Class Schedule Open Water Diver Specialties Advanced Courses Going Pro

 

At Scuba Unlimited we offer many advanced courses, below are a sample.  Click on the course name and it will take you to more information on the class, or scroll down and see what all of your options are.  Please call us for class times and availability. 

PADI Adventure Diver

PADI Advanced Open Water Diver

Emergency First Response

PADI Rescue Diver

Master Scuba Diver

 

PADI Adventure Diver

The Adventures in Diving program offers both the Adventure Diver and Advanced Open Water Diver certifications. If you complete any three adventure dives, you can earn your PADI Adventure Diver certification. If you complete your Deep Adventure Dive, Underwater Navigation Adventure Dive and three Adventure Dives for a total of five, you can earn your Advanced Open Water Diver certification.

Why PADI Adventure Diver?

Have you always wanted to try underwater photography? How about wreck diving? Here's your chance because you can sample three dives of your choice, get a taste of what you like, and feel more comfortable in the water, strengthening your underwater skills and letting you enjoy diving more than ever.

What do I need to start?

 

  • PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver certification (or qualifying certification from another organization)
  • Minimum age: 15 years old (10 for PADI Junior Adventure Diver)

What will I do?

This certification includes three of the following Adventure Dives:

 

  • Adventure Dives available to divers 10 years old and older:
      • AWARE-Fish Identification
      • Underwater Naturalist
      • Boat Diver
      • Underwater Navigator
      • Peak Performance Buoyancy
      • Underwater Photography
  • Additional Adventure Dives available to divers 12 years old and older:
      • Altitude Diver
      • Multilevel Diver
      • Deep Diver
      • Night Diver
      • Diver Propulsion Vehicle
      • Search and Recovery Diver
      • Drift Diver
      • Underwater Videography
      • Dry Suit Diver
      • Wreck Diver.

How long will it take?

 

  • Recommended Course Hours: nine
  • Maximum Open Water Training: three dives over one day

What will I need?

 

  • Adventures in Diving Crew-Pak
  • Adventures in Diving Video
  • Log Book

Where can I go from here?

After your PADI Adventure Diver certification you can take the next step by completing two more adventure dives. If you've completed five total adventure dives that include deep and navigation, you're an PADI Advanced Open Water Diver.

PADI Advanced Open Water Diver

 

The Adventures in Diving program offers both the Adventure Diver and Advanced Open Water Diver certifications. If you complete any three adventure dives, you can earn your PADI Adventure Diver certification. If you complete your Deep Adventure Dive, Underwater Navigation Adventure Dive and three Adventure Dives for a total of five, you can earn your Advanced Open Water Diver certification.

Why Advanced Open Water Diver?
After your five dives, you'll be more experienced, feel more comfortable in the water and simply enjoy diving more because you better understand the underwater environment.

What do I need to start?

 

  • PADI Open Water Diver certification (or qualifying certification from another organization)
  • Minimum age: 15 (12 for PADI Junior Advanced Open Water Diver)

What will I do?
 

This certification includes five Adventure Dives, including the Deep Adventure Dive, the Underwater Navigator Adventure Dive and three of the following:

 

  • Altitude Diver
  • Boat Diver
  • Drift Diver
  • Deep Diver
  • Dry Suit Diver
  • Diver Propulsion Vehicle
  • Multilevel Diver
  • Night Diver
  • Peak Performance Buoyancy
  • Search and Recovery Diver
  • Underwater Naturalist
  • Underwater Videographer
  • Underwater Photographer
  • Underwater Navigator
  • AWARE Fish Identification
  • Wreck Diver

 

How long will it take?

 

  • Recommended Course Hours: 15
  • Minimum Open Water Training: five dives over two days

What will I need?

 

  • Adventures in Diving Crew-Pak
  • Adventures in Diving Video
  • Log Book

Where can I go from here?

PADI Advanced Open Water Divers at least 15 years of age can enroll in PADI Wreck or Deep Diver Specialty courses and continue on to the PADI Rescue Diver or Junior Rescue Diver course.

 

PADI Rescue Diver

 

Why PADI Rescue Diver?

The PADI Rescue Diver will expand your knowledge and experience beyond purely recreational level because you'll learn to look beyond yourself and consider the safety and well being of other divers. Although this course is serious, it is an enjoyable way to build your confidence.

What do I need to start?

  • PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or PADI Junior Advanced Open Water Diver certification (or qualifying certification from another organization)
  • Minimum age: 15 years old (12 for PADI Junior Rescue Diver)
  • Successful completion of a sanctioned CPR program within the past 24 months

What will I do?
Rescue Diver training will prepare you to prevent problems and, if necessary, manage dive emergencies. During the five open water sessions, you'll cover:

  • Self-rescue and diver stress
  • dive first aid
  • emergency management and equipment
  • swimming and non-swimming assists
  • panicked diver response
  • underwater problems
  • missing diver procedures
  • surfacing the unconscious diver
  • inwater artificial respiration
  • egress (exits)
  • first aid procedures for pressure related accidents
  • dive accident scenarios

How long will it take?

  • Recommended Course Hours: 25
  • Minimum Open Water Training: five sessions over two days

What will I need?

  • PADI Rescue Diver Crew-Pak
  • PADI Rescue Diver video

Where can I go from here?

The PADI Rescue Diver certification is a prerequisite for all Professional level PADI courses, beginning with the PADI Divemaster certification.

 

PADI Master Scuba Diver

 

What is the PADI Master Scuba Diver Certification?

This certification denotes that you've reached the highest recreational diver level in the PADI System of diver education. PADI Master Scuba Diver indicates you have a significant amount of training and experience in a variety of dive environments.

What do I need to start?

  • PADI Open Water Diver certification (or qualifying certification from another organization)
  • PADI Advanced Open Water Diver certification (or qualifying certification from another organization)
  • PADI Rescue Diver certification (or qualifying certification from another organization)
  • 50 logged dives
  • Five PADI Specialty course certifications
  • Minimum age: 15 years old (12 for Junior Master Scuba Diver)

Where can I go from here?

The PADI Master Scuba Diver certification is the highest recreational level in the PADI system of diver education. But, you don't have to stop there! You can continue on to become a PADI Professional. As a Master Scuba Diver you'll be well qualified to begin your training as a PADI Divemaster.