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Open Water Diver Certification

Earn your open water diver certification today and open your life to a new world of adventure and discovery with scuba diving!

The Open Water Diver Course is designed to prepare students for safe open water scuba diving. As a certified Open Water Diver you are able to dive internationally with a dive buddy (without an instructor), rent dive gear, get air fills.

The Open Water Diver course is broken into two parts. The first part is pool and classroom training and the second part is open water training, where you will go to a lake or ocean with an  instructor and complete your skills in an "open water" environment. All students receiving certification will possess the knowledge, skills, and habits necessary for safe open water scuba diving with a buddy, independent of an instructor or divemaster.

Pool & Classroom Training
This part of the training is normally done on the weekends: Friday night, Saturday & Sunday. The exact start & finish times will vary depending on the pool schedule, but normally Friday night will run from 6:00-10:30p.m. and Saturday & Sunday will be from about 8:30a.m. until about 5:00p.m. 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. Additional pool or classroom sessions are available if students need or want extra time to practice their skills. Costs for this part of the course: $225 per person, $200 per person if you register with a friend. Add $25 per person for use of rental mask, snorkel, fins, and boots.

On-Line Option
There is a new "on-line" option available for completing most of the classroom part of the training which is ideal for students with busy schedules or who reside outside of Edmonton. Students complete the theory at home on their own schedule and will be required to attend a 1-2 hour classroom session that covers registration & orientation, gear set-up, and any necessary theory review. Students will complete the pool training either with a regularly scheduled class or on a private one-on-one basis. For more information, go to www.sdi-onlinetraining.com/. Costs for this part of the course: $225 per person. Add $25 per person for use of rental mask, snorkel, fins, and boots.

Open Water Training
Upon completion of the pool & classroom training, a minimum of 1 snorkel dive and 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 for certification. Upon completion of each open water dive, both the student and instructor should feel comfortable with the training exercises completed. Costs for this part of the course: $175 per person. Add $25 per person for use of rental mask, snorkel, fins, and boots.

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 (like Mexico, Hawaii, etc), you can also complete your dives at your holiday destination with a Referral Letter. We will help you set up your dives with a dive shop at your hotel or close by.You will take your referral letter to the instructor at your vacation destination who will complete your four required dives with you. 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. After completing the dives, bring your signed Referral Letter back to us and we will issue you a permanent certification card. Costs to complete your open water dives internationally will depend on where you go.

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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POOL & CLASSROOM TRAINING

POOL & CLASSROOM TRAINING

POOL & CLASSROOM TRAINING
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Single Student: $225 (plus GST) per person
Buddy Special: $400 (plus GST) for two students registering together

Costs include Open Water Diver Manual, workbook, all necessary equipment, except snorkeling gear (mask, snorkel, fins, boots) which may be purchased or rented for $25.

Upon registering for a course, you will be entitled to discounts of 10-25% off masks, snorkels, fins, boots, and other gear.

 

LEDUC COURSE NOVEMBER 25-27, 2011
* Fill out medical form, scan & send with payment or fax to 780-437-8643
Classroom Topics Pool Skills
History of diving Entries and exits
Aquatic and marine environment Equipment assembly/dissasembly
Physics and physiology Snorkeling techniques
Decompression theory Use of BCD (inflation/ deflation)
Scuba equipment Equalizing air spaces
Dive planning (including use of dive tables & dive computers) Decent and ascent techniques
Hand signals Sharing air and emergency ascents
Diving with a buddy Buoyancy techniques
ON-LINE CLASSROOM TRAINING

ON-LINE CLASSROOM TRAINING

ON-LINE CLASSROOM TRAINING
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If you already have an on-line access code: $115 (plus GST) per person
If you need an on-line access code: $225 (plus GST) per person (the code will be emailed to you upon receipt of payment)

Costs include On-line access code, workbook, all necessary equipment, except snorkeling gear (mask, snorkel, fins, boots) which may be purchased or rented. Also included is the 1-2 hours of classroom time with the instructor and pool training during normally scheduled pool sessions.

It is recommended to complete your pool training within 3 months of completion of the on-line theory training.

Private pool sessions are available, please call for scheduling & prices as it will vary depending on the number of people.

Open Water textbook may be purchased but is not required.

Upon registering for a course, you will be entitled to discounts of 10-25% off masks, snorkels, fins, boots, and other gear.
* Fill out medical form, scan & send with payment or fax to 780-437-8643
OPEN WATER TRAINING

OPEN WATER TRAINING

OPEN WATER TRAINING
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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 (mask, snorkel, fins, boots) which may be purchased or rented for $25. Not included in the cost are the required airfills after diving on Saturday in order to complete the Sunday dives. At the store in Edmonton, an airfill is $7 per tank, in Jasper at the firehall it is aproximately $10 per tank.

Upon registration for the open water portion of the training, students should come to the store to get fitted for their wetsuit, hood, gloves, and BCD. The sooner you reserve your sizes, the less likely you will be disappointed if your size is gone!

Students must keep in mind that they will be required to haul their dive gear to the dive site for the open water training. This will include two tanks each, a weight belt, and a rubbermade tote with their wetsuit & other scuba equipment. While it is not a lot of stuff to haul, please plan your transportation accordingly.

Please note: Costs for completion at an international location through the Referral program will be determined by the other instructor.

Complete your four required open water dives with a drysuit for an extra $100, which includes a manadatory extra pool session. Upon successful completion, you will receive your Drysuit Specialty Certification.
Open Water Skills
Entries/exits Ascending/descending
Equipment assembly Emergency ascent
Mask clearing & removal Air sharing ascent
Regulator clearing & recovery BCD removal/replacement
Buddy towing & cramp removal Buoyancy control
Buddy & group diving etiquette Logbook completion
Reciprocal navigation Air consumption measurement
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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