SCUBA's professional staff, coupled with the Professional Association of Dive Instructors (PADI) can make everything from just trying out scuba diving to professional level courses both safe and fun.
It's our job to make it safe, it's your job to have FUN!
Updated 09/30/2007
The PADI Discover Scuba Diving program allows those who have never tried it to safely experience the same sense of wonder and excitement shared every day by scuba divers throughout the world. Under the careful supervision of a PADI Instructor, participants actually go on a scuba dive in shallow, calm water.
Lets you experience scuba diving without committing to an
entire course.
If you really love it (and we know you will) this experience counts as your first
dive towards certification!!
$90 with 1 ocean dive
Only $25 more for a second dive on the same outing
PADI BUBBLEMAKER EXPERIENCE
(For those not quite old enough for the Discover Scuba Diving program)
For ages 8 and up, this program allows the kids to experience scuba diving in the safety of the swimming pool with their instructor right there by them. They still have to be 10 to go on ocean dives with us, but our pool toys and fun loving instructors make this a great way for them to experience breathing underwater.
$40 per hour
It's quick and easy to become a certified SCUBA diver and you have several choices of ways to complete your training
This course earns the PADI Openwater Diver certification, enabling you to buy/rent scuba equipment and dive without direct instructor supervision. There are five modules in this course.
The course consists of three segments:
You have three choices on how to complete your SCUBA dive training:
All of the academics are completed online at your own pace and on your own time. We'll see your progress and we're here to help you with any questions you may have. Then you'll come to us for your pool and open water training. We'll need two full days, or four half days with you.
eLearning Course........................$120 paid to PADI
Pool and Open Water Training....$375 paid to SCUBA
To sign up for eLearning, click the PADI Anytime, Anywhere banner above.
All of the academics are completed using the PADI textbook and
DVD at your own pace and on your own time.
Then you'll come to us for your pool and open water training. We'll need
two full days, or four half days with you.
Course
Materials (if we mail to you)........................$105 (also
available from a PADI Dive Center near you)
Pool and Open Water Training................................$375
COMPLETE ACADEMIC AND POOL TRAINING AT HOME
You'll complete the academics and pool portion of your training
with a PADI Dive Center of your choosing, near you.
That PADI Dive center will send you to us with an Openwater "referral".
We'll complete the four open water dives with you.
Academic and Pool Training.......................Varies by dive shop
Open Water Training................................$250
Underwater Adventures as You Learn New Skills
Boat, Deep, Diver Propulsion Vehicle, Drift, Multi-Level, Naturalist, Navigation, Night, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Photography, Search & Recovery, Wreck.
Program Description
3 Specialty Dives. (choose
from the list above) ($175,
wreck add $25)
Emphasis on learning during actual open water dives.
Each dive credited toward corresponding Specialty Diver program.
Underwater Adventures as You Learn New Skills
Program Description
2 Specialty Dives. , $150
Prerequisite:
Adventure Diver Course, wreck add $25)
Emphasis on learning during actual open water dives.
Each dive credited toward corresponding Specialty Diver program.
Must include Navigation and Night (unless those dives were accomplished in the
Adventure Diver Course).
Preventing/Managing Diving Emergencies Skills.
Rescue Diver is a unique course that not only provides the skills to make you a safe diver and a better dive buddy, but it's also basic for anyone thinking of becoming a diving professional.
This engrossing program teaches you to focus on other divers, as well as yourself, and shows you how to recognize and prevent a diving accident before it occurs, and how to respond if one does. Although the subject matter is serious, the course is both intensely rewarding and enjoyable.
Program Description
12 Open Water Training Exercises.
Emphasizes flexibility and adapting the diver to personal and environmental conditions.
A demanding and serious, but fun and rewarding program.
5 Sessions - $350
Excel in the Activities that Interest You Most.
Boat, Deep, Diver Propulsion Vehicle,
Drift, Equipment, Multi-Level, Naturalist, Navigation, Night, Peak Performance
Buoyancy, Photography,
Project AWARE Fish Identification, Search & Recovery, Wreck.
Program Description
Most of the courses consist of 2 dives (except 3 for Navigation & Night, and
4 for wreck. You may credit a dive completed as part of an Adventure Diver
or Advanced certification toward the Specialty.
$50 per dive (add $25 per dive for either Night or Wreck).
As a PADI 5 Star Gold Palm facility the professional dive staff at SCUBA can take care of your dive training all the way through DIVEMASTER.
TURN PRO
Become an expert diver while earning the coveted Dive Master. Like most
divers, you've probably thought of the lifestyle of the dive instructors you've known -- great diving, traveling, meeting new
people, and, best of all, working in a job they love. The reality is that diving also offers a serious career opportunity.
As a blossoming, dynamic recreation, diving supports a growing industry, and opportunities
for trained professionals abound -- from instructor/sales positions with retail dive centers to
divemaster/instructor roles in the world's most exotic dive destinations.
No matter what dive industry career you choose, the PADI Instructor credential is your
best ticket to success. The overwhelming majority of dive operations throughout the world teach PADI courses, so it's
only natural that PADI Instructors enjoy the most demand. As a professional dive educator, you'll want the
highest level of training and support, and the widest array of educational materials --
that only PADI can provide.
PADI Divemaster
To begin reaching for a career in diving, either full or part-time, attaining the PADI
Divemaster rating is your first step along the professional pathway. After you have become a certified Advanced Open Water
Diver and Rescue Diver, you've reached a skill level that makes PADI Divemaster training available.
Working closely with a PADI Instructor, you'll expand your diving theory and knowledge to
the professional level. Then, in an especially fulfilling aspect of the course, you'll learn PADI's carefully
designed techniques for supervising diving activities and assisting divers with training.
The first step on the professional career path.
If your love of diving interests you in making it a career, the PADI
Divemaster course gets you started. Designed to develop your leadership abilities and expand your diving knowledge to a professional
level.
Whether or not you're on a career path, the Divemaster course can expand your capabilities
and make you a better diver. The PADI Divemaster Manual covers the Role of the Divemaster, Dive Planning, Dive
Management and Control, and the procedures you'll use when supervising divers in a variety of activities
and environments.
Program Description
A comprehensive program in three main phases: Watermanship, Knowledge Development and
Practical Application Develops knowledge and watermanship skills to instructor level
Qualifies you to assist PADI Instructors with students in training, and to conduct the
Skin Diver, Discover Local Diving and Scuba Review programs.
2-3 Weeks, Minimum Class Size 4, $750