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Scuba Training

To inquire about a course or to join the club, please email or drop by the club (at the back of the 19 Wing Fitness & Community Centre Pool) any Thursday from 1830-2000hrs (6:30-8pm).

DISCOVER SCUBA DIVING EXPERIENCE ($10)

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to breathe underwater. If you want to find out but aren’t quite ready to take the plunge into a certification course, Discover SCUBA Diving will let you try SCUBA to see if you like it.

While not an actual SCUBA certification, during the Discover SCUBA Diving experience you’ll learn how to use SCUBA equipment in shallow water and get a quick and easy introduction to what it takes to explore the underwater world.

 

PADI OPEN WATER DIVER COURSE E-Learning + POOL + DRY SUIT CERT ($520)

NEXT COURSE: August 6,8,13,15,17 & 18

Get your PADI SCUBA certification. 

If you’ve always wanted to learn how to SCUBA dive, discover new adventures or simply see the wondrous world beneath the waves, this is where it starts. The PADI Open Water Diver course is the world’s most popular SCUBA course and has introduced millions of people to the adventurous diving lifestyle.

 

PADI ADVANCED OPEN WATER DIVER ($400)

NEXT COURSE: July 27 & 28

The Advanced Open Water Diver course helps you increase your confidence and build your SCUBA skills so you can become more comfortable in the water. This is a great way to get more dives under your belt while continuing to learn under the supervision of your PADI Instructor. This course builds on what you’ve learned and develops new capabilities by introducing you to new activities and new ways to have fun SCUBA diving. 

You’ll hone your skills by completing five adventure dives that introduce you to:

  • Underwater navigation 
  • Deeper water diving  (typically anywhere from 18-30 metres/ 60-100 feet)
  • A sampler of three more Adventure Dives of your choice

 

PADI RESCUE DIVER COURSE ($320)

“Challenging” and “rewarding” best describe the PADI Rescue Diver course. Building upon what you’ve already learned, this course expands on what you already know about how to prevent problems, and how to manage them if they occur. The fun part about this course is rising to challenges and mastering them. Most divers find this course both demanding and rewarding, and at the end, say it’s the best course they’ve ever taken.

What You Learn:

  • Self rescue
  • Recognizing and managing stress in other divers
  • Emergency management and equipment
  • Rescuing panicked divers
  • Rescuing unresponsive divers

 

PADI DIVEMASTER COURSE (TBD)

Looking for the first step in working with SCUBA as a career? Your adventure into the professional levels of recreational SCUBA diving begins with the PADI Divemaster program. Working closely with a PADI Instructor, in this program you expand your dive knowledge and hone your skills to the professional level. PADI Divemaster training develops your leadership abilities, qualifying you to supervise dive activities and assist instructors with student divers. PADI Divemaster is the prerequisite certification for both the PADI Assistant Instructor and PADI Open Water SCUBA Instructor certifications.