How old do you have to be to get a divers permit?

Question

and what do u have to go through before you get one

Answer 1

depends upon where you are in this world,and who's doing the certification

But the bottom line is

theory

waterman ship

enclosed water diving (pool session)

open water diving (somewhere sedate fingers x-ed)

certification

Answer 2

Interesting answers since the question is a diver's (only one 'r') permit and in the Swimming & Diving section.

With PADI, at the age of 10 you can get a Jr. Open Water certification.  At the age of 15, you can get the full Open Water certification.

There is some class work.  Most of the classes are read the material at home, fill out some homework, review the homework with the instructor, take some quizzes, and complete the final exam.

There are some skills that you will learn and complete in the pool.  You should be in the pool about 10-15 hours.

Finally, there are four open water check-out dives.  On these dives you will deomonstrate some (not all) of the skills that you learned in the pool.