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Discover Snorkeling
March 14, 28
April 18
Discover Scuba
March 14, 28
April 18
May 16
June 6, 27
July 18
Refreshers
March 13, 27
April 17
May 15
June 5, 26
July 17
Pool & Classroom
March 12, 13, 14
March 26, 27, 28
April 16, 17, 18
May 14, 15, 16
June 4, 5, 6
June 25, 26, 27
July 16, 17, 18
August 6, 7, 8
August 27, 28, 29
Jasper Open Water
June 12, 13
July 10, 11
July 31, Aug 1
August 14, 15
September 4, 5
Nanaimo Open Water
March 13, 14
April 17, 18
May 15, 16
June 12, 13
July 17, 18
August 14, 15
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Earn your scuba certification today and open your life to a new world of adventure and discovery!
The Open Water Diver course is broken into two parts. The first part is pool and classroom training which is generally done on the weekends (Friday night, Saturday, and Sunday). The second part is open water training. This is where you'll go to a lake or ocean with an instructor and complete your skills in an "open water" environment.
The Open Water Diver Course is designed to prepare students for safe open water scuba diving. The total number of hours that you will spend under the personal guidance of an instructor is over 20 hours during your pool & classroom training and another 10 hours during your open water training. Not all courses offer this amount of personal instructor-student attention, so don't compromise with the "get-certified-quick" courses that are out there! All students receiving certification will possess the knowledge, skills, and habits necessary for safe open water scuba diving independent of an instructor.
Upon completion of the pool & classroom training, a minimum of 4 open water dives in a lake or ocean (with the instructor) are required for students to be comfortable and to satisfactorily demonstrate all necessary skills. Upon completion of each open water dive, both the student and instructor should feel comfortable with the training exercises completed.
Many different options are available when choosing a location to complete your open water training. You may complete your training dives with us in Jasper during the summer months or in Nanaimo (Vancouver Island) all year round. If you're planning on traveling internationally, you can also complete your dives at your holiday destination. We will help you set up your dives with a dive shop at your hotel or close by. Students must keep in mind that this part of the training is still part of the certification course, and therefore your four required dives must be completed with the same instructor. A drysuit may be used instead of a wetsuit during open water training (with additional training and fees prior to the open water training). See Drysuit Diver for more info.
Prerequisites for the Open Water Course:
- Minimum age for certification is 15 years
- Junior Scuba Diver available for ages 12 to 15 but must be accompanied by an adult during the course
- Physically fit and able to handle the physical and psychological demands of scuba diving independent of an instructor
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Single Student: $200 (plus GST) per person
Buddy Special: $350 (plus GST) for two students registering together
Costs include Open Water Diver Manual, workbook, all necessary equipment (except mask, snorkel, fins, boots which may be rented or purchased)
Upon registering for a course, you will be entitled to discounts of 10-25% off masks, snorkels, fins, boots, and other gear.
Classroom Topics | Pool Skills | |
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| History of diving | Entries and exits | |
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| Aquatic and marine environment | Equipment assembly/dissasembly | |
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| Physics and physiology | Snorkeling techniques | |
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| Decompression theory | Use of BCD (inflation/ deflation) | |
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| Scuba equipment | Equalizing air spaces | |
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| Dive planning (including use of dive tables & dive computers) | Decent and ascent techniques | |
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| Hand signals | Sharing air and emergency ascents | |
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| Diving with a buddy | Buoyancy techniques | |
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* Fill out medical form, scan & send with payment or fax to 780-437-8643
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Single Student: $175 per person plus GST
Costs include one snorkel dive and four open water scuba dives with an instructor (Jasper or local Alberta lake). All scuba equipment is provided (except snorkeling gear which includes mask, snorkel, fins, boots which may be rented or purchased).
Please note: Costs for completion at an international location through the Referral program will be determined by the other instructor.
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| Entries/exits | Ascending/descending | |
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| Equipment assembly | Emergency ascent | |
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| Mask clearing & removal | Air sharing ascent | |
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| Regulator clearing & recovery | BCD removal/replacement | |
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| Buddy towing & cramp removal | Buoyancy control | |
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| Buddy & group diving etiquette | Logbook completion | |
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| Reciprocal navigation | Air consumption measurement | |
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Referral Program
Want to finish your required open water dives internationally? Upon completion of your pool & classroom training, you will be issued a Referral Letter. You will give this to your instructor at your vacation destination who will complete your required dives with you. After your that instructor signs off on your dives, you will bring the letter back to us and we will issue you your permanent certification card. Your international instructor should issue you a temporary card so that you may continue diving as a certified diving on your vacation. Costs for completing your open water dives will be set by the other dive shop or instructor.
Above and Beyond.... At The Dive Outfitters, we're not going to send you off with a referral letter in hopes that there will be an instructor available for a fair price at your vacation destination. We will do our best to help you locate an instructor or dive shop at your destination, confirm costs, and ensure that the instructor will be available during your visit to complete your open water dives. Please inform us as soon as possible of all the details of your trip so that if we don't already know of an instructor at your destination, we can try to locate one for you.
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