When you begin your lessons to earn your Open Water Diver certification course, you're not just learning a new set of skills—you're about to embark on a journey into an entirely new world: the underwater world! This all-inclusive scuba course will teach you how to navigate this exciting environment safely and confidently, all while having fun. We’ll gradually introduce you to each skill, ensuring you never feel rushed, but instead gain confidence as you go.
By the end of the course, you’ll not only have mastered the basics of scuba diving, but you’ll also be familiar with dive etiquette, safety protocols, and all the exciting possibilities scuba diving offers. You may even find yourself grinning from ear to ear—it's one of the things scuba diving does to people!
Our Promise & Guarantee:
We promise to provide the most adventurous, educational, and enjoyable scuba diving experience possible. Our goal is to have you complete your training as a confident, well-prepared diver ready to explore the wonders of the underwater world. Throughout the course, we'll focus not just on basic dive skills, but also on buoyancy, fish identification, and ocean stewardship, so that you can dive with knowledge and respect for the aquatic environment.
Course Commitment:
To ensure that you are fully prepared for your diving adventures, our course is designed with the following schedule:
- Two full consecutive weekends of pool & ocean training + 10 hours of online homework (5 hours before the first weekend and 5 more hours in between weekends). Everything you need to get certified! ....and all dives are conducted on large, plush dive boats, no yucky beach diving.
When:
Our courses start every weekend, all year round. You can choose your first Saturday and that will enroll you in 2 consecutive weekends of training. You do have an option to split the weekends apart and they don’t have to be consecutive, however, this will cost you $85— Choose the break-up fee option in the purchase process and let us know which weekend you prefer for your second weekend of training.
Two-Weekend Schedule:
- Saturday (Day One): Pool training and academic review. (approximately 10:00am to 5:00pm)
- Sunday (Day Two): Ocean day with a dive trip to Catalina or Anacapa Island. (approximately 7:00am to 5:00pm)
- Saturday (Day Three): Pool training and academic review. (approximately 11:00am to 4:00pm)
- Sunday (Day Four): Ocean day with another dive trip to Catalina or Anacapa Island.(approximately 10:00am to 5:00pm)
What's Included in the Course:
- Open Water Diver online eLearning course code (SDI eLearning code is included in tuition, PADI is an additional $95).
- Lifetime Open Water Diver certification.
- TWO island boat diving trip tickets (Catalina Island or Anacapa Island).
- All scuba equipment rentals for the course duration.
- Additional fun (non-training) dives on boat trips.
- All required sections of entire course.... all inclusive.
Prerequisites:
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- Basic swim skills.
- Basic snorkeling skills. Can't snorkel? click snorkeling lessons or take a look at the Scuba Diver Certification instead.
- 12yrs and older
- 10 and 11 yrs olds require an additional trainer which costs an additional $150 ( call to register 10/11 yr olds 310-398-5759)
What's NOT Included:
- Parking lot fees (harbor parking lot).
- Food (pack food, water and sunblock).
- Rides to locations.
- Personal gear (ask for your student discounts).
Why Choose Us?
- Year-Round Courses: We offer courses every weekend all year long, with flexible scheduling options. It's great diving all-year around in Southern California.
- Choice of Certification Agency is all yours: We offer both PADI and SDI certifications from beginner through Instructor level. With transparent price differences which reflect cost differences of study materials. Learn More about the Difference between Training Agencies
- Quality Instruction: Our instructors are top-rated and hand picked. We pour lots of love into our courses.
- Calm Island Diving: No difficult beach dives with poor water clarity — you'll be learning at Catalina or Anacapa Island's.
- Active Diving Community: Join a thriving diving community and enjoy the camaraderie of diver events, parties and annual local excursions.
- 22 Years in Business: We have a great reputation with extensive experience in teaching scuba diving.
- Fun & Friendly Crew: Our instructors, divemasters, crew, life-guards and boat captains are all friendly and fun, and committed to making your experience memorable.
- No Hidden Costs, We won’t surprise you with hidden fees like our competition does.
- We'll teach you REAL LIFE diving right-off the start. You'll be taught how to boat dive with proper etiquette so you're a travel-ready underwater explorer.
- We're a REAL Dive School: We're not a random website that offers seasonal lessons. We teach all-year-around and we're an established business with 32 instructors, 8 captains, 12 life-guards and 10 in-store sales crew.
- We're not out to make a quick buck and sell you junk. We're authorized dealers for all brands and known for beating any competitors prices.
This course is FREE with the purchase of a Head-to-Toe Scuba Diving System!
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