PADI OPEN WATER COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+

PADI OPEN WATER COMPREHENSIVE
EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+

⩥ Secondary dive skill. Answer: Anything beyond returning safely


⩥ Four central dive skills [GHSTS]. Answer: Good habits
Situational awareness
Task loading
Secondary objectives


⩥ desire 3 dive skill effects [DSIRE]. Answer: Make dives:
efficient
Reduce risk
Integrate with other skills


⩥ Biggest mistake involving secondary objectives. Answer: Forgetting
they are secondary


⩥ Situational awareness. Answer: What's going on around you
How it affects you

,⩥ The 3 actions of situational awareness. Answer: Analyzing
organizing
filtering what your senses perceive


⩥ Primary goals of gas management. Answer: Don't run out
Keep a reserve


⩥ For basic divisions of gas. Answer: Outbound
Return
Ascent
Reserve


⩥ Outbound gas. Answer: -descend
-carry out secondary objective


⩥ Return gas. Answer: Return to assent point


⩥ Ascent gas. Answer: Ascend
Safety stop
Exit


⩥ Reserve gas. Answer: Problems/emergencies

, ⩥ 3 SPG [TARget]pressures. Answer: Turn
Ascent
Reserve


⩥ Conditions that can make surfacing undesirable. Answer: Chop
current
Tech decompression
Overhead environment


⩥ When finding yourself lower on gas than desired and surfacing isn't
the best option. Answer: Slow down
Ascend to a shallower level
Ascend


⩥ No stop time points. Answer: No stop time remaining
Ascending well within no stop limits


⩥ Environment awareness. Answer: Changes :
wave /current/ surge
direction
density (water)