​Store Hours: Monday - Thursday Noon-6; Friday Noon-5; Sat noon-4; Closed Sunday and Major Holidays

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Complete the form below and a qualified staff member will contact you directly to discuss your experience and enroll you in our available class schedule.

PREREQUISITES

10 years of age or older, tread deep water for 10 minutes unassisted, continuously swim 200 meters or snorkel 300 meters, SCUBA rated mask, open heel fins, boots, and snorkel

"good divers never stop learning"

The first step to qualify as a certified SCUBA diver able to dive without supervision to 60ft.  

Course consists of classroom education and practical application in a pool environment.

Following this course students will be required to demonstrate skills during open water checkout dives.

To learn more about becoming a diver dives please click HERE.

Earth’s surface is covered by more than 70% water. Our oceans and water systems, including lakes and rivers, remain mostly unexplored. You may go swimming in the ocean or snorkel over a reef, but now it’s time to hop off the couch and get into the studio audience. See the underwater world as it is meant to be experienced – underwater. This is your license to learn and explore your limits; whether that is interacting with colorful schools of fish over a peaceful sea mount or diving alongside a pod of dolphins that have come to take a closer look. Dive with sharks, dive in caves, or dive some of the most historic wrecks. Whatever direction you want to take your new life-style; it all begins here. The Basic Open Water Scuba Diver course is designed to give you the necessary skills to safely conduct open water dives. This course is the key to start exploring dive destinations near and far.

Motivations for Basic Open Water Diver

• Persons desiring to obtain a Scuba Diving certification
• Persons interested in underwater exploration
  

Number of Dives and Course Duration

• 24 hrs total of:
  
  • classroom lecture and coursework
    
  • practical skill learning in confined water (pool)

Qualification for Recognition

• Pass exam with minimum score of 75%
• Demonstrate pratical understanding in confined water setting
  

The Basic Open Water Scuba Diver Course will cover all of the necessary skills and knowledge for open water scuba diving, including:

• The aquatic environment:
  
  • vision
    
  • light
    
  • sound
    
  • heat loss
    
  • tides
    
  • currents
    
  • waves
    
  • surge
    
• Physics and physiology:
  
  • buoyancy
    
  • pressure
    
  • air spaces
    
  • breathing compressed air
    
  • mixed gases
    
• Dive equipment:
  
  • selection
    
  • assembly
    
  • use and maintenance
    
• Dive planning:
  
  • Basic scuba skills including mask and regulator skills
    
  • swimming underwater
    
  • buoyancy control
    
  • basic rescue techniques
    
  • emergency procedures
    

Open Water

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