must follow instructions given by Go Dive Tasmania staff, instructors, divemasters and vessel crew.
• Unsafe behaviour, intoxication, harassment, abuse, refusal to follow instructions, or conduct that places any person at risk may result in immediate removal from the activity without refund.
• Go Dive Tasmania reserves the right to refuse participation where safety may be compromised.

6. Australian Consumer Law

• Our goods and services come with guarantees that cannot be excluded under Australian Consumer Law.
• Nothing in these terms and conditions is intended to exclude, restrict, or modify any rights or remedies you may have under Australian Consumer Law.