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Typical 35 hour O/W 2 - Weekend Certification Course |
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Overview
Learn to Scuba with an Open Water Class. As Your time is very valuable, we have tailored our Open Water Class to please you. Most of your Academic Knowledge comes from completing your course work in the comfort of your own home. Come to our facility and comfortable classroom for a review of your knowledge, a slide show and a video. Then onto the pool briefing and the pool. Here, you will apply, practice and hone the basic underwater skills. You will also demonstrate that you can survival swim/float for 10 minutes and swim 200 yard, any style no time limit. This will be done on Sunday, before the skindiving exercises. After the completion of the first weekend with classroom and Pool dives, you will, the following weekend, do four scuba training dives in an open water environment. Now you experience first hand, the fun and excitement Scuba Diving can offer. Course Start, Equipment Reservation As you come in and arrange for the course, we will go through each item in your study package. We reserve your gear. Mask and Snorkel, Fins and Booties are the basic snorkeling gear that you ought to own yourself. The success and enjoyment of your open water dives are directly related to the comfortable fit of your equipment. ¼" Wetsuit and Weights, Air Tank, Regulator and a Buoyancy Compensator Device. All to fit your personal measurements. It will not be as perfect a fit as your own equipment may give you. With your safety in mind, we do our best to make sure that it fits comfortably on you. Academic Studies (10 - 12 hours in the comfort of your home) In the comfort of your home with the Book and Video, or alternatively a computer with CD-ROM, you spend a few evenings gaining the academic knowledge of Scuba Diving. It is imperative that you have finished all of this before you come to class for the review. In the classroom sessions, the instructor will emphasize the key points and collect and go through the Knowledge Reviews. Classroom and Equipment (3 days - 3 hours each day) Bring the Student Record File that you have filled in for the Class Session that we have scheduled Thursday evening prior to the Classroom/Pool Weekend. Also your Knowledge Reviews and we eliminate misconceptions, and gear up for fun. Now we review what you have learned at home, and hand in your Knowledge Reviews. There are five chapters covering all aspects of recreational scuba diving. There is Equipment, Diving Physics, Diving Physiology, The Environment, Problem Management, other other considerations. Each chapter has an associated 10 question quiz. Course Orientation and Chapter 1, we go through on Thursday evening. We finish Chapters 2 and half way through 4 on Saturday. when we also go through a pool briefing. You are responsible for packing your stuff and bring it to the pool for each pool session. On Sunday we start with viewing a short video of scuba diving and also the O/W dive destination video. Then we cover the remaining portion of Chapter 4 and also Chapter 5. After Chapter 5 there is a 50 question final exam. You have to finish all Knowledge Reviews before we can let you go to Open Water. |
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(2 days - 4 hours each day)
We meet on Saturday, in an 84° F heated indoor Pool, where you take your first exhilarating breaths underwater. Then at a relaxed pace, you learn and become familiar with all the equipment and skills necessary to become a safe diver. Saturday starts with scuba diving in the shallow end and progressing down to the deep end of the pool. Sunday starts with a few skin diving exercises, then we get into the scuba gear and continue our diving. You have to finish this before we can let you go to Open Water. You are also responsible for bringing your dive gear back to the store from the Pool. Hang up all wet suits on the drying rack. Regulator bags should be partially open for ventilation and the Buoyancy Control Device drained of water. After the gear is hung to dry, we have a short review of what we have gone through in the pool. Pack Your Dive Gear for Open Water Weekend You are responsible to come in to the store on the Friday before the Open Water Weekend. Pack all your equipment and bring it to the dive site. Don´t forget the weights. You are also responsible for all the equipment. Unless you want to pay for it, Do NOT loose any equipment. We carry the heavy tanks for you. We also bring a grill for the "Weather Permitting" Saturday evening "Tailgate Party". Make sure to bring some food and utensils for this. Open Water Weekend (2 days - 5 hours each day) Once you have completed all the requirements in the academic and pool development sessions, you will be ready for the Open Water Training Dives and become a certified PADI Open Water Diver! There are four required training dives, with an optional skin diving exercise. These training dives have to be completed within a six month period. If you need more time, a scuba review in the pool is appropriate. In each of these dives you will get a chance to practice the same skills you learned in the pool in a real diving environment with your instructor. In the summer time we meet in Santa Rosa , where we have both Blue Hole and Perch Lake available to us. In the winter Perch Lake is too cold. During these months some of our dive training is done in Balmorhea State Park in west Texas. Particularly the long weekends lend themselves to driving down there. After the required training dives, we offer an Adventure Dive at no additional charge. Here you set the pace, and simply enjoy the tranquility of scuba diving. Certification After all course requirements have been met, Sandia Snorkel and Scuba, Inc. will issue your temporary certification and send in your paperwork to PADI. Two weeks later your Permanent Certification Card comes back from PADI for you to pick up at the store. You have a lifetime of diving enjoyment ahead of you. If you are interested in College Credits for the course, we some have more paperwork for you. Fun Dive After you have been certified, we offer a Fun Dive at your certification location. You have learned to plan your dive, and you have learned to dive your plan. It is now time for you to start your lifetime of Underwater Enjoyment. Please note that this ´Bonus Dive´ is intended for the certification day only. If you want to come back another weekend, we offer the "Welcome to Santa Rosa" Special weekend package. Cleaning and Returning Equipment You are responsible for bringing home all the equipment. Wash it all in your bathtub with some Pine-Sol or Woolite. Hang dry. The following business day, you are expected to return the equipment to the store. Remember Regular Rental Rates apply for late returns. |
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