updated 04/12/07

 

Learning to SCUBA dive is one of the most exciting decisions you will ever make! Visitworlds you have only dreamed of, and meet exciting new friends who share your zest for life. Water World has trained Triangle divers for more than twenty years, and we assist with SCUBA training at the major area universities. Allow us to share our enthusiasm for teaching SCUBA diving with you! Our experienced instructional staff has traveled the world diving, and yet the part of diving they enjoy most is helping new divers discover the underwater world!
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Here at Water World all of our instruction is done under the guidelines set forth by PADI, the Professional Association of Dive Instructors. We strive to keep well within the suggested limits and therefore keep class size to a maximum of 10-12 students. In addition to limiting the class size we have extra divemasters and assistant divemasters in our classes to enhance the learning experience. We offer classes year round. To find out about our current classes and prices, just keep reading and give us a call when you decide to sign up or if you have any further questions.
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Scuba Diving is a great way to meet new people and make life-long friends!
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Scheduled Open Water Classes for 2007
 updated 03/21/2007

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April Week Night Class

Orientation starts Mar 31st here at Water World from 10:00am - 12:00pm.

Class dates are Apr 3, 5, 12, 17, 19, 24

Class and pool time will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7:00pm - 10:00pm at Lakewood YMCA Durham.

Click here for map of Lakewood YMCA Durham

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May Week End Class

Orientation starts May 1st here at Water World from 6:30pm - 8:30pm.

Class dates are May 5, 6 and May 12, 13

Class and pool time will be held on Sat May 5th and May 12th from 9:00am - 5:00pm at Triangle SportsPlex and on Sunday May 6th and May 13th from 1:00pm - 5:00pm at Triangle SportsPlex.

Click here for map of Triangle SportsPlex in Hillsborough

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Our Basic Open Water Scuba Certification is broken down into three segments: Academics(Classroom), Water Skills (pool fun) and Open Water Dives. (lots of fun)

Beginning SCUBA Classes
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The academic and confined water portions of the class are conducted and priced as one package. The cost of this portion of the training is $169. The price includes instruction, pool fees, and the use of scuba gear (regulator, buoyancy compensator, tanks, weights, belt, and wetsuit if needed)

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.

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.

Typical academic/confined open water schedules follow one of two formats:

1) Weeknight schedule

Introductory session at Water World, (what to look for when purchasing snorkeling gear, meet your instructor and classmates and hear some more detail about what you'll be learning in the scuba class),
on a Saturday from 10:00am until 12:00pm

This class meets two nights per week (either Mondays and Wednesdays or Tuesdays and Thursdays) from 6:30 pm until 10:00pm. Each class will include classroom and pool time. These classes take three weeks to complete.

There is one additional Saturday session, held in the middle of the course, at Water World. We call this an equipment orientation, where you will learn how to successfully rent scuba equipment, how compressors fill tanks, and what the different style regulators and bcs are all about. These session is from 10:00am until 12:00pm.

2) Weekend schedule

Introductory session at Water World (what to look for when purchasing snorkeling gear, meet your instructor and classmates and hear some more detail about what you'll be learning in the scuba class),on a Tuesday evening, 6:30pm until 9:30pm

This class meets on Saturdays and Sundays. The class meets on Saturdays from 8:30am until 5:30pm and on Sundays from 1:30pm until 5:30pm. This class is completed in two weekends.

After completing the academic and confined water portions of the class, the student will be eligible to do their 4 open water training dives. (These dives are how you actually get your PADI scuba certification.) These dives are conducted over a two-day period with two dives being completed per day. If the training dives are done with Water World locally or on one of our exciting tropical trips, the cost is $89.00 plus $50.00 for scuba gear rental. (A $50.00 Credit will be available to use towards any equipment purchase totaling $500.00 or more within 30 days of rental, here at Water World)

 

Private Classes


Our private classes are a great way for you to learn at your own pace without any of the pressures associated with a group learning environment. Also, there is the added benefit of meeting at your convenience. After completing our private class you will have all of the necessary skills to participate in Open Water Training Dives. Give us a call and we'll get you started today.

Open Water Training Dives

Open Water Training Dives are done after the class,

and allow you to apply the skills and knowledge that you will have acquired in your class to a real diving environment while under the supervision of an Instructor. In the summer Water World does open water training dives at Rolesville Quarry. It's rough, but in the winter we have to travel further south to Florida or the Caribbean. It's a tough life, but someone has to live it.
If you are already planning a trip and want to do your open water dives on your trip, just ask us about our referral program

 

Please call us at: (919) 596-8185 or email us at staff@waterworldinc.com

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