Discover Scuba (Ages 8 & up)
Discover Scuba (Ages 8 & up)
You have always wanted to explore the underwater world and this is your chance! Discover Scuba Diving is an underwater adventure! You will learn some of the skills in our 100,000 gallon pool. After you master some basic skills you can head out on our charter boat trips to experience scuba diving in the ocean under the direct supervision of our instructors.
Pool session is open to people 8 and up. Must be 14 or older to do the ocean dive.
$55 — Pool Session
$130 — Ocean Session (Pool must be completed first)
Certified Divers – Skill Refreshers
Refresher or ReACTIVATE?
The Refresher course is a short, pool-only class that is going to go over the basic and important skills that you learned during your open water course. In this class you will go over mask skills, regulator skills and emergency drills. We recommend this course if it has been more than 6 months since the date of your last dive.
$55.00 – Pool Session (with charter)
$65.00 – Pool Session (without charter)
The ReACTIVATE course is designed to review ALL the skills you completed in your Open Water Course. You can choose to do a knowledge review portion and a pool session, or just a pool session with an instructor. We recommend this course if it has been more than 1 year since the date of your last dive.
$71.00 – ReACTIVATE eLearning (optional)
$100.00- Pool Session
Open Water Scuba Diver (Ages 16 and up)/Jr. Open Water (Ages 10 – 15)
FAST, FUN, EASY, SAFE LIVE THE ADVENTURE
This Course is the foundation of the PADI (Professional Association of Dive Instructors) learning structure. It teaches the fundamentals of scuba diving through a three-step process; knowledge development, pool sessions and open water sessions. The course is informative, exciting and fun.
We offer the class in a variety of different formats to meet your needs. Courses can be made to fit your schedule. The most popular is our 2 ½ day class. Start, for example, on a Friday evening and finish Sunday afternoon. Great for those with busy schedules or a short time frame before a trip.
COURSE PRICING
E-learning: $250.00
This includes your online portion of the course that is completed before your pool sessions. This also includes your logbook and e-card, which is issued when you finish the course. Time commitment for the Open Water E-learning course is between 5-10 hours.
Tuition: $199.00
Tuition covers your pool sessions. This includes your instructor fees, pool fees and rental gear (BCD, regulator, wetsuit, tanks and weights). DOES NOT INCLUDE MASK, FINS AND SNORKEL.
Open Water Dives: $275.00
This is where you take what you’ve learned in the pool and apply it in an open water setting. With your instructor, you will complete a total of 4 dives that are typically broken up into two days of diving on our dive boat. This includes everything except masks, fins and snorkel.
Masks, Fins and Snorkels
It is highly recommended that you purchase a good fitting mask, fins and snorkel before starting your pool sessions. We offer great discounts on packages for students and one of our staff members would be happy to assist you when you pick out your equipment. You can also try masks and fins in the pool before purchase.
If you purchase equipment online or you are bringing your own, please make sure the equipment is adequate for scuba diving. For example, short, snorkel fins can be problematic when doing the ocean dives if there is current.
If you do not want to purchase M/F/S we do offer a rental package for $75.00 that covers the whole course.
Private Lessons
We do offer private lessons based on instructor availability. Pool Sessions are $150.00 per person for a private class. Please call our office for private lesson pricing for your ocean dives.
Advanced Open Water Diver (Ages 16 and up)/Jr. Advanced Open Water (Ages 12 -15)
This course is designed to help the student perfect his or her skills in the areas of Underwater Navigation and Deep Diving, along with 3 other electives that you get to choose. The electives that we offer are as follows:
– Fish ID
-Peak Performance Buoyancy
-Digital Underwater Imaging (must have your own camera)
-Search and Recovery
-Underwater Naturalist
-Boat
-Delayed Surface Marker Buoy
-Enriched Air
-Wreck
Prerequisites:
Must have an Open Water certification card from any reputable training agency. Must be 12 or older to start the Advanced Open Water Course. Ages 10-11 can do the Junior Adventure Diver Course then, upon turning 12 they can complete the deep dive portion of the course to complete the Junior Advanced Open Water Course.
COURSE PRICING
E-learning: $216.00
Includes e-learning course that is to be completed before your dives and e-card upon completion of the course. Typically people spend between 6-8 hours on this portion.
Open Water Dives: Prices Vary
A total of 5 dives must be completed, this typically takes 2 days. Normal charter prices and rental fees apply. Our most common pricing would be as follows:
½ day dive charter: $110.00
Rental gear package (not including m/f/s): $45.00
Instructor fee: $55.00Total: $210.00 per day
Rescue Diver (Ages 16 and up) / Jr. Rescue Diver (Ages 12 – 15)
Rescue training is a fun way of increasing knowledge, skills and awareness of others. Topics covered include, but are not limited to ; First Aid for Marine Injuries, Emergency Procedures, Self Rescue, Panic Distress Recognition, Missing Diver Rescue, Approaches. Get ready divers- this course is not only fun and exciting but also demanding!!
Prerequisites:
1. Must be 12 years of age or older.
2. Must have an Open Water and Advanced Open Water Certification from any agency.
3. Must have current CPR and first aid training in the last 2 years. If you do not have this, it can be completed concurrently with this course.
COURSE PRICING
E-learning- $224.00
Includes e-learning course to be completed before pool sessions and e-card after completion of the course. This typically takes 8-12 hours.
Tuition: $310.00
This is your instructor fee for the pool session and open water portion. During your pool session you will go over situation assessment and rescue techniques.
Open Water Dives: Prices Vary
Normal charter and equipment rental fees apply
Master Scuba Diver (Ages 16 and up)/Jr. Master Scuba Diver (Ages 10 -15)
Want to be at the top of the totem pole but don’t have any interest in going pro at this time? This is the certification level for you. The PADI Master Scuba Diver is PADI’s highest non-professional certification achievable.
Prerequisites:
1. Open Water Certification
2. Advanced Open Water Certification
3. Rescue Certification
4. 5 Specialties
5. 50 logged dives
Application Fee – $55.00
Specialty Courses
Specialties are an excellent way to learn new skills! They also allow you to improve and perfect skills you have learned throughout your dive journey! Below are the ones we teach most frequently, if you are looking for a particular one but you don’t see it here, please call the office for more information!
Enriched Air (Nitrox) Diver
Most popular speciality! This course will teach you the benefits of breathing Nitrox (a gas which contains less nitrogen than regular air), such as longer bottom, as well as extra precautions you have to take while using it. This class can be taken concurrently with Open Water Diver.
E-learning- $212.00
No Pool Sessions or Open Water dives required
Deep Diver
In this course you will learn how to properly plan deep dives, identify signs of nitrogen (gas) narcosis and manage air consumption.
E-learning- $146.00
Open Water Dives: Prices Vary
Normal charter and equipment rental fees apply
4 dives are required to complete this course.
Wreck Diver
North and South Carolina are famed for the shipwrecks in the area. This course will show you how to properly navigate wrecks, the potential hazards you could encounter and how to use a wreck reel. It is a great course to take if you have a love of wreck diving!
E-learning- $146.00
Open Water Dives: Prices Vary
Normal charter and equipment rental fees apply
4 dives are required to complete this course.
Peak Performance Buoyancy
Perfecting buoyancy is a challenge for all levels of divers. In this course, you will learn techniques that allow you to achieve neutral buoyancy, hover and learn the importance of using proper weighting techniques.
E-learning- $146.00
Open Water Dives: Prices Vary
Normal charter and equipment rental fees apply
2 dives are required to complete this course.
Underwater Navigator
This course will dive deep into using a compass underwater, as well as diving deep into other navigation techniques.
E-learning- $146.00
Open Water Dives: Prices Vary
Normal charter and equipment rental fees apply
3 dives are required to complete this course.
Give us a call if you have questions about Specialties!