Updated:  Wednesday March 18, 2009

The price for the course includes:

• Instructors: We have a team of 3 instructors, 3 assistant instructors and 3 divemasters.

• Classroom Sessions -  There are 5 chapters.  Pace is dependent upon students but usually takes 2 classroom sessions of 3 to 4 hours each.

• Classroom materials (yours to keep),

  • the Open Water Diver Manual

  • DVD

• Recreational Dive Planner and an instruction booklet

• Log Book Pages so that you can log your dives

• Certificate: a 5 x 8 certificate suitable for framing upon completion of the course

• Pool for confined water dives

• Confined Water Pool Dives:   There are 5 pool dives.  Pace is dependent upon students but usually takes 2 pool sessions of 3-4 hours each.     Conducted in our on-site pool. 

• Equipment Rental of the following for the pool and at the lake:

  • Buoyancy control device (BCD)

  • Weights

  • Weight Belt

  • Regulator

  • Tank

  • All air fills including the air fills at the scuba park

  • Exposure protection (wetsuit) if we have your size

• Open Water Dives - Four dives at an open water site such as a lake or a scuba park done over two days

• Scuba Park Entry Fees  ($20 to $25 a day for two days)

• Air fills at scuba park  ($5.00 to $10.00 each and you will need 2 to 3 air fills).

• Temporary certification card (good for 90 days)

• Certification Card

• Picture for the certification card

• Free six month subscription to Dive Training Magazine

• Free DAN (Divers Alert Network) Student Insurance while in supervised training

• While not included in the course price, the following is available at no extra cost to you:

  • Lunch at the lake (usually sandwiches and chips)

  • Snacks at the Lake

  • Bottled Water at the pool confined water dives and at the lake

  • Soft drinks at the pool confined water dives and at the lake

• We will take your equipment to the lake for you and bring it back with us. There is no need for you to take additional time to come pick it up prior to lake weekend or return it after lake weekend. We can do that for you.

• Lots of smiles and fun

You will also want to bring a a towel and a swimsuit.  Camping items if you are going to camp at lake weekend..  Maybe some sunscreen.  That's about it.  Because .... we have made our course price a one price fee.  No surprises to you.  Lunch, snacks and bottled water is available to you at no extra cost for you at lake weekend. So, you don't even have to bring lunch.  Costs you must consider that are not in the course fee are gas to and from the scuba park, food for breakfast and dinner since they are on your own, and ,if you stay in a hotel room over night, cost of hotel or if you camp, camping fee.

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