Starting dates
Contact store for starting and ending times.

Classes require a minimum of three people to run as scheduled. If fewer than three people sign up, we reserve the right to either cancel the class or impose a $100 surcharge.

Please be aware that, while we make every effort to keep our listings accurate and up to date, you should always call the store to confirm starting dates and times.

■ Be at least 15 years old
■ Open Water Diver certification
■ Completed medical history form

$250/person includes:

• All academic and confined-water instruction
• Self-study materials
• Private instruction available at an additional cost

You must still complete two or more open-water training dives for certification. These are $100 each.

You supply:

• Swimsuit, towel
• Mask, snorkel, scuba fins, boots
• Weight system, weights
• Adequate exposure protection
• One cylinder
• Buoyancy Control Device (BC)
• Regulator/alternate air source
• Dive light
• SMB with overpressure valve, reel
• Audible surface signal, knife/cutting tool

Items other than mask/snorkel/fins may be available for rental

Students are also responsible for:

• All air or gas fills
• Dive site admission or charter fees
• Transportation to and from dive sites
• Accommodations and meals, as needed

Plastic, photo-ID certification card, if desired (digital card provided at no charge)

As a diver, you may be asked to find an object underwater and bring it to the surface. You or someone else may drop something from a boat or lose something upon entering the water from a boat. Boats swing in an arc on the mooring line and objects (other than weights) do not drop straight to the bottom.

In this course you will learn and practice a variety of tried-and-true search patterns suitable for a wide variety of environments. The next question is, how do you get it there safely? This course is designed to teach you this as well.

After this certification, you should be able to select and perform an appropriate and basic search pattern to locate and then possibly salvage the item.

Divers should not attempt to retrieve objects weighing more than ten pounds without the proper use of a lift bag. Do not use your BC as a lift bag.

Our indoor pool is extremely well suited for learning everything from rigging to lifting. You get to play with lift bags (trickier than it appears) and recover “treasure.” Laugh at yourself and have fun.

Then again, if you one day use these skills to recover actual treasure, no one will be laughing…