Classes

The following is a list of classes offered. If you do not see what you are looking for or need any additional information, please feel free to contact us.
Open Water
Advanced Open Water

Rescue Diver
Specialty Classes

Master Scuba Diver

Divemaster

* For class schedules, please click the Calendar link in the menu to the left. View the month to locate a specific class.

Open Water
The PADI Open Water Diver Course is a lifetime certification that allows you to enjoy scuba diving anywhere in the world. Our open water course has five classroom sessions, three pool sessions and four open water dives, all done over approximately 2-3 weeks. Open Water certification dives are completed in the quarry the second and last weekends of every warm month. Advance sign up is required. Click here if you would like us to mail you more information about Open Water Classes.

Prerequisites:	None	Minimum Age:	10
Materials:	Open Water Diver Crewpack	Equipment:	Personal Snorkel Gear
Class Length:	2-6 Classroom Sessions	Cost:	$499 (Group Rate)
Diving:	2-3 Confined Water Sessions and 4 Open Water Dives over 2 days

We are the ONLY Dive shop in Lake Norman that is endorsed by PADI--the world's largest certifying organization. We do our classroom sessions at our store, the pool sessions at the Huntersville Family Fitness & Aquatic Center and the certification dives at the local training quarry.

Upcoming Open Water Classes:

January Weekend Class 1/15 6-10pm 1/16 & 1/17 10am

January Mon/Wed Class 1/25, 1/27, 2/1 & 2/3 6pm

February Weekend Class 2/12 6-10pm 2/13 & 2/14 10am

February Mon/Wed Class 2/22, 2/24, 3/1 & 3/3 6pm

March Weekend Class 3/5 6-10pm 3/6 & 3/7 10am

March Weekend Class 3/26 6-10pm 3/27 & 3/28 10am

March Mon/Wed Class 3/29, 3/31, 4/5 & 4/7 6pm

Don't have time for classroom sessions? Sign up for the new PADI eLearning and take your Open Water Scuba Class online--at your own pace. Online classes are available in late May. Click the link below!

Advanced Open Water
The PADI Advanced Open Water course is for the open water divers who a ready to truly Enjoy Diving. This class has 5 open water dives and one classroom session. The two required dives are deep and navigation. The three other dives are selected by the class.

Prerequisites:	Open Water Diver	Minimum Age:	12
Materials:	AOW Crewpack	Equipment:	Slate, Knife, Light
Class Length:	Knowledge Reviews	Cost:	$299
Diving:	5 Dives over 2 days

You can now take advantage of Advanced Open Water online! The dives are still completed either in the quarry or on a dive trip, but you can skip the book and benefit from the PADI interactive online training. Online training can begin at any time--you don't even need to know when you will be completing the dives. Just click the link below and start advancing your dive training today!

Rescue Diver
The PADI Rescue Diver Course is the next step for those individuals who are either concerned with the safety of themselves and others or divers who are interested in earning their Master Scuba Diver Rating or becoming a Dive Master. Either way, this is the class for the divers that enjoy learning more about diving.

Prerequisites:	Advanced Diver, EFR	Minimum Age:	12
Materials:	Rescue Diver Crewpack	Equipment:	Compass, Knife, Whistle/Safety Sausage, Light, Slate
Class Length:	3 Classroom Sessions	Cost:	$275
Diving:	3 sessions

Specialty Classes
In our monthly newsletter, we announce class information on our featured "Specialty of the Month". See our list of specialties below. We can teach any specialty with a minimum of 3 students!

Emergency First Responder
Enriched Air Diver
Deep Diver
Search & Recovery
Boat Diver
Peak Performance Buoyancy
Navigation

Wreck Diver
Dry Suit
DPV
Equipment
Night Diver
Underwater Photography
Digital Underwater Photography

Enriched Air Diver Prerequisites: Open Water Diver Minimum Age: 15 Class Length: 1 Classroom Session Diving: None Materials: EAN Manual & Tables Equipment: None	Wreck Diver Prerequisites: Adventure Diver Minimum Age: 15 Class Length: 1 Classroom Session Diving: 4 Open Water Dives Materials: Wreck Diver Manual Equipment: Slate, Knife, Whistle, Light	Deep Diver Prerequisites: Adventure Diver Minimum Age: 15 Class Length: 1 Classroom Session Diving: 4 Open Water Dives Materials: Deep Diver Manual Equipment: Slate, Knife, Whistle, Light

Search & Recovery Diver Prerequisites: Advanced Diver or Open Water + Navigation Specialty Minimum Age: 12 Class Length: 1 Classroom Session Diving: 3 Open Water Dives Materials: None Equipment: Compass, Knife, Whistle/Safety Sausage, Light, Slate	Night Diver Prerequisites: Open Water Diver Minimum Age: 12 Class Length: 1 Classroom Session Diving: 3 Open Water Dives Materials: None Equipment: 2 Lights (1 primary & 1 back-up) and Chemical Lights	Aware Fish ID Prerequisites: Open Water Diver Minimum Age: 10 Class Length: None Diving: 2 Open Water Dives Materials: None Equipment: None

Boat Diver Prerequisites: Open Water Diver Minimum Age: 10 Class Length: 1 Classroom Session Diving: 2 Open Water Dives Materials: None Equipment: Whistle, Slate, Knife	Multilevel Diver Prerequisites: Open Water Diver Minimum Age: 12 Class Length: 1 Classroom Session Diving: 2 Open Water Dives Materials: None Equipment: None	Peak Performance Buoyancy Prerequisites: Open Water Diver Minimum Age: 10 Class Length: 1 Classroom Session Diving: 2 Open Water Dives Materials: None Equipment: None
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Dry Suit Diver Prerequisites: Open Water Diver Minimum Age: 10 Class Length: 1 Classroom Session Diving: 1 Confined; 2 Open Water Dives Materials: Drysuit Manual Equipment: Drysuit	Diver Propulsion Vehicle Prerequisites: Open Water Diver Minimum Age: 12 Class Length: 1 Classroom Session Diving: 2 Open Water Dives Materials: None Equipment: None	Underwater Photography Prerequisites: Open Water Diver Minimum Age: 10 Class Length: 1 Classroom Session Diving: 2 Open Water Dives Materials: Underwater Photographer Manual Equipment: None

Equipment Specialist Prerequisites: Open Water Diver Minimum Age: 10 Class Length: 1 Classroom Session Diving: None Materials: Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving Equipment: None	Underwater Navigation Prerequisites: Open Water Minimum Age: 10 Class Length: 1 Classroom Session Diving: 3 Open water dives Materials: Underwater Navigator Manual Equipment: None	Oxygen First Aid Prerequisites: None Minimum Age: 10 Class Length: 1 Classroom Session Diving: None Materials: Oxygen Provider Manual Equipment: None

Emergency First Responder Prerequisites: None Minimum Age: None Class Length: 1 Classroom Session Diving: None Materials: Emergency First Responder Manual Equipment: None	Master Scuba Diver Prerequisites: Open Water, Advanced Open Water, Rescue, EFR & 5 Specialties Minimum Age: 18 Class Length: Extensive - specialty courses dependent Diving: Extensive - specialty courses dependent Materials: Specialty courses dependent Equipment: Specialty courses dependent Cost: Specialty courses dependent	Dive Master Prerequisites: Open Water, Advanced Open Water, Rescue & EFR Minimum Age: 18 Class Length: Varies Diving: Extensive Materials: Divemaster Crewpack, The Wheel Equipment: Complete SCUBA
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Please call for more information about our Instructor Development Classes. There is a $100 non-refundable deposit on all classes.