PADI Master Scuba Diver

PADI Open Water Diver Course

$429.99

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Book online now! The PADI Open Water Diver course certification is the most well known and respected in the world, opening the world's oceans, rivers and lakes for exploration and adventure. Our course provides new divers with the knowledge and training to safely explore the exciting undersea world. This is a performance-based curriculum, enabling students to progress at their own speed. The course includes academic, confined water and open water instruction. State-of-the-art teaching techniques and tools are included in the curriculum, in order to ensure that the content is up to date and exciting. Below we answer the most common questions about learning to dive. If you have any additional questions, please feel free to contact us.  Squalo Divers offers complete course flexibility by allowing you to choose one of the programs listed below. Group Weekend This popular course option is conveniently completed in one weekend. Arrive at the shop on Saturday at 8:00am to start your pool session. In the afternoon, we will do the first two open water training dives. Sunday, you will finish up the remaining pool work in the morning and then complete the final two open water dives (four dives in total). The course runs Saturday & Sunday from 8:00am to 5:30pm. Price $429.99 plus tax (Available for students 14 years and older). Standard / Flexible Our Flex course option allows you to set your own schedule and generally takes a total of three days. We will conduct your pool session in the store during regular store hours (most students complete this part of the course in one day). After you complete the pool session, we will do four open water training dives (which will take two additional days). These sessions- pool and open water dives- do not need to run consecutively. Pool sessions and open water dives can occur any day of the week during store hours. The price for one person is $599.99 plus tax. Get a friend or family member to sign up with you, and the price drops to $499.99 per person plus tax. Get three or more people to sign up, and the price drops even more to $429.99 per person plus tax. (Available for students 10 years and older). Private If our regularly scheduled course format doesn't meet you needs, private sessions will give the one-on-one instruction time that you desire. This is the perfect learning opportunity for busy professionals and those who simply want the most in terms of individual attention. You and your friends and family get your own private Squalo Divers instructor and learn on a schedule that meets your needs (weekdays and irregular hours are no problem). This course generally lasts three to four days. Price $899.99 plus tax (Available for students 10 years and older).         Who can learn? Just about anybody who is comfortable and relaxed in the water — and who has the desire — can learn to scuba dive. This includes children as young as ten and seniors well into their seventies. Do you have to be an athlete or a competitive swimmer? Hardly. The only requirement here is that you be able to swim 200 yards/meters (no time limit, any stroke); or 300 yards/meters with mask, fins and snorkel (no time limit). You also need to be able to tread water or float in water too deep to stand for ten minutes. Rarely do we find anyone who has difficulty with this. What about kids? Children ages 10 to 14 can qualify for Junior Certification, which requires they dive with an adult until age 15. Don’t certain medical conditions disqualify you from diving? Only very few. So long as you are in good cardiovascular and respiratory health, and not on any medication that might cause complications under water, getting a physician’s approval to dive is generally easy. And, if you can honestly answer NO to all of the questions on the Medical History Form, you won’t even have to get your doctor’s okay. You would be surprised at the range of people who dive. There are even special programs to help paraplegics and quadriplegics experience the underwater world. More than anything else, it just takes desire. What is involved? Becoming certified consists of three phases: Self Study,  Academic Review/Pool Training and Open Water Training. -Self Study. At one time, a beginning scuba class could drag on for weeks. These days, few people have that kind of time — nor is it needed. With PADI’s unique self-study materials, the adventure begins the moment you sign up. You will be able to easily complete most of the necessary academic learning when and where it is convenient, and at your own pace. Squalo Divers gives you three choices for completing the necessary self-study: By far the fastest, easiest, most effective and most enjoyable way to do so is with PADI’s new eLearning program. It combines text, photos, illustrations, charts, graphs, animations and live-action video in a way that makes learning easy and fun. Students who are more comfortable with traditional textbooks and classroom lectures can also choose to use our textbook-based learning materials. If you opt for this route, it is important you be good at reading carefully, taking notes and underlining or highlighting important information. When you complete the self-study phase of the course, it’s time to get wet! -Academic Review/Pool Training. Once you have completed your home study, you join us for academic review and pool sessions.  During your academic review, your instructor will review the information you've gained by working through the self-study materials. He or she will bring this information to life with first-hand examples of how divers apply this information on dive vacations and here at home. Discussions with your instructor and fellow students help you learn and add to the enjoyment. In our heated pool, conveniently located on store premises, your instructor will demonstrate and have you practice diving’s fundamental skills. Like all aspects of learning to dive, pool sessions are fun and enjoyable. They increase your comfort level and make the transition to open water diving easier. When you’ve completed your academic review and pool training, you'll be ready for the final and most important phase of earning your entry-level diver certification: your open water training dives. -Open Water Training. This section of the course consists of four dives conducted over two days. Each guided dive, under the direct supervision of your instructor, will give you the opportunity to apply the skills you mastered in the pool. Once you’ve completed your academic/pool session and open-water training, you’ll be awarded your PADI Open Water Diver certification! But remember, this is only the beginning. Once you've experienced the underwater world, you'll be hooked! You'll be eager to further your diving education and get back in the water as soon as possible. Our newly certified Open Water Divers almost always immediately sign up for their Advanced Open Water Diver and Enriched Air Nitrox Diver courses. These two ratings will allow you to participate in a much wider range of activities, both here at home and on vacation. Your learning opportunities don’t stop there. Depending on your interests, you can further your training in a variety of specialties, such as underwater photography and wreck diving. By taking five such Specialty Diver courses, and earning your Rescue Diver certification, you can eventually obtain the coveted Master Scuba Diver rating (the black belt for scuba divers). Where do you learn? All of our pool sessions take place right here at Squalo Divers. We have our own heated swimming pool.As South Florida residents, we're fortunate to have some of the world's best dive sites right in our back yard. Several of these sites are particularly well suited for entry-level diver training. We try to give all of our entry-level students the opportunity to sample several sites. The sites we use on any given day will depend on weather conditions. When can you start? You can start whenever you want! With our modern learning materials, it can be as soon as you sign up for the PADI eLearning class or come into Squalo Divers and pick up your self-study materials. Our regularly scheduled academic review, pool sessions and open water training dives take place every week throughout the year. Here is a breakdown of the class: -Orientation. As soon as possible, you’ll need to schedule a one-on-one orientation session with one of our staff members. This can take place any time. However, the further in advance you can do this, the better. You will want to allow about 45 minutes for the orientation. Here is what we cover: Fill out waivers/releases and medical history forms Issue learning materials and explain self-study/homework assignments Discuss required equipment  Orientation is an ideal time to purchase all of the personal equipment items you will need. Getting through the self-study materials and doing the required homework takes the average student approximately fifteen hours. For this reason, it is a good idea to complete the Orientation at least one week prior to the start of class. What is included in the cost? The course includes: Study materials Academic and pool training Open water training Use of all equipment, except as noted below PADI open water diver certification, upon successful completion What equipment will you need? Diving is an equipment-intensive activity. This means that the quality of the equipment you use, and its suitability for specific diving activities has a tremendous bearing on your overall comfort, safety and enjoyment. Fewer things can ruin the investment you make in learning to dive safely than not having the right equipment. We're happy to provide most of the equipment you need for your pool and open-water training dives, including BCD's, cylinders, regulators, dive computer and weights. All of our gear is top of the line and in excellent condition. Students in our beginning scuba courses are required to provide the following items: Scuba mask, scuba snorkel, scuba booties and scuba open heel fins Adequate exposure protection (wetsuits are available for rent or purchase) Signal marker tube Regulator mouthpiece Bathing suit and towel Additional recommended items: mask scrub, mask defog, dive bag, neoprene mask strap Fit and comfort are extremely important for the personal gear items listed above. These are all also items that dive operators will expect you to own. In other words, you do not want to go anywhere as a certified diver without them.It’s also important to understand that scuba masks, scuba snorkels and scuba fins must meet a very different set of requirements than the gear one might use for casual snorkeling. Therefore, we recommend that you do not purchase any equipment without talking to us first. We have a large selection of scuba masks, scuba snorkels, scuba booties, scuba fins, signal marker tubes, regulator mouthpieces, dive bags and wetsuits for sale online and also at our physical store. Wetsuits are also available for rent. Contact us for special promotions on scuba equipment.    View full product details

PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course

$499.00

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Book online now! When you first became interested in diving, your primary focus was most likely on getting your Open Water Diver certification. You soon realized, however, that trying to be a “real” scuba diver with nothing more than a beginning diver certification is like trying to compete in the job market with an elementary school education. It is just plain not enough. That’s why there is an Advanced Open Water Diver course. It introduces students to critical knowledge and skills that beginning courses don’t have time to cover. Additionally: Students gain additional open water experience under the guidance and supervision of a knowledgeable instructor. They receive an introduction to a variety of specialty diving activities also dive from shore and boat. Their recommended depth rating goes from 60 to 100 feet. Students meet an important prerequisite for Rescue, Divemaster and Assistant Instructor training, as well as for a number of Specialty Diver courses, such as Underwater Navigation and Deep Diving. If your ultimate goal is to earn the prestigious Master Scuba Diver rating, this course is your starting point. Further, course graduates qualify to take part in a number of diving activities in which participation is limited to “Advanced Divers Only.” Despite the fact it is designed to be taken immediately after students complete the Open Water Diver course, there are some substantial differences between the beginning course and the Advanced Open Water Diver course. Where the focus of the beginning course is to develop fundamental knowledge and skills, the Advanced Open Water Diver course focuses primarily on introducing you to a variety of fun and enjoyable specialty diving activities. The beginning course follows a single, standardized curriculum. In the Advanced Open Water Diver course, you get to design your own curriculum — just like choosing electives in college. Who can enroll? This course is open to divers who are: At least 12 years old. Certified as PADI Open Water Diver or equivalent. Able to either answer NO to all questions on the standard Medical History Form or secure a physician’s approval prior to the start of class. What is involved? This course consists of: Self study. One classroom session. Five open water training dives. Where and when do classes take place? Self study takes place at the comfort of your home. Classroom session takes place right here at Squalo Divers. Open water training dives take place at one of more than 50 dive sites that we have to offer. Advanced Open Water Diver classes start at any time. Classroom session is done during regular store hours. Open water training dives are done on any day of the week. All activities take place by appointment only. What is included in the cost? The course fee is $499 per person and includes: Educational material. All instruction. Five open water training dives. Use of regulator, bcd, tanks and weights. Certification card processing. What equipment will you need? Students are responsible for supplying all of the equipment items listed below: Scuba mask, scuba snorkel and scuba fins.+ Adequate exposure protection.* + Dive computer.* + Underwater compass.* + Audible surface signal. + Surface signal (safety tube). + Cutting tool. + Slate. + Bathing suit and towel. *Items are available for rent at Squalo Divers. +Items are available for purchase at Squalo Divers. View full product details

PADI Rescue Diver Course

$599.00

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Book online now! Beginning diver courses generally limit emergency skill training to self rescue and tired diver assists. Why? Beginning students lack sufficient knowledge, skill and experience to truly master complex rescue skills. There is simply not enough time in most beginning scuba courses to cover all the rescue and emergency management skills that every diver should have. This is why the Rescue Diver course provides important follow-on training. It covers: Self-rescue and diver stress. AED and emergency oxygen delivery systems. Dive first aid. Swimming and non-swimming rescue techniques. Emergency management and equipment. Panicked diver response. Underwater problem solving. Missing diver procedures. Surfacing the unconscious diver. In-water rescue breathing protocols. Egress (exits). First aid procedures for pressure related accidents. Dive accident scenarios. The Rescue Diver course also helps you meet important prerequisites for the PADI Divemaster Course and other leadership-level courses. Who Can Enroll? This course is open to divers who are: At least 12 years old. Certified as a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or equivalent. Certified as a PADI Emergency First Responder (CPR & First Aid) or equivalent within the last two years. Able to either answer NO to all questions on the standard Medical History Form or secure a physician’s approval prior to the start of class. What Is Involved? This course consists of: Self study. One classroom session. Two days of open water training sessions. Where And When Do Classes Take Place? Self study takes place at the comfort of your home. Classroom session takes place right here at Squalo Divers. Open water sessions take place at one of more than 50 dive sites that we have to offer. Rescue diver classes start at any time. Classroom session is done during regular store hours. Open water sessions are done any day of the week. All activities take place by appointment only. What Is Included In The Cost? The course includes: Educational material. All instruction. Use of regulator, bcd, tanks and weights. Two days of open water training. Certification card processing. What Equipment Will You Need? Students are responsible for supplying all of the equipment items listed below: Scuba mask, scuba snorkel, scuba fins.+ Adequate exposure protection.* + Dive computer.* + Underwater compass.* + Audible surface signal. + Surface signal (safety tube). + Cutting tool. + Slate. + Bathing suit and towel. *Items are available for rent at Squalo Divers. +Items are available for purchase at Squalo Divers. View full product details