The home program consists of reading, lots and lots of reading. The book is the PADI Open Water Diver manual, along with 5 quizzes regarding various aspects of diving: the science and underwater world (buoyancy, visibility, currents, etc), the gear (BCD, regulator, weight belt, etc), the buddy system and communication, dive planning and problem management, health and breathing, and the dive table/dive computer/compass. Sounds intense, huh? It is. There’s no sugar coating this one.
This book is just over 260 page and I read every single page. I’m going to be honest here, while reading certain parts of this book, I almost started crying. I was on the verge of giving myself a panic/anxiety attack because of the amount information I was trying to retain.