Divemaster Course
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 Assistant Instructor and Open Water Scuba Instructor certifications.
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.
After becoming certified as a PADI Divemaster you will be authorized to:
- Supervise both training and non-training-related activities by planning, organizing and directing dives
- Assist a PADI Instructor during the training sessions for any PADI Diver course
- Conduct the PADI Skin Diver course and PADI Discover Snorkeling program
- Conduct the PADI Discover Local Diving experience
- Conduct the PADI Scuba Review program
- If qualified as a Discover Scuba Diving Leader, independently conduct the PADI Discover Scuba Diving program.
- Earn the PADI Digital Underwater Photographer Specialty Instructor rating to be able to teach the PADI Digital Underwater Photographer specialty.
- Independently guide Open Water Diver course students on the tour portion of Open Water Diver course Training Dives 2, 3 and 4 at a ratio of two student divers per certified divemaster.
- Accompany Open Water Diver students under the indirect supervision of a PADI Instructor during: surface swims to and from the entry/exit point and during navigational exercises and when the instructor conducts a skill, such as an ascent or descent, a Divemaster can remain with other student divers (with an individual student or buddy team)
- Accompany student divers during Adventure Dives or Specialty training dives under the indirect supervision of a PADI Instructor.
- Conduct the PADI Seal Team Skin Diver Specialist AquaMission
- Conduct subsequent dives under an instructor’s indirect supervision for Discover Scuba Diving participants after participants have satisfactorily completed the first dive with a PADI Instructor.
- Teach Emergency First Response courses after successfully completing an Emergency First Response Instructor course.
You use all the basic scuba equipment and some scuba accessories such as a dive slate, dive knife, compass, dive watch, etc.
It is highly recommended that you own all of your own scuba equipment, as familiarity with personal gear improves general scuba diving skills. You can find most everything you may need at Lake Rawlings or your local dive shop.
The provided PADI Divemaster crewpak includes everything you’ll need to start the PADI Divemaster program. The complete set of materials includes:
- The Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving - a comprehensive overview of diving physics, physiology, and equipment.
PREREQUISITES FOR ENTERING THE COURSE
- Age: Minimum of 18 years old
- A PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organization)
- A PADI Rescue Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organization)
- An Emergency First Response Primary and Secondary Care (or qualifying first aid and CPR training from another organization) course completion 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.
COST: Just $995 (eLearning) and includes educational material, lectures, knowledge reviews, park entrance and camping.
Specialty Courses
PADI Drysuit Specialty Course
Wanna stay warm and toasty on a dive? Then dive dry. Yes! Unlike a wetsuit, a dry suit seals you off from the outside water and that keeps you warm! Even in surprisingly cold water.
Dry suits let you dive more challenging dive sites, and extend your dive season. When you have the right cold water scuba diving attire, you can stand up to the elements and take advantage of the generally better visibility offered by winter months—especially at inland dive sites such as quarries, lakes, sinkholes and caves etc. As a dry suit diver, you’re equipped to scuba dive some of the world’s incredible dive sites in the world’s cooler regions that are best enjoyed in a dry suit even in their warmer months.
You will gain the knowledge and skills to safely don, dive with, doff and store a dry-suit. Get introduced to the different types of suits so you can make a very informed decision if considering purchasing a dry suit. You learn: Dry suit buoyancy control skills; Dry suit maintenance, storage and basic repair; Undergarment (fleece or overall-type garments worn under the dry suit) options
- Excess gas in feet emergency roll drill
- Stuck inflator emergency drill
- Stuck exhaust valve emergency drill
- Ascent procedure· Remove and replace scuba unit and weight belt on the surface
- Exit techniques· Removal of dry suit, storage and maintenance
PREREQUISITES FOR ENTERING THE COURSE
Age: Minimum age of 10
Certification: (Junior) Open Water Diver
COST: $150.00
Cost includes, two training dives, educational material, lecture, DVD viewing & Knowledge review, scuba park admission, and certification fee.
PADI Enriched Air (Nitrox) Specialty Course
The PADI Enriched Air Diver course is PADI’s most popular specialty scuba diving course, and it’s easy to see why. Scuba diving with enriched air nitrox gives you more no decompression dive time. This means more time underwater, especially on repetitive scuba dives.
You can typically stay down longer and get back in the water sooner. No wonder many divers choose this as their very first specialty.
You will learn techniques for getting more dive time by using enriched air nitrox; Enriched air scuba diving equipment considerations; Enriched air considerations, including managing oxygen exposure, how to tell what’s in your scuba tank, how to use the EAN RDPs to plan and caculate dives and EAN diving with computers.
PREREQUISITES FOR ENTERING THE COURSE
Age: Minimum age of 15
Certification: Open Water Diver
COST: $150.00
Cost includes use of O2 analyzer, educational material, lecture, DVD viewing & Knowledge review
PADI Underwater Digital Photography Specialty Course
Underwater photography is one of the most popular diving specialties, and the rise of digital underwater photography has made it easier and more fun than ever. This is why there are actually two PADI underwater photography courses. The PADI Digital Underwater Photographer course gets you going quickly with today modern digital equipment, whether you use a point-and-shoot snap camera or a sophisticated D-SLR like the pros. The PADI Underwater Photographer course is a more traditional photography course designed for conventional film equipment.
You will learn how to choose the right underwater camera system for you, the care and maintenance of your camera; the PADI method for getting great shots quickly, and three primary principles for good underwater photos.
PREREQUISITES FOR ENTERING THE COURSE
Age: Minimum age of 10
Certification: (Junior) Open Water Diver
COST: $150.00
Cost includes educational material, lecture, DVD viewing & Knowledge review, two open water dives, and scuba park admission.
PADI Underwater Naturalist Specialty Course
Look closer to see more on your next dive. Look for symbioses, predator/prey and other relationships between aquatic plant and animal life. Learn not just what fish and animals are, but how they interact with each other and the environment. You will learn about why some creatures behave the way they do and what their role is in the aquatic ecosystem.
Additional we will cover the major aquatic life groupings, interactions and factual information that dispels negative myths; the role of aquatic plants, food chains and predator prey relationships; responsible interactions with aquatic life and the underwater naturalist’s view of organisms and their roles in the environment.
Afterward we will put this information into practice during your two open water dives and give you much to think about during every future dive.
PREREQUISITES FOR ENTERING THE COURSE
Age: Minimum age of 10
Certification: (Junior) Open Water Diver
COST: $150.00
Cost includes educational material, lecture, DVD viewing & Knowledge review, two open water dives, and scuba park admission.
PADI Night Diver Specialty Course
Introduce yourself to the whole new cast of critters that comes out after the sun goes down.
See your favorite dive site from a whole new perspective at night.
As the sun sets, you don your dive gear, slip on your scuba mask and bite down on your dive regulator.
A deep breath and you step into the water at night. Although you’ve seen this dive site many times before,
this time you drop into a whole new world and watch it come to life under the glow of your dive light.
The night diving course helps you complete dive planning, organization, procedures, techniques and potential
problems; how to control your buoyancy at night and entries, exits and underwater navigation at night.
PREREQUISITES FOR ENTERING THE COURSE
Age: Minimum age of 12
Certification: (Junior) Open Water Diver
COST: $175.00
Cost includes educational material, lecture, DVD viewing & Knowledge review, three open water dives, lights, and scuba park admission.
PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty Course
Scuba divers like to be neutrally buoyant so they neither sink nor float. It can be a tricky thing. Divers who’ve mastered the highest performance levels in buoyancy stand apart. You’ve seen them underwater. They glide effortlessly, use less air and ascend, descend or hover, almost as if by thought. They interact gently with aquatic life and affect their surroundings minimally. The PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy course refines the basic skills you learned as a PADI Open Water Diver and elevates them to the next level.
During the course you will experience how to trim your scuba gear so you’re perfectly balanced in the water; The nuances in determining weight so you’re not too light nor too heavy by even a slight degree; how to streamline to save air and move smoothly through the water and how to hover effortlessly in both a vertical position and a horizontal position.
PREREQUISITES FOR ENTERING THE COURSE
Age: Minimum age of 10
Certification: (Junior) Open Water Diver
COST: $150.00
Cost includes educational material, lecture, DVD viewing & Knowledge review, two open water dives, and scuba park admission.
PADI Navigator Specialty Course
When everyone’s buzzing about a new underwater attraction or checking out a great dive site, they’re having a great time – until it’s time to go. Then they turn to you, because as a PADI Underwater Navigator, you know how to get them their and back.
Underwater navigation can be challenging, but in the PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty course, you master the challenge. You learn the tools of the trade, including navigation via natural clues and by compass.
Things you will complete during the course are: navigation patterns; natural navigation (without a compass); compass navigation; how to “mark” or relocate a submerged object or position from the surface; underwater map making; how to follow irregular courses with the Nav-Finder or P.A.U.L. method; and how to estimate distance underwater.
PREREQUISITES FOR ENTERING THE COURSE
Age: Minimum age of 10
Certification: (Junior) Open Water Diver
COST: $175.00
Cost includes educational material, lecture, DVD viewing, three open water dives, air fills, and scuba park admission.
PADI Full Face Mask Specialty Course
Divers often have a need or want to affectively communicate underwater and a Full Face Mask course is the perfect starting point. Full face masks are also often used in waters with low visibility that may be contaminated or waters that are colder the full face mask will protect you from the elements. You will learn what mask is right for you, how to don a full face mask, and care and maintenance along with many other topics of interest on multiple mask models.
PREREQUISITES FOR ENTERING THE COURSE
Age: Minimum age of 15
Certification: Advanced Open Water Diver
COST: $175.00
Cost includes text, educational material, lecture, DVD viewing, one confined water two open water dives, and scuba park admission.
Self-Reliant Diver
The Self-Reliant Diver specialty course familiarizes divers with the skills & knowledge of diving in a team while remaining self-sufficient. The intent is to allow students to manage risk by adopting a self-sufficient mentality. The course is an introduction to diving within recreational limits with a greater degree of redundancy and extended knowledge of dive planning and risk management.
PREREQUISITES FOR ENTERING THE COURSE
- Be certified as a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or have a qualifying certification from another training organization similar to that of a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver). It is strongly recommended that students are certified as a PADI Rescue Diver or equivalent.
- Successfully complete diving skills assessment, including but not limited to:

- Mask removal, replacement & clearing

- Regulator recovery and clearing

- Hovering (not less then 30 sec)

- Alternate Air Ascent

- Controlled Emergency Swimming Ascent

- Remove and replace BCD Underwater

- Remove and replace BCD on the surface
- Be 18 years of age or older.
- 100 logged dives (Instructors discretion)
EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENT
- Independent redundant air supply: Recommended: Doubles or Pony bottle with SPG.
- Surface Marker Buoy (SMB) and spool/reel with at least 100ft of line.
- Other appropriate redundant equipment, discuss with the instructor. (Means of controlling buoyancy and means of measuring depth and time.)
COST: $200.00
Cost includes educational material, lecture, DVD viewing, three open water dives, and scuba park admission.
PADI Project Aware Specialty Course
The underwater world needs heroes. You can be one of them by championing the causes of the world’s most fragile and important aquatic ecosystems.
You can make a difference! Learn about some of the most pressing problems facing these vulnerable environments and everyday actions you can take to help conserve them. It’s informative, interesting and most importantly, you learn how to make a difference.
Project AWARE Foundation is the scuba diving industry’s leading nonprofit environmental organization dedicated to conserving the aquatic environment through education, advocacy and action. Besides completing the Project AWARE Specialty course, you can become a partner in the efforts to preserve the underwater environment.
During this valuable training you will learn about: the ocean commons and coastal zone issues; fisheries challenges and sustainability; coral environment overview and inhabitants; and the role of the scuba diver in protecting aquatic environments
PREREQUISITES FOR ENTERING THE COURSE
Age: Minimum age of 10
Certification: NA
COST: $75.00
Cost includes educational material, lecture, DVD viewing, and scuba park admission.
PADI Project Aware Coral Reef Conservation Specialty Course
This course is designed to inform you about the world’s coral reefs. As a scuba diver, the health of aquatic ecosystems is often what makes a good dive. Become aware of the fragileness of coral reefs and how you can help preserve them.
You will learn about the vital role of coral reefs in the marine environment. The course also familiarizes you with the current state of the world's coral reefs and how you can help. You will learn about the Project AWARE Foundation and: how coral reefs function; why they are so important; why many reefs are in serious trouble; and what you can do to prevent further decline.
PREREQUISITES FOR ENTERING THE COURSE
Age: Minimum age of 10
Certification: NA
COST: $75.00
Cost includes educational material, lecture, DVD viewing, and scuba park admission.
Other Classes upon request
Dates are scheduled as needed and private sessions can be arranged. Please Contact Us to schedule.
NOTE: Prices are subject to change without notice.
25% non refundable deposit on all classes due at time of scheduling with the remainder due at the first class session.
* Two or more divers, registering together receive 10% discount off the tuition. (Only one discount may apply)
* Military, Law Enforcement and Fire Protection personnel registering together receive 15% discount off the tuition. (Only one discount may apply)
** Equipment rental fees, Air fills, Quarry entrance, Pool, Boat or Transportation fees andText not included in course tuition cost unless so noted.