What will you learn?

 

• How to choose, adjust and use skin diving (snorkeling) equipment.

• Basic safety guidelines for being in and around the water

• Snorkeling and skin diving techniques including  surface swimming, clearing water from your snorkel and performing effortless surface dives.

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Minimum age is 8 years old.  Fins are included in the price, however, due to COVID, participants must have their own mask and snorkel, which we sell at the shop at a 10% discount to those enrolled in any class.

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Class time is about 1.5 hours and is offered anytime we offer class at the REC Center.

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Note that a minimum of 4 students is required for class to proceed.  A private lesson can be arranged for an additional $25 per person for 3 or less people.

Includes e-learning, in-water instruction, and open water sessions and scuba diving kit use  (BCD, Regulator, Weights, Tank, and Wetsuit). 

 

Personal equipment includes mask, fins, and snorkel and may be purchased at the shop at a 10% discount for all enrolled students.  For proper fit, and comfort, you will want to try these items on so it is NOT recommended to buy those items online.

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Minimum age is 10 years old.

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Enriched air, also known as nitrox or EANx, contains less nitrogen than regular air. Breathing less nitrogen means you can enjoy longer dives and shorter surface intervals. No wonder Enriched Air Diver is the most popular PADI® specialty.

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This Certification Does Not Require Any Dives - Get Started Today and finish tomorrow!

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The PADI Divemaster course teaches you to be a leader and take charge of dive activities. Through knowledge development sessions, waterskills exercises and workshops, and hands-on practical assessment, you develop the skills to organize and direct a variety of scuba diving activities. Topics and practical workshops include:

• The role and characteristics of the PADI Divemaster

• Supervising dive activities and assisting with student divers

• Diver safety and risk management

• Divemaster conducted programs and specialized skills

• Business of diving and your career

• Awareness of the dive environment

• Dive setup and management

• Mapping an open water site

• Conducting dive briefings

• Organizing a search and recovery project and a deep dive

• Conducting a scuba review and skin diver course

• Assisting with Discover Scuba Diving and leading Discover Local Diving programs

This experience is conducted in the pool at the REC Center and will give you about 45 minutes of scuba experience with a PADI professional. 

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It includes all equipment required including mask, fin, snorkel, BCD, regulator, tank and weights.

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After you try it and fall in love with it, if you continue to get certified we credit $100 toward your certification cost.

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Your PADI professional from Southeast Scuba Escape will review the basics with you and get you back up to speed, reviewing equipment set-up, hand signals, and all the dive safety and skills you'll need to be confident on your next dive.  Spend some time practicing your refreshed skills in the deep end as well.

This class counts as your "last dive" if you are traveling soon and plan to dive.

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Rent equipment from the shop or bring your own. 

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The PADI® Rescue Diver course will change the way you dive – in the best possible way. Learn to identify and fix minor issues before they become big problems, gain a lot of confidence and have serious fun along the way.

 

Discover why countless divers say Rescue Diver is their favorite scuba course.

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Includes e-learning, in-water instruction, and open water sessions and scuba diving kit use  (BCD, Regulator, Weights, Tank, and Wetsuit). 

 

Personal equipment includes mask, fins, and snorkel and may be purchased at the shop at a 10% discount for all enrolled students.  For proper fit, and comfort, you will want to try these items on so it is NOT recommended to buy those items online.

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Minimum age is 10 years old.

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Includes e-learning, and in-water instruction on five adventure dives including Deep, Navigation, Peak-Performance Buoyancy, and two other adventure dives of your choice. 

 

Options Include: Enriched Air Nitrox, Fish Identification, Night, Digital Underwater Imaging, Search & Recovery, Underwater Naturalist, Dive Against Debris, Dry Suit, and Wreck Diver.

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Equipment is not included in this certification.  Rental gear is available at the shop.  Be sure to arrange rental gear prior to your class date.

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Required Equipment:

BCD, Regulator, Exposure protection appropriate to the dive environment (if drysuit is needed, a drysuit orientation session in-pool is required), fins, mask, snorkel, and dive computer.

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Our skilled PADI Instructors will provide you with careful, quality instruction to give you confidence diving in any of these specialties.

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-Deep Diver

-Delayed Surface Marker Buoy

-Digital Underwater Photographer

-Drift Diver

-Dry Suit Diver

-Emergency O2 Provider

-Equipment Specialist

-Fish Identification

-Ice Diver

-Night Diver

-Peak Performance Bouyancy

-Search and Recovery Diver

-Self Reliant Diver

-Sidemount Diver

-Wreck Diver

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Work toward your Master Diver certification by earning five of these specialties, plus minimum dive experience levels.  Ask for more information.

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