Altitude Diver Specialty $175
The
Heights of Adventure!
Over the years the worlds mountains have
become synonymous with recreation, a place to escape civilization and commune with nature. Not surprisingly, more and more
divers are heading for the hills to pursue their recreation. Mountain lakes are often cool, clean, clear and full of interesting
aquatic life. Altitude diving is your key to diving opportunities inland, away from the ocean.
Dive requirement: 2 Dives in 1 day
Prerequisite:
Open Water Diver
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Boat Diver Specialty $175
Take
the Adventure to the High Seas
No hike from the car, No rock entries, No long surface swim,
No surf entries or exits, need I say more. Much of the best diving in the world is accessible only by boat.
Dive requirement: 2 Dives in 1 day
Prerequisite: Open Water Diver
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Deep Diver Specialty $225 + Boat charter fee: $95 (When applicable)
Pressing the limit.
Mention "deep diving" amid a group of divers and watch
the reactions. Novice divers want to know what it's like. More experienced divers, who have been a bit deeper chat with
excitement. Deep Diving Specialty Divers, those qualified to venture to 130 feet, the recommended farthest edge of recreational
diving, also show enthusiasm, but tempered with respect for the more serious nature of deep diving. There's something
a bit attractive, exciting and mysterious about "going deep." Through the Deep Diving Specialty Course you will
be introduced to the techniques of deep diving and be qualified to dive to depths as deep as 130 feet.
Dive requirement: 4 Dives over 2 day. Day 1 is beach diving, day 2 is boat
diving OR beach diving, depending on the class.
Equipment requirement: Diver are required to have their back-up light
and dive computer or eRDPml. A pony bottle is recommended.
Prerequisite: Advanced Open Water Diver
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Digital Underwater Photographer Specialty $195 + $28 textbook
Bring the Adventure Home
Who doesn't
want to bring back photographic memories of their underwater adventures! Not long ago, taking pictures underwater was a difficult
endeavor reserved for those with patience and a mountain of cash. Today, camera systems are far more affordable and easy to
use. Whether exploring reefs, or wrecks, diving the ice or at altitude, or diving that local site you've done hundreds
of times, underwater photography adds a new element of interest to every dive. This cl
ass will get you started along the path to fantastic underwater photos. Day 1 will be classroom practice
of basic camera maintenance and care, along with basic shooting techniques for local area photography. Classroom time is followed
by a dive, then back to the classroom to review and comment on how to improve the photos taken. Day 2 more advanced camera
techniques will be introduced, along with some picture editing skills. Then a dive followed by more review of your pictures.
This is a really great class to help you make the most of your underwater time with a camera.
If you choose to purchase a camera when you sign up for this class, or during the weekend, you would get 20% off of the
price marked in store. That includes all of the Intova cameras, and the newly released and highly reviewed Sealife DC800,
as well as the Reefmaster Mini.
Camera Rental (If you don't have your own camera): $30 a day
Tuition:
$195
Textbook: $28
Dive requirement: 2
days of diving and classroom time
Equipment
requirement: None.
Prerequisite:
Open Water Diver
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Drift Diver Specialty $175 - Charter fee (when applicable) $95
If You Can't Beat the Current, Join It!
Many of the worlds best diving is in high current areas. Rather
than fight the current, drift with it. In some sites, the current carries you far faster than you could swim, sailing you
along effortlessly. Drifting with the current and not having to worry about returning to the boat, lets you relax and concentrate
on the dive. This is as close as it gets to effortless diving.
Dive
requirement: 2 Dives in 1 day. We often do 3 dives over 2 days - day 2 off of the boat.
Equipment requirement: Divers
are required to have their own safety stop anchor/safety sausage. A surface audible signaling device is highly recommended.
Prerequisite: Open Water Diver - Some classes will require
Advanced due to planned dive sites.
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Dry Suit Diver Specialty $150
Make
the Adventure Dry
Modern dry suits have opened the door to diving in even the
coolest water. A dry suit lets you venture into sites far from the tropical dive resorts to which many people limit their
diving. While dry suits offer warmth, they do require some special techniques. Fortunately, it's not much of a drawback
because mastering dry suit skills is easy. With the cost of dry suits free falling many divers are choosing to "go dry."
Special: Sign up for this class with the Advanced
Open Water class and get free rental during both classes and $50 off the tuition.
Dive requirement:
2 Dives in 1 day
Equipment
requirement: None.
Prerequisite:
Open Water Diver
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Emergency Oxygen Provider Course $75 Tuition + $30 Student kit
Administering Oxygen is one of the most important aspects of first aid for 
decompression sickness, lung overexpansion injuries, and also for many non diving issues such as strokes. However, statistics say that less than 50% of injured divers actually are administered Oxygen, and those that
do get Oxygen don't get near 100% concentrations due to improper administration. This class teaches you how to correctly
administer 100% Oxygen to an injured diver so that those dismal statistics will start to improve. PADI introduced this class
in 2008, and they produced fantastic training materials for it including the quick refresher card. We will cover the specific
skills of:
- Assembly, safe use, and care of
Oxygen systems.
- How to administer
Oxygen using demand valve and mask, constant-flow/non-rebreather masks, and pocket mask with an Oxygen inlet
- Review the signs and symptons of dive injuries, as well as basic emergency management.
- A great class to take heading into your Rescue class, or in conjunction with your First Aid/CPR class.
Dive requirement: None, home study plus an evening
of skills practice
Prerequisite: Fog a mirror
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Enriched Air/Nitrox Diver Specialty $95 - Study Kit: $70
Extend the Adventure
One of the most important innovations ever in recreational diving.
Nitrox is air that has been enriched to a maximum of 40% oxygen. By cutting back on
the nitrogen content of the air, nitrox will give you longer bottom times as well as a decreased risk of decompression sickness
and nitrogen narcosis.
Dive requirement: No Dive
Requirement
Equipment requirement: None.
Prerequisite:
Open Water Diver. Minimum age 15.
Tell Me More!
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Equipment Specialist $95 +study materials:
Encyclopedia of Recreational
Diving - Book: $38 OR DVD Multimedia edition: $66
Fix basic issues and truly understand your equipment
Ever wondered what the inside of a regulator looks like? The inside of a tank?
A BCD inflator? What is it that happens exactly when your tank gets visually inspected and hydrostatically tested? Ever wanted
to know how to fix tears in wetsuits, drysuits and drysuit seals? How to fix a torn mouthpiece and other 
basics of regulators and BCDs? How to correctly lubricate the O
-rings on your lights, camera housing, diving computer etc...? Want to know what makes a regulator freeflow if it goes in
the water face up? This class will show you all of that and much more. This class doesn't certify you to overhaul regulators or do your own visual inspections, but it will allow you do
in field adjustments and repairs that could save your dive..... and you will gain a greater understanding of how your gear
(and other peoples) works!
Bring any
and all questions about equipment to this class!!
Note:
The DVD version of the Encyclopedia has a lot of very cool videos and animations about how tanks are made etc... It
also includes the Diving Knowledge workbook in digital form - available in paper form for $16 - so it is well worth the money
for the DVD version, although the workbook is not needed for this class.
Dive requirement: None. This class is ~ 6 hours of classroom, typically over at least 2 nights.
Prerequisite: Open Water Diver
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Fish Identification Specialty
Enjoy your dives more by
knowing what you are looking at
Learn to identify ~ 40 of the most
common fish that inhabit Puget Sound waters. We don't focus on crazy scientific names and obscure latinisms, although
Latin names are provided, instead we focus on how to easily identify fish types.
Dive requirement: An evening/afternoon of classroom + 2 Dives in 1 day
Prerequisite: Open Water Diver
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Multilevel Diver Specialty $175
The Key to unlimited bottom time.
Multilevel diving gives you the ability to increase your bottom
time by gradually ascending to a shallower depth during your dive. Through the use of the PADI eRDPml or a dive computer,
and the techniques learned in this class, you will be able to do much more of what you got into diving for; explore the aquatic
realm.
Dive requirement: 2 Dives in 1 day
Equipment requirement: Divers
are required to have their own dive computer or eDRPml.
Prerequisite:
Open Water Diver
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Night Diver Specialty $175
Another New Adventure!
Why would people dive at night when they can see the same dive
site just as easily during the day? At dusk, nocturnal animals such as shrimp, crabs and many nocturnal fish become active.
Other animals that are difficult to approach during the day, will let you get closer at night. Night diving adds a whole new
perspective to an "old" dive site.
Dive requirement:
3 Dives over 2 nights
Equipment requirement:
Divers are required to have their own back-up light and tank light, a primary
light is recommended.
Prerequisite: Open Water
Diver
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Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty $175
Learn to Relax
Peak Performance Buoyancy is an enjoyable
day of diving aimed at helping you polish your buoyancy control beyond the Open Water Diver level.
Dive requirement: 2 Dives in 1 day
Equipment requirement: None.
Prerequisite: Open Water Diver
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Search & Recovery Diver Specialty $225
Find the Adventure
One of the most gratifying experiences in diving is setting out to find a lost object, and succeeding. In this course you will learn a variety of search patterns and techniques
to better help you in finding lost objects.
Dive requirement:
4 Dives over two days
Prerequisite: Advanced
Open Water Diver
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Underwater Naturalist Specialty $175
Recognize the Adventure
The more you know about the marine environment, the more interesting
your diving will become. The UW Naturalist course will get you started in recognizing and identifying marine life in all it's
varied forms.
Dive requirement: 2 Dives in 1 day
Prerequisite: Open Water Diver
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Underwater Navigation Specialty $175
Know where you are. Always!
Under water Navigation is, without a doubt, the most important,
and often, the most overlooked aspect of diving. Remember your very first Open water dive? You were excited about your first
diving experience and probably paid little attention to where you were going during the dive. You were perhaps astonished to surface and see that your instructor knew exactly where you were all the time. Navigation
can be difficult but, with a little practice and experience, you too will soon be navigating like a pro.
Dive requirement: 3 Dives over 2 days. Advanced Certified Divers have already
completed the first dive as part of the Navigation Specialty Course. In the case of Advanced Certified divers the remaining two dives, and Navigation Specialty Certification, can be completed in one day.
Equipment requirement: Diver
are required to have their own compass, a slate is highly recommended.
Prerequisite:
Open Water Diver
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Wreck Diver Specialty $225
Explore the Past
There's nothing like the thrill of diving a wreck for the first time. Descending, you gaze downward,
trying to catch a glimpse of it. At first, you see nothing. Then, as it slowly comes into view you can't help but reflect
on this once vibrant vessel resting peacefully on the bottom, slowly being claimed by the sea and her creatures. Wreck diving
is an adventure in exploring man's loss and nature's gain.
Dive
requirement: 4 Dives over 2 days
Prerequisite:
Advanced Open Water Diver
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Master Scuba Diver
The Ultimate Adventure
The PADI Master Scuba
Diver is a diver who has gained knowledge and experience far beyond that of the average diver. He/She is a diver who through
their superior knowledge and experience is ready and able to lend guidance and assistance to the rest of the diving community
and help make diving's already great safety record, even better.
If
you're the kind of diver who wants to go beyond the ordinary, who wants to participate in some of the most exciting and
rewarding diving possible, consider the PADI Master Scuba Diver Program.
To
qualify for the rating you will need to be certified as a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver, PADI Rescue Diver and earn five
PADI Specialty ratings. Some of the most enjoyable diving comes through participation in the wide range of PADI Specialty
Diver Courses offered through Scuba Schools. Upon completion of five Specialty Courses you will become certified as a PADI
Master Scuba Diver.
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