Is it difficult to learn to dive?

Learning to dive means meeting specific performance requirements necessary for enjoyable and safe diving. Your instructor, manual and Open Water Video suggest methods for meeting those performance requirements, but they're not the only methods. People differ in their talents and strengths, limits and weaknesses, and PADI courses flex to accommodate these differences, including those caused by physical and intellectual challenges. This makes diving accessible to the widest range of people without compromising the requirements necessary to dive safely. All PADI courses apply the concept of PERFORMANCE BASED LEARNING not TIME BASED. That means you can take as long as you like to perfect the skills.