Open Water Diver
by Scuba TooOpen Water Diver
The PADI Open Water Diver course is the first step to your diving opportunity, experience, and adventure.
The PADI Open Water Diver course is a performance based course. That means that the course is tailored to your needs and abilities. All concepts and skills are practiced and mastered before moving on to new skills.
Chris Miller, and his staff are all PADI certified instructors who will teach you how to scuba dive. Teamed with Certified PADI Divemasters, there is a wealth of knowledge being put out to ensure that your scuba experience is the best it can be!
There are three parts to the PADI Open Water Diver Course. Knowledge development, confined water diving, and open water diving.
Part One focuses on learning in the classroom.
Scuba Too provides with the class an Open Water manual that will be part of your diving library for many years to come. The materials are challenging and fun to learn. The reading is eased by a DVD, which is included in the price of the course! You will display the skills you have learned in the classroom to your instructor. The Classroom work is done the first Saturday and Sunday of every month from 8:00 am to noon at Scuba Too.
Part Two is conducted in a confined water environment.
In the pool, you will take the knowledge from the first part of the course, and master the actual skills in a pool, under the direct supervision of a certified PADI instructor and Divemaster. The confined water dives are done after the classroom work and a one hour lunch break at Peet Junior High School Pool
Part Three is focused in open water.
Four open water dives are required for certification. Open water training is simply a way to confirm your ability to perform skills while scuba diving in an open water environment. Again, you are always under the direct supervision of a certified PADI instructor and Divemaster.
Your open water dives will be completed at Glennie's Pond. This is the quarry located behind Miller Fence and Flag. Quarry weekends are the third Saturday and Sunday of the month. With weather permitting the quarry months are May- October.
Upon completion of the PADI Open Water Diver Course, you will receive a PADI Certification card (C-Card), the mark of a certified diver who has completed a highly respected course of training. The C-card is required to rent scuba equipment and obtain compressed air fills around the world!
Things to Remember:
- 2-Weekend Course
- Approximately 5 hours of home study
- Bring a towel, swimsuit, and beverages
- Classes fill up quickly
- Call or email to sign up
We will contact you shortly after the purchase of the class, to work out class scheduling and other information.
You will need your own personal (Mask, fins and snorkel) These may be purchased from Scuba Too or bring your own.
Please feel free to call us with any questions at (319)268-4201, or email us at scubatoo@cfu.net