Starting dates

• Saturday, September 7, 2024
• Saturday, October 5, 2024
• Saturday, November 2, 2024
• Saturday, December 7, 2024
• Saturday, January 4, 2025
• Saturday, February 1, 2025
• Saturday, March 1, 2025
• Saturday, April 5, 2025
• Saturday, May 3, 2025
• Saturday, June 7, 2025
• Saturday, July 5, 2025
• Saturday, August 2, 2025
• Saturday, September 6, 2025
• Saturday, October 4, 2025
• Saturday, November 1, 2025
• Saturday, December 6, 2025

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.

■ Open Water Diver certification
■ Must provide proof of prior certification
■ Logbook preferred
■ Completed medical history form

$250/person includes:

• All instruction
• Self-study materials

Private instruction available at an additional cost

You supply:

• Swimsuit, towel
• Mask, snorkel, scuba fins, boots

If you do not own working items other than mask/snorkel/fins, we can supply them. Ideally, though, you will be able to bring your own.

So long as you dive actively, take continuing education courses and record your training and experience in your dive log, you’ll find your certification is good indefinitely. What happens, however, when circumstances force you to take a break from diving for up to a year or more?

Like your high school or college diploma, your certification never “expires.” But, just as you can’t expect employers to want you if you put your diploma on a shelf and never use it, you can’t expect dive operators to welcome you with open arms if you’ve not been in the water in the past year or more.

Over time, knowledge fades, skills are forgotten and (let’s be honest here) our bodies change as well. All of these factors can severely impact our safety and enjoyment.

Fortunately, there is an easy solution to this problem. Just take part in one of our scuba refresher courses. We’ll review important knowledge in the classroom, and get in the pool with you to practice critical skills under water. When we’re done, you’ll be ready to get back into the swing of things — just as you were when you first learned to dive.

Refresher CourseRemember how much you plan to invest in your next dive vacation. Compared to this, the minimal time and modest expense of a refresher is cheap insurance that you won’t waste a moment of it.

Additional Options

■ If you are fairly up-to-date in terms of training and/or experience, confident in your abilities, and just want the opportunity to get in the water and practice, you and a buddy can take advantage of our Saturday afternoon scuba time. For $35/person, you can use the pool any time between 1:00 and 4:00 pm. Need to use our rental equipment as well? Add $10.

■ If it has been several years since you were last in the water, consider retaking an entire beginning scuba course. The last several years have seen tremendous advances in training and equipment. You don’t want to put your safety and enjoyment in jeopardy by not being totally up to date.