When you’ve completed your academic review and skill development training, you’ll be ready for the final and most important phase of earning your entry-level diver certification: your open-water training dives.

Open water training consists of seven dives conducted over three days. This is three more dives than most dive operators provide. Each of the dives consists of the opportunity to apply the skills you mastered in confined water, and to make a guided dive under the supervision of your instructor and his or her assistants. Students have several options for completing their open-water training dives:

• From March through November, we run weekend-long checkout dive trips to the Florida Panhandle.

• Throughout the year, we run group dive vacations to exotic dive destinations around the globe. Most of these trips are suitable for students wishing to complete their open-water training dives.

• Do you already have a tropical vacation planned? We can provide you with a referral package that will enable you to complete your open-water training at the destination of your choice. Just understand you will most like only get to make four training dives, as opposed to the seven we provide.

For more specific information, refer to the sheet issued in class.

Checkout Dive Weekends

For most of our students, the best part about learning to dive at Harry’s Dive Shop is the last weekend, where you actually get out and go diving.

Your instructor will provide you with information on meeting times and locations, and places to stay. See available dates below.