Charleston Scuba

If you’ve always wanted to learn how to scuba dive, discover new adventures or simply see the wondrous world beneath the waves, this is where it starts. PADI Scuba Diver and Open Water certifications will teach you the skills you need to safely explore the underwater world.

Open Water Certification seminars are offered two times each month. The course cost is $395.00 and is scheduled between a Wendesday and a Sunday (excluding Friday). All seminars and pool dive sessions can easily be completed in a matter of four days and additional pool training is available for an additional cost.

Sessions are held in the evenings from 6:30pm until 9:30pm on Wendesdays (class), 6:00 until 9:30 on Thursdays (pool) and from 8:30am until 4:00pm on Saturdays and Sundays (class and pool). The course fee includes multimedia material and manual, seminar and pool diving sessions, all rental equipment and the certification card fee ($30.00).

If you choose to take your lessons on-line, please call us at (843) 763-3483 for your e-packet (student folder, ERDP and logbook) orientation session, pool sessions and final dive scheduling.

E-learning students do not attend class on Thurs. night, Sat. morning or Sun. afternoon, however we do schedule a required orientation period for them before pool skills on Fri. night. Please call to schedule your orientation if you are signing up for e-learning.

We’ll be glad to assist you in picking out the required snorkeling gear you need to take our courses. Your required gear includes: mask and snorkel, booties, fins, and a gear bag large enough for your snorkeling and rental gear.

The flex schedule seminar is an option for those of you who have a small group of friends or family who wish to become certified and would like to do it on your own schedule. This session gives you more flexibility than the weekend sessions and can allow you to move along at your own pace. The course consists of of 2 class and 3 pool sessions to be completed within 45 days. The cost of a flex schedule course is $400.00/per person and includes all seminar materials, seminar and pool training dives, all rental equipment and the certification card fee.

If you choose to take your lessons on-line, please call us @ (843) 763-3483 for your e-packet (student folder, ERDP and logbook) orientation session, pool sessions and final dive scheduling.

We’ll be glad to assist you in picking out the required snorkeling gear you need to take our courses. Your required gear includes: mask and snorkel, booties, fins, and a gear bag large enough for your snorkeling and rental gear.

The private schedule seminar is an option for those of you who want one-on-one instruction to become certified and would like to do it on your own schedule. This session gives you more flexibility than the weekend sessions and can allow you to move along at your own pace. The course consists of of 2 class and 3 pool sessions to be completed within 45 days. The cost of the private schedule course is $525.00/per person and includes all seminar materials, seminar and pool training dives, all rental equipment and the certification card fee.

If you choose to take your lessons on-line, please call us @ (843) 763-3483 for your e-packet (student folder, ERDP and logbook) orientation session, pool sessions and final dive schedulin

We’ll be glad to assist you in picking out the required snorkeling gear you need to take our courses. Your required gear includes: mask and snorkel, booties, fins, and a gear bag large enough for your snorkeling and rental gear.

PADI Standards require that 4 open water certification dives are conducted with an instructor to complete the certification process. During the summer season (May through October) we conduct these dives locally off our dive boat, the Trinity. We always conduct certification dives twice a month over the course of a full weekend (dives 1 & 2 are completed on Saturday; dives 3 & 4 are completed on Sunday.)

The cost for Charleston Scuba students completing these four dives with us is $ 215.00 and includes the boat charter fee and rental equipment. Students coming from other dive shops must pay a referral fee of $295.00 to complete all four dives, which includes the boat charter fee, Instructor’s fee, rental equipment and pre-assessment fee. During the winter months when we aren’t able to certify locally we run trips to conduct these dives. Trips are available to Rainbow River and Troy Springs, Florida, Key Largo, Florida, as well as other locations in the Caribbean. To see a complete list of trips click here for our travel page.

Short on time and long on the urge to become a certified diver? The PADI Scuba Diver certification might just be for you. This course requires less time than the PADI Open Water Diver course, covering only the first three of five sections of knowledge development, the first three of five pool sessions, and the first two of four open water training dives, resulting in a limited certification. Particularly if you expect to go scuba diving primarily in the company of a dive guide or if you have limited time to devote to scuba certification, consider becoming a PADI Scuba Diver.

This certification allows for ample dive experience and is a good warm-up for the Open Water Diver course, if that’s your ultimate goal. PADI Scuba Divers are qualified to: Dive under the direct supervision of a PADI Divemaster, Assistant Instructor or Instructor to a maximum depth of 12 metres / 40 feet, Obtain air fills, rent or purchase scuba equipment and participate in other diving activities as long as they have the required supervision, and Continue their dive training and complete PADI Open Water Diver certification and other courses such as Project AWARE and equipment specialty courses

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