Our Basic Open Water Scuba Certification is broken down into three segments:

1. Knowledge Developement - 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. Confined Water Dives - This is what it’s all about – diving. You develop basic scuba skills in a pool or in a body of water with pool-like conditions. 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.

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.

Costs

Knowledge Developement and Confined Water Dives... $169

The price includes instruction, pool fees, and the use of scuba gear (regulator, buoyancy compensator, tanks, weights, belt, and wetsuit if needed)

Open Water Dives... $139*

*Includes instruction ($89.00), scuba gear rental ($50.00 + tax)

PADI Open Water Crew Pak ... $49.95

Includes manual, dive tables, and log book

Referral Fee ... $25 click here for more info

In addition to the $169 students are expected to provide the PADI Open Water Manual ($49.95) and their own personal snorkeling gear (mask, fins, snorkel, and boots) We offer specially priced packages for snorkeling gear and student discounts for anyone currently taking a scuba class-even if it's not our class. We have the largest variety of snorkeling gear in the Triangle, so come in and look around before you commit to buying.

Cancellation Policy

Cancellation Policy: Any cancellation will be charged a $25 fee; Cancellations within 48 hours of class start date will be charged a $50 fee; Cacellations with no notice will receive no refund.

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