September 2008
12Open Water (Weekend)
16Advanced Open Water
19Nitrox
22Rescue
26Open Water (Weekend)
October 2008
07Advanced Open Water
10Nitrox
17Open Water (Weekend)
29Divemaster
31Open Water (Weekend)

PADI Open Water Diver - 4 options

Includes PADI O/W student kit, (textbook, log book,dive table) scuba rental, certification fees, weight belt and weights. You provide your own mask, fins and snorkel. Entrance fees for dive locations are not included (approx. $20-$55).

You provide your own mask, fins and snorkel or rent them for $25 for the class.

1. Weekends - 2 Consecutive Weekends $259

First Weekend
Fri - Registration (7-9:30pm)
Sat & Sun - Class (8-11:30am)and Pool(1-4pm)

Second Weekend
Fri - Pick up equipment
Sat & Sun - Certification Dives (7am - 3pm)

2. Home Study $289

Begins: at your convenience.
Class work is done independently using the multimedia student kit with a private class review and final test.
Pool time and certification dives are scheduled with formats 1 & 3.

3. Weekday - 2 Nights a Week for 4 weeks $350

Mon/Wed or Tues/Thurs
Allows more contact time
Class - 7-9:00pm
Pool - 6-8pm
Dives last weekend

4. PRIVATE CLASS - $595

Based on your schedule.

PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course

Move up and experience real adventure with the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course. As you step beyond the PADI Open Water Diver level, you make five dives and have the opportunity to try some of diving? most rewarding and useful specialty activities, such as deep diving, digital underwater photography, wreck diving and much more. These skills make diving much more than underwater sightseeing. Plus, the Advanced Open Water Diver course takes you one step closer to Master Scuba Diver the ultimate non professional certification in recreational diving.

With your PADI Instructor you complete the deep and underwater navigation Adventure Dives. These dives boost your confidence as you build these foundational skills. Then, you choose three additional dives from more than 15 Adventure Dives to complete your course. You can go diving at night, check out the local wrecks in the area or even fly through the ocean on a diver propulsion vehicle all during your PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course.

PADI Rescue Diver Course

Challenging and rewarding best describes the PADI Rescue Diver course. This course will expand your knowledge and experience level. Rescue Divers learn to look beyond themselves and consider the safety and well being of other divers. Although this course is challenging, it is a rewarding way to build your confidence. Rescue Diver training will prepare you to prevent problems and, if necessary, manage dive emergencies. Many divers say this is the best course they?e ever taken. You'll cover:

  1. Self-rescue and diver stress
  2. Emergency management and equipment
  3. Panicked diver response
  4. In-water rescue breathing protocols
  5. Egress (exits)
  6. Dive accident scenarios

Emergency First Response

Take a step toward emergency preparedness and meet PADI Rescue Diver prerequisites with Emergency First Response. As one of the foremost international CPR and first aid training companies, Emergency First Response gives you the confidence to respond to medical emergencies -- not just in the diving world, but in your every day world with your family, friends, neighbors and coworkers too.

Emergency First Response courses encompass:

  1. CPR for adults, children and infants
  2. First aid for adults, children and infants
  3. Automated External Defibrillator (AED) training
  4. The Emergency First Response Instructor and Instructor Trainer courses

DAN Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries

DAN?s Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries Provider Course was designed to fill the void in oxygen first aid training available for the general diving public.

This course represents entry level training designed to educate the general diving (and qualified non-diving) public in recognizing possible dive related injuries and providing emergency oxygen first aid while activating the local emergency medical services (EMS) and/or arranging for evacuation to the nearest available medical facility.

In DAN?s most recent dive accident record, less than 33% of injured divers received emergency oxygen in the field. Few of those received oxygen concentrations approaching the recommended 100%. DAN and all major diving instructional agencies recommend that all divers be qualified to provide 100% oxygen in the field to those injured in a dive accident.

Cavern Diver Course

If you dive within the light zone of a cave, the area near the cave entrance where natural light is always visible, you're cavern diving. If you want to explore secrets hidden in caverns around the world you'll want your PADI Cavern Diver certification. During this course you will learn to use the equipment and procedures that allow you to explore such areas safely. This is a challenging and very exciting course that includes four training dives over at least two days.

  1. Cavern navigation and line protocols
  2. Planning, organization, techniques, problems and hazards of cavern diving
  3. Special equipment use, such as lights, guidelines, reels and redundant breathing systems
  4. Air sharing, disorientation, silting, line problems and other emergency procedures specific to cavern diving
  5. Silt prevention, buoyancy control, air management and emergency procedures
  6. Depth and distant limits for cavern diving
  7. Certification counts toward the PADI Master Scuba Diver rating

PADI Dry Suit Diver Course

Wanna stay warm and toasty on a dive? Then stay out of the water. What? Stay out of the water? Yes! Unlike a wetsuit, a dry suit seals you off from the outside water. In the PADI Dry Suit Diver Specialty course, you?l learn how to use a dry suit. And that keeps you warm! Even in very cold water.

  1. Must be a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another training organization) and at least 10 years old
  2. Don and doff techniques specific to your dry suit
  3. Dry suit buoyancy control skills
  4. Dry suit maintenance and storage
  5. Undergarment (fleece or overall-type garments worn under the dry suit) options
  6. The PADI Dry Suit Diver certification credits toward the PADI Master Scuba Diver rating

Deep Diver Course

The Deep Diver Specialty course offers you the opportunity of a lifetime - going deep to see things others can only dream about. In this course you will experience what it? like to dive beyond 60 feet.Down there, it? different. It takes additional training. Here? where you get it.

  1. Must be a PADI Adventure Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization) and 15 years old
  2. Experience diving beyond 18 metres/60 feet
  3. Learn deep dive planning, organization, procedures, techniques and hazards
  4. Four open water dives that range from 18 - 40 metres / 60 - 130 feet
  5. Gain experience with diving deep under the direct, professional supervision of a PADI Instructor
  6. Certification counts toward the PADI Master Scuba Diver rating

PADI Enriched Air Diver Course

Welcome to one of PADI? most popular specialties the PADI Enriched Air Diver course. Diving with enriched air nitrox lets you safely extend your no stop time beyond the no decompression limits for air. Diving with enriched air means more time underwater but you need to be certified as an Enriched Air Diver to get enriched air fills.

Whether you?e into underwater photography or wreck diving, on vacation in some tropical paradise or just out for a leisurely day of diving at your local dive site, the PADI Enriched Air Diver course helps you get more out of diving by giving you more time underwater.

  1. Must be a PADI Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization)
  2. Learn to analyze cylinder contents
  3. Plan enriched air dives using tables and dive computers
  4. Safely increase your no stop time
  5. Certification counts toward the Master Scuba Diver rating

PADI Master Scuba Diver Course

Join the best of the best in recreational scuba diving. Live the dive lifestyle and explore the underwater world like never before. Do it by becoming a PADI Master Scuba Diver a rating that puts you in a class of distinction. You earn it by diving it, writing your ticket to endless adventure through the experience and training that set you apart as a PADI Master Scuba Diver.

With the PADI Master Scuba Diver rating, you've reached the highest non professional level in the PADI System of diver education. It means that you?e acquired significant training and experience in a variety of dive environments.

  1. Minimum Number of Logged Dives: 50
  2. Minimum qualifications: PADI Rescue Diver or Junior Rescue Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organization), 12 years old, five PADI Specialty Diver certifications.

PADI Divemaster Course

Your adventure into the professional levels of recreational diving begins with the PADI Divemaster program. Working closely with a PADI Instructor, in this program you expand your dive knowledge and hone your skills to the professional level. PADI Divemaster training develops your leadership abilities, qualifying you to supervise dive activities and assist instructors with student divers.

During the PADI Divemaster program, you learn dive leadership skills through both classroom and independent study. You complete water skills and stamina exercises, as well as training exercises that stretch your ability to organize and solve problems. You put this knowledge into action through an internship or series of practical training exercises.

  1. Knowledge Development: 12 topics ranging from dive theory to assisting student divers in training
  2. Prerequisites: PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organization), PADI Rescue Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organization), 20 logged dives, 18 years old.
  3. Minimum Number of Logged Dives: 60 for certification as PADI Divemaster