Dive Classes are as Easy as 1-2-3 !

1- Academics 2- Confined Water 3- Open Water

Academics You will receive your PADI training materials in the mail ahead of your scheduled class, so you can prepare for the academic sessions at home. Choose video, DVD, or CD-ROM along with the PADI Open Water Diver Manual to help you understand the principles of diving. The PADI system of diver education believes that repetition is the key to learning... read the manual, watch the DVD's and complete the Knowledge Reivews and you should have a good grasp of the information presented. You will complete Knowledge Reviews and mini-quizzes at your leisure before attending the course. This "home-study" will allow you to better prepare for the class and will allow your instructor to focus more on the "hand-on" equipment training, dive tables instruction and general review prior to your quizzes and final exam. These academic sessions can be done at our home/ office or your home or office, or at the dive destination. Classes can be scheduled for evening sessions, weekends, or mini-vacations (see the upcoming trips to get certified in an exotic dive destination and learn while you are on vacation in the Caribbean!).

Confined Water Confined Water sessions are completed either in a swimming pool or other shallow, clear, calm body of water. The confined water sessions allow you to get comfortable with the equipment and the new underwater skills you will be learning. You will be fitted for proper equipment prior to your confined water session. During the training you will learn how to set-up and break-down your SCUBA equipment, practice in-water skills like clearing water from your regulator and mask, using the fins, and buoyancy control. You'll also learn emergency procedures like using an alternate air source, free-flow regulator breathing, tired diver tows and making an emergency swimming ascent. Once  you are comfortable with the skills you have learned, you'll move on to the open water diving portion of the PADI Open Water Diver Certification course.

Open Water Your course includes 4 open water dives, which can be completed over two days. Dives can be done in the freshwater springs of Florida or in the ocean (Gulf of Mexico or Atlantic). The dives start with you setting up your equipment and doing a full equipment check with your buddy. Once you enter the water with your instructor, you'll do some surface skills and then descent to begin your check-out dives. The beginning of the dives is usually a guided underwater tour. Once you are comfortable underwater, you will demonstrate the skills that you have already mastered in the confined water portion of the course. The open water dives are not the time to learn new skills, just to show your instructor that you are comfortable and capable of doing the required skills for PADI Open Water cerification. Once you have completed all of required skills and training, you will become a fully certified PADI Open Water Diver. With this rating, you can safely plan and execute dives without the supervision of an instructor, get air fills, and partake in continuing education training.