This specialty course can be done in conjunction with our wreck diving trips.
The classroom session will be held in our classroom here at the Wazee
Sports Center. This is your chance
to participate in one of the most exciting specialties.
This activity has stemmed from its original purpose of retrieving what
was lost, to today’s additional allure: mystery and history.
During the class you will learn about the different equipment
adaptations, buoyancy procedures, wreck evaluations, wreck site research and
much more. This course will give
you the knowledge and skills you need to safely explore specific wreck sites.
Advanced Open Water certification is a prerequisite.
Class: 4 hours and 4 dives.
The cost of the course is $149. + book.
SEARCH AND RECOVERY
DIVER:
Now you can learn to search all varieties of underwater environments for
whatever has been lost. You can
learn basic search and recovery procedures to locate large objects and to
recover them. Training and
experience can make the difference between finding and missing the object and
the difference between safe recovery and a potentially hazardous situation.
The lecture portion of the course will be held in our classroom and
taught by one of our Instructors.
Cost of this course is $149 + book.
Advanced Open Water certification is a prerequisite for this specialty.
Class: 4 hours and 4 dives.
DEEP DIVER SPECIALTY
COURSE:
During this class you will gather the information and skills necessary to
safely organize, plan, and conduct deep dives.
All dives will be conducted by a Instructor to help you over some of the
normal hurdles associated with deep diving.
The classroom portion will be held here at the Wazee Sports Center.
The cost for this course is $149 + book.
The Advanced Open Water certification is a prerequisite.
Class: 2 days – 4 hours each day and 4 dives.
NIGHT DIVER:
This will be offered on an ongoing basis throughout the summer.
The total number of dives required is three unless you are Advanced
certified which reduces the number to two.
Call us to schedule the classroom portion of the course.
The cost is $149. for Open Water Divers and $95. for Advanced Certified
Divers. Books are an additional
fee.
UNDERWATER
NAVIGATION:
The classroom portion of this class will be about three hours long and consist
of lectures and information on underwater navigation.
For the certified Open Water Divers the required number of dives is three
and for those Advanced Open Water certified divers the required number of dives
drops to two. The cost of the
course is $149. for Open Water divers and $95. for Advanced Open Water divers.
Books are an additional fee.
Emergency First Response:
The Medic First Aid course offered by Wazee Sports Center is a PADI sanctioned
intensive CPR and First Aid course designed to teach you cardiopulmonary
resuscitation and emergency care.
The course approved by the U.S. Dept. of Labor, Mine Safety and Health
Administration, covers primary care, secondary surveys, and treatments according
to the Journal of the American Medical Assoc.
It is also approved for PADI’s Rescue Diver, Dive Master, and Instructor
courses. The cost of this course is
$55. Books are an additional fee.
This specialty course includes one classroom session and a total of three ice
dives. In this class you will
become familiar with the skills, knowledge, planning organization, procedures,
techniques, problems, hazard, and excitement of diving under ice.
This specialty can apply toward your Master Diver Certification.
The course fee of $149 and includes all special equipment,
instruction, and certification fees.
The prerequisite certification for this course is Advanced Open Water.
We will also provide any special equipment you may need.
Includes ropes and harnesses; does not include drysuit.
DRY SUIT DIVER:
This course is designed to be an introduction to dry suit diving and to help the
student develop the skills, knowledge, and techniques necessary for dry suit
diving. Course prerequisite is to
be certified as an Open Water Diver.
The cost of this course if $149. + book, but does not include drysuit.
3-hour of class and 2 dives.
EQUIPMENT
SPECIALIST:
This Equipment Specialist program will enhance your practical knowledge of the
theory, principles, and operation of diving equipment as well as enable you to
perform routine recommended care and maintenance procedures.
This specialty can also be applied towards your Master diver
certification. The information
obtained in this course is invaluable and can help you to fix some small
problems that may arise with your equipment while at your dive site.
The class cost is $95 + book.
SCUBA REVIEW:
If
you’re a certified diver, but it’s been awhile since you’ve been diving, Scuba
Review is for you. Scuba Review
helps tune up our diving skills without having to repeat an entire scuba course.
It reacquaints you with diving so that you’re back in the underwater
world in less than a day. Scuba
Review includes a supervised pool session with a professional that will help you
tune up important diving skills such as buoyancy and breath control, equipment
assembly and breathing from an alternate air source.
You can also elect to take an optional supervised open-water dive to
discover local aquatic environments.
The cost of the refresher course is $69.
Books are an additional fee.
Enriched Air:
This course is designed to qualify recreational divers to use enriched air,
known as “Nitrox” for no stop recreational diving.
The program addresses the use of enriched air with 22-40 percent oxygen,
with emphasis on enriched air with 32 and 36 percent oxygen.
Course cost is $149 + book.
Class: 6 hours and 2 dives.
UNDERWATER
PHOTOGRAPHY:
This specialty course will begin with a classroom session lasting approximately
three hours with the two photography dives being schedules at that time.
The cost will be $125 + book.
Solo Diver:
The SDI Solo Diver
program teaches experienced recreational divers how to safely dive independently
of a dive buddy or strengthen your buddy team skills.
It is a program that is not suitable for every diver because divers must be
willing to make the necessary commitment to train and equip themselves to manage
the added risks independent diving involves.
The course stresses
proper dive planning, personal limitations, accident prevention and in the
benefits, hazards, and proper procedures for diving solo. You will also learn
the additional equipment that is required for Solo diving and how to configure
that equipment. Course Fee: $149.00 + the book $33.00