1. Academics (Classroom)
Staying safe underwater is easy. We'll teach you the skills necessary to acquire your OPEN WATER CERTIFICATION.

There are two ways to master the academics:

1. Combination home study and lecture - By utilizing the PADI materials, you prepare for review and testing sessions with the instructor. Depending on the format, there may be two or three sessions.
2. Online home study - All of the academics are taken on line via PADI eLearning at your pace and leisure. Even all of the testing is completed in PADI's comprehensive Online Program. 

2. Confined Water Training (Pool)
Here is where the real fun begins!!!  You'll learn how to set up and adjust your equipment and how to handle it underwater. You'll learn how to become weightless and fly, at will, in any direction.  We will provide you with top-of-line SCUBAPRO Scuba gear to use during your Confined Water Training.  
You must own your own Dive Mask, Snorkel, Dive Fins & Booties.  
If you're planning to get certified at an alternate location, referrals are available at no extra charge.

The feeling will give a new definition to the word "Awesome"!!!

3. Open Water Certification Dives (Quarry)
You'll be executing some skill exercises and touring during the four Open Water Dives in the Quarry's Underwater Environment. You'll see how easy and fun it is to fly over the landscape in a fluid sky. You'll be amazed by how much life there is to see.  Your rental SCUBAPRO Open Water Training Gear is included with our Open Water Course.

You are responsible for the daily entry fee into Haigh Quarry.  (Open Water Training Dives are done within two days)  
You are responsible for additional air fills. 

Now you'll know why you always wanted to do this!!!

PADI Course Requirements:

To take this course, you must:

• Be able to tread water for 10 Minutes
• Be able to Swim 200 yards without stopping, but with no time limit.
• Be in good overall health.  If you answer YES to any of the questions on the attached medical form, a doctors release must be obtained PRIOR to beginning your Open Water Adventure.

• Includes your PADI Open Water Crew Pack. 
• Use of SCUBAPRO Scuba Gear (You must have your own Dive Quality Mask, Snorkel, Fins & Booties.  Available to purchase in store at a discounted rate.)

• Includes your Open Water SCUBAPRO rental gear & one tank.
• You are responsible to pay the $20/day entry fee into Haigh Quarry (Open Water Training is a two day event)
• You are responsible to pay for additional air fills ($8/fill @ Haigh Quarry = $24.00 weekend).

• PADI Open Water review session and pool
• Includes use of SCUBAPRO Scuba Gear

• Includes your PADI Course Materials 
• Does not include use of Scuba Gear
• You are responsible to pay the $20/day entry fee into Haigh Quarry

Rescue Diver Course:

The Fun Part

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

To enroll in the PADI Rescue Diver course, you must:

• Be 12 years or older
• Have a PADI Advanced Diver certification (or have a qualifying certification from another organization)
• Be trained and current for FIRST AID & CPR within the previous two years (Ask about Emergency First Response CPR and First Aid Courses).

• Includes your PADI Course Materials with Pocket Mask & Rescue DVD
• Does not include use of Scuba Gear
• You are responsible to pay the $20/day entry fee into Haigh Quarry

Emergency First Response / CPR Course:

CPR and First Aid: Emergency First Response Primary and Secondary Care

First Aid and CPR are good skills for anyone involved in adventure sports – just in case. And, you need these skills for the PADI Rescue Diver Course.

Emergency First Response is a PADI affiliate that specializes in teaching these lifesaving skills – and they’re for anyone, not just divers.

The Fun Part

The fun part about Emergency First Response training is learning serious medical emergency response skills in an upbeat, positive environment. You gain the confidence that you are prepared to help in an emergency.

What You Learn in the EFR Primary and Secondary Care Courses

• BLS (Basic Life Support) CPR and rescue breathing at the layperson level
• AED (automated external defibrillator) use
• Preventing and caring for shock
• Spinal injury management
• Use of barriers to reduce disease transmission risk
• Basic first aid and first aid kit considerations

• Includes your PADI Course Materials 

• Does not Includes your PADI Course Materials
• You must have your course materials from your prior class with you.

PADI DiveMaster Program:

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.

What You Learn

During the PADI Divemaster program, you learn dive leadership skills through both classroom and independent study. You complete water skills and stamina exercises, as well as training exercises that stretch your ability to organize and solve problems as well as help others improve their SCUBA. You put this knowledge into action through a structured internship or series of practical training exercises.

Prerequisites

To take this course, you must:

• Be 18 years old
• Be A PADI Rescue Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organization)
• Have completed Emergency First Response Primary and Secondary Care (or qualifying first aid and CPR training from another organization) within the past 24 months.
• Have at least 40 dives to begin the course and 60 for certification
• Be fit for diving and submit a Medical Statement signed by a physician within the last 12 months.

• Includes your PADI Divemaster Crew Pack
• Does not include use of Scuba Gear
• Does not include Divemaster Application Fee
• You are responsible to pay the $20/day entry fee into Haigh Quarry.

PADI FLOW CHART

 

PADI Master Scuba Diver Specialty Courses      

• NITROX - Enriched Air
• PADI Oxygen Provider
  
• DrySuit Diver
• Underwater Digital Photography
• Underwater Navigation
• Peak Performance Buoyancy
• Night Diver
• Deep Diver
• Wreck Diver
• Ice Diver
• Search & Recovery
• Equipment Specialist
• PADI Project Aware & Coral Conservation

 Contact us:  info@gotairscuba.com   

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