PADI Diving Certification Courses

Discover Scuba Diving

A beginner course for those who have an interest in scuba diving and want to discover if it’s right for you. You’ll learn the basic skills and safety guidelines needed for underwater diving under the direction of one of our professional diving instructors. No certification is needed.

What to expect and learn

• You’ll be trained on how to use diving equipment and how easy it is to move around underwater with your gear.
• Learn how snorkels work and discover what it feels like to breathe underwater.
• Enjoy swimming and exploring around in the water.

Open Water Course

Our open water course is the best way to explore what life underneath the ocean waves is like. Discover a new world full of life and adventure by exploring what the sea has to offer. To enroll in this course, you must be in good shape and at least ten years old. This is the first level of certification.

What you’ll learn

• The basic principles of scuba diving.
• Experience a confined water session to understand how to use your diving equipment and practice your skills in a controlled environment.
• Complete four open-water dives to apply the skills you’ve learned and explore the wonders of the ocean.

Refresher Course

If you’ve done scuba diving in the past, but it’s been a few years, and you feel a bit rusty, our refresher course is the perfect choice for you. One of our instructors will get you in the water in no time and get you feeling comfortable again. You need to recertify if it’s been up to 6 months or a year+.

What you’ll need

• Ability to swim in the ocean without flotation devices or assistance from others.
• Review the PADI medical form.

What to expect

• Pool confined water skills session.
• An afternoon 2-tank boat dive trip.

Advanced Open Water

This is the next level of certification. For those who took the beginner open water course and are thirsty to learn more, our advanced open water course is right for you and full of adventure, excitement, and exploration. This course will help you build your confidence and skills by learning five different dive specialties. The first three are required, and the last two are yours to choose from.

Required specialties

• Navigation — Plan a dive and learn how to navigate using a compass.
• Peak Performance Buoyancy — Experience the feeling of being weightless.
• Deep — Go down 100 feet!

Two electives of your choice

• Fish ID
• Wreck
• Dive Against Debris
• Boat
• Search and Rescue

Rescue Diver Certification

The next step after Advanced Open Water — learn to prevent and manage dive emergencies for yourself and others on the surface and underwater.

• Recognize and manage dive stress and emergencies.
• Surface and underwater rescue skills with a PADI instructor.
• Builds toward Divemaster and professional pathways.