PADI Open Water Diver | semi private classes due to Covid 19
$649.50
Want to go SCUBA diving? Learn how now on beautiful Bainbridge Island, located right in the middle of the Puget Sound. Looking for a standard group class, or a customized private course, we have the options you need!
We are accepting students for the July and August classes currently!
We are limited by Covid restrictions for class size, due to social distancing. Social distancing also limits our class size for safety underwater.
Price includes tuition, PADI eLearning and crewpack, and SCUBA life support equipment rental.
Successful completion of this course will lead to certification with PADI as an Open Water Diver, which enables you to be able to rent gear and safely dive whenever and wherever you’d like.
Give us a call at Exotic Aquatics Scuba & Kayaking (206) 842-1980 if the calendar is not showing the class that fits your needs! We’ll be happy to tailor one to your scheduling desires!
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Signing up for our course can be a little confusing, so please follow the below steps.
Step-by-step signup guide:
1) Read through the course description below for an idea of what this course involves.
2) Call or email for dates for the next class. We will be having classes throughout the year.
We post dates by the month pool is reserved as available, due to Covid our pool time is variable each week, at the completion of confined water training(pool) a full weekend of Open Water check out dives.
Private classes can be arranged for your schedule for an additional fee.
If you answer yes to any of the questions, take the waiver to a physician and get approved before submitting payment.
4)Please call or email for your dates and complete the online registration process
For children ages 10 and 11, please select the youth option. Classes with young children require more staff and instructor time.
5) Before the first pool session, we need to see you in the shop to get you fitted out in the proper gear, fill out needed paperwork, and do an equipment orientation.
Please give us a call at (206)842-1980 or email to arrange your time for equipment orientation time. Plan on it taking about two hours.
Excited to go SCUBA diving?
Course Details
Successful completion of the Open Water Diver certification requires finishing the online PADI Open Water Diver eLearning before the first pool session. Our $649.50 course cost includes the Open Water eLearning modules, which we will email to you.
The eLearning is followed by 3 confined-water dives (pool sessions) where you’ll get familiarized with all the equipment, and basic skills are taught and practiced in the safety of the pool.
To finish up the course you’ll complete 4 dives over two days in the open water of the Puget Sound. This will be your first chance to see all the amazing wildlife hiding just below the surface, from enormous plumose anemones to the Giant Pacific Octopus.
Then you’ll be ready to sign up for the Advanced Open Water class, where a variety of specialized skills are taught and mastered.
Open water students get $50 off the AOW tuition if they sign up within 14 days of OW completion.
Class Schedule
We are currently accepting students for the January thru May classes!
We are limited by Covid restrictions for class size, due to social distancing. Social distancing also limits our class size for safety underwater.
Give us a call at Exotic Aquatics Scuba & Kayaking (206) 842-1980 if the calendar is not showing the class that fits your needs! We’ll be happy to tailor one to your scheduling desires!
Notes
The tuition includes supplemental materials, a dive log, life support equipment, and a wetsuit for the course. You will need to purchase snorkeling equipment (mask, snorkel, fins, boots, and gloves).
E-learning is done within the comforts of your home. The Orientation session is held in the Exotic Aquatics Classroom on a private or 1:2 instructor to student ratio.
Pool sessions (a.k.a. confined water training) are held at various private pools while we are under Covid 19 restrictions. Open water check-out (a.k.a. Open Water Weekend) dives will be from the shore, site dependent on weather.
This course is designed for ages 10 to Adult in good physical condition. Those 10* to 14 receive Junior Open Water Certification, those 15 and older receive Open Water Certification.
*Extra sessions and instructors are involved for individuals 10-11 years of age. Please select the Youth class option before adding to cart. The price is increased due to the additional time needed to properly train young children depending on the number of days and pool sessions required this fee could be up to an additional $150 beyond the initial youth fee.
Advanced Open Water consists of 5 open water dives designed to increase your skill level and enjoyment of diving. A Navigation dive and a Deep dive are required diving. The most common choices are peak performance buoyancy, drysuit (additional fees for drysuit) Night diving, and underwater naturalist and of course boat diving when available.
Are you a certified SCUBA diver who hasn’t dove in a few years? Well, here is your chance to review basic SCUBA skills, go over dive tables, and refresh your equipment knowledge.
