SCUBA CERTIFICATION - Start your Adventure Today !

$495.00

The world of scuba
As a certified PADI Open Water Diver, the most widely recognized and respected rating in the world, you have the freedom to dive with a buddy independent of a professional. If you already tried a PADI Discover Scuba Diving experience or are PADI Scuba Diver certified, check with your instructor to see how credit from these courses may apply to the open water program.
What do I need to start?
Virtually anyone who is in good health, reasonably fit, and comfortable in the water can earn a PADI Open Water Diver certification. You must be older than the age of 14 to begin the PADI

Open Water Diver program.
What will I do?
Throughout the course, you’ll learn fundamentals of scuba diving, including dive equipment and techniques. You earn this rating by completing five pool dives and knowledge development sessions and by making four open water (ocean or lake) dives.

How long will it take?
The PADI Open Water Diver course is incredibly flexible and performance based, which means we can offer the program on a wide variety of schedules, and paced according to how fast you progress. It’s possible to complete your confined and open water dives in as few as three or four days (provided you take care of reading the manual and watching the video ahead of time).
However, many people prefer a more leisurely schedule, for this we offer semi-private or private courses.

OUTLINE

1. Knowledge Development – This develops your familiarity with basic principles and procedures. You learn things like how pressure affects your body, how to choose the best gear and what to consider when planning dives.
You complete Knowledge Development on your own, reading each of five sections of the PADI Open Water Diver Manual and watching the corresponding section of the PADI Open Water Diver Video (which also previews skills you’ll learn). If you like learning with a personal computer, you can also get the Open Water Diver Manual and Video together as a CD-ROM You briefly review what you studied in each section with your instructor and take a short quiz to be sure you’re getting it. At the end of the course, you take an exam that makes sure you’ve got all the key concepts and ideas down.(2 half days)

2. Confined Water Dives – This is what it’s all about – diving. You develop basic scuba skills in a pool. Here you’ll learn everything from setting up your gear to how to easily get water out of your mask without surfacing. You’ll also practice some emergency skills, like sharing air – just in case. Plus, you may play some games, make new friends and have a great time. (2 half days)
There are five confined water dives, with each building upon the previous. Over the course of these five dives, you attain the skills you need to dive in open water.

3. Open Water Dives – After your confined water dives, you and the new friends you’ve made continue learning during four open water dives with your PADI Instructor at a dive site. This is where you have fun putting it all together and fully experience the underwater adventure – at the beginner level, of course. You may make these dives near where you live or at a more exotic destination on holiday.

WHAT’S INCLUDED
All instruction from certified PADI Instructor (Andrew Elsdon)
Classroom Theory
Course Material (Manual, DivePlannerGuide, DiveTables)
Certification Fee
Classroom, Pool, and Open Water sessions
All air fills
Rental Equipment (Buoyancy Control Device, Weights, Tanks, Regulator)
NOT INCLUDED: Mask, Snorkel, fins, wetsuit

WHAT YOU’LL NEED
Mask, Snorkel, fins, wetsuit
All Open Water Dive Students are required to have their own personal scuba diving quality snorkeling equipment consisting of a low volume Silicone Mask (black silicone skirt recommended), Strap Fins (stiff, not of the split or hinge variety), Snorkel (simple is best) and neoprene wetsuit boots 5-7mm.  This is the bare minimum required equipment to participate in diving education as set forth by the training agency.  Ill fitting, department or box store snorkel gear will not be acceptable as they lack quality, fit and performance, especially the fins, which will not have the power to perform various fin kicks introduced in the class
Note: I purchased my equipment at Tim’s Diving Supplies in Barrie - Highway 26

COSTS
$495 + HST (6 people minimum, max of 10 people)

Please Note
There is a medical questionnaire that you must read, complete and sign before you can participate in scuba diving activities. If you indicate “yes” to any of the conditions on the medical, it does not necessarily mean you cannot participate on SCUBA, but you must first obtain and provide clearance from your physician. There are no exceptions to keeping safety a priority.

SCHEDULE
TBD

OPTIONS
What is a Dive Computer?
Scuba Diving has been around for 50+ years and computers have not, so odiously the traditional approach of using tables that stipulate the maximum allowable time for given depths works. But, computers have become standard equipment because they provide several HUGE advantages over tables. They're easier to use, help offset human error, allow for more underwater time and various computers offer extra features .