Join us for this exciting and informative class and get ready for your scuba certification!
NOTE: THIS CLASS MEETS ON A SPECIAL CONDENSED SCHEDULE DUE TO THE HOLIDAYS
Here are the steps you’ll need to complete in order to earn your certification:
- Call the shop (215) 256-6000 or email us ( info@indianvalleyscuba.com ) to reserve your spot in class and make an appointment to come in for in-person registration.
- Come to the dive center no less than TWO WEEKS before the start of class to register, complete all the necessary paperwork, pick up your training materials, and select your personal gear, all of which is included in the program
- Then the class meets on five consecutive Thursday evenings from 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm, starting at the Indian Valley Scuba dive center, and then moving across the street to the Indian Valley Family YMCA for the pool work.
- After the fifth evening of academics & pool work, a thorough Academic Review and Final Exam will be conducted at the Indian Valley Scuba dive center on the following Wednesday evening
Once you-ve successfully passed the academics, completed the water stamina exercises, and mastered all the skills in the pool sessions, you can schedule your Open Water dives. In order to ensure your success as a safe, competent open water scuba diver, IVS requires a minimum of six dives to be completed over the course of two days. This is 50% more dives than required by the agency minimum standards, however, it is the best interest of the new divers, for both fun and safety in this exciting sport, to not be rushed, and to truly graduate with the confidence, competence that they deserve, and will earn by completing the IVS-exclusive program. The final dives during the open water portion of the program are actually student-planned and student-led, ensuring you have the skills to safely plan and execute dives on your own after graduation. These checkout dives, as they are called, can be scheduled at your convenience on any of our local Open Water Weekend dates or on many of our tropical trips. Check out our Trip & Travel planning calendar, or the IVS website, to see where your adventure can take you!
Indian Valley Scuba-s exclusive Open Water +Plus! program also qualifies our divers for two additional specialty diver certifications, PADI-s Peak Performance Buoyancy & Coral Reef Conservation. We-ll complete the skills and practical aspect of these two programs during the Open Water checkout dives. These two programs also require one additional evening of class, held one Monday evening each month at IVS, following your checkout dives in order for us to process your certifications, which are included in your Open Water +Plus! program. The $225 registration fees for completion of these two additional certifications are waived when you complete your entry-level diver certification with Indian Valley Scuba. Just another way that IVS diver education programs provide the greatest value for your hard-earned dollars.
PADI Open Water +PLUS!
Get Certified
Indian Valley Scuba prides itself on being the 'Deliberately Different' dive center, and our IVS-exclusive Open Water +Plus! program exemplifies that in every way. From including everything required, from textbooks, their own personal gear, instructor-supervised checkout dives, two specialty certifications, and all certification fees, you won't find any of that all too familiar "Oh, and you need to buy something else to finish" nonsense that is so prevalent in how many advertise their course prices. On top of that, in order to successfully complete our program, we require more checkout dives than anyone else (and 50% more dives than required by any training agency), as well as having our students finish the course by planning and leading their own final dives - another IVS-exclusive. Along the way, they also earn their Peak Performance Buoyancy and A.W.A.R.E. Coral Reef Conservation specialty certifications at the same time. No other dive center offers this level of training and thoroughness in each diver's personal development, and it works to achieve our goal, of preparing divers to be truly equipped mentally, physically and psychologically to be able to confidently and competently plan and execute a lifetime of amazing underwater adventures. No corner is cut in your development as a true diver and undersea explorer, and you'll definitely be proud to have earned your certification through Indian Valley Scuba. And as you travel and enjoy your awesome new sport, you'll find IVS divers in every ocean on our earth, enjoying reefs, wrecks, and everything else that the underwater world has to offer. An IVS diver can take pride in the fact that they truly earned their certification!
RCT.003
$799.00
- PADI
- SDI
- IANTD
Open Water Scuba Diver
N/A
10
Yes
The course fee includes an allowance for the student to select their own required personal equipment, such as their choice of mask, snorkel, fins and boots (if needed for the fins selected). Students are encouraged to purchase their complete kit, although, this is not required for this program, and IVS will provide all the gear required for the pool sessions at no additional cost to the student.
- Divers Medical Questionnaire
- IVS Model Release
- Open Water Team Teaching Tracking Form
- PADI Liability Release and Assumption of Risk
- PADI Youth Diving Responsibility and Risks Acknowledgment
- RSTC Medical Statement
- Standard Safe Diving Practices Statement of Understanding
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2 [Six Open Water Dives]
