Core Courses

Have you been wondering what it’s like to breathe underwater? With the PADI Discover Scuba experience, you can try scuba and find out what scuba diving is really like before you commit to a full certification course. We will spend time with you explaining the basic principles of scuba diving and give you an overview of the equipment we supply. Then we will take you in shallow water to help you learn basic scuba skills. Then, if you like, we can go for a short discovery dive up to 40 feet.

The PADI Open Water Diver course is the world’s most popular scuba course, and has introduced millions of people to the adventurous diving lifestyle. The PADI Open Water Diver course consists of three main phases: 1) Knowledge Development (online, home study or in a classroom ) to understand basic principles of scuba diving 2) Confined Water Dives to learn basic scuba skills 3) Open Water Dives to review your skills and explore! To enroll in the PADI Open Diver course or Junior Open Water Diver course, you must be 10 years or older. Classes are set up to fit your busy schedule!

The PADI Adventure Diver course helps you get more out of diving by introducing you to new types of scuba diving adventures. It’s a great opportunity to work with your instructor to build your scuba diving skills and gain more confidence. You start by choosing any 3 Adventure dives, completing the knowledge reviews and then doing the dives with your instructor. This class can be completed in one day! Prerequisites: Open Water Diver rating, minimum age of 10.

Exploration! Exictement! Experiences! They’re what the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course is all about. And no, you don’t have to be “advanced” to take it – it’s designed so you can go straight into it after the PADI Open Water Diver course. The Advanced Open Water Diver course helps you increase your confidence and build your scuba skills so you can become more comfortable in the water. This is a great way to get more dives under your belt while continuing to learn under the supervision of your PADI instructor. This course builds on what you’ve learned and develops new capabilities by introducing you to new activities and new ways to have fun scuba diving. Prerequisites: Open Water Diver and 12 years old.

The fun part about Emergency First Response training is learning serious medical emergency response skills in an upbeat, positive environment. You gain the confidence that you are prepared to help in an emergency. Prerequisites: none

“Challenging” and “rewarding” best describe the PADI Rescue Diver course. Building upon what you’ve already learned, this course expands on what you already know about how to prevent problems, and how to manage them if they occur. The fun part about this course is rising to challenges and mastering them. Most divers find this course both demanding and rewarding, and at the end, say it’s the best course they’ve ever taken.What You Learn:•Self rescue•Recognizing and managing stress in other divers•Emergency management and equipment•Rescuing panicked divers•Rescuing unresponsive diversCourse starts with study materials and progresses to 2 days of open water dives. Prerequisites: Adventure Diver (or Advanced Open Water), 12 years old and current CPR and First Aid (we offer this course too!)

Looking for the first step in workng with scuba as a career? Your adventure into the professional levels of recreational scuba 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. PADI Divemaster is the prerequisite certification for both the PADI Assistant Instructor and PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor certifications. Prerequisites: minimum age 18, Rescue Diver, current CPR/First Aid (we teach this course).