Open Water Diver is our entry course and the card most gear and every boat trip requires. It runs three phases: classroom over two evenings covering physics, physiology and dive tables; four pool sessions building the skills you will actually use underwater; and two open-water dives at the quarry to prove them. Five days total, most students finish in one long weekend plus the pool nights. $475, and that includes the course materials, all pool and boat time, cylinder and weight rental for the course, and your certification card. It does not include a mask, fins or exposure suit - bring your own or rent ours for $15 a session.
Refresher, for anyone certified a while ago who has not been in the water since: a half-day of pool skills review plus one supervised open-water dive, no classroom. $150. If it has been more than five years or you cannot recall your last dive, we ask for the refresher before we will fill your cylinder for open water - not because your card expired, cards do not, but because skills do.
Specialties build on Open Water: Advanced Open Water adds five adventure dives including deep and navigation, two days, $325. Nitrox adds one classroom evening and lets you dive on enriched air for longer bottom times, one evening, $150. Every course, at every level, starts with the same medical questionnaire - answer yes to certain conditions (recent surgery, asthma, several heart or lung conditions, some medications) and we need a signed physician’s release before you get in the pool. We ask this up front because it is a real barrier for a real number of people, and telling you on day one costs less than telling you after you have paid.
