SCUBA Certification & Workshops
Learn how to scuba dive, discover underwater adventures simply want to see the wondrous world beneath the waves, this is where it starts.
Open Water Diver Course
Cost: $345 Total cost for certification course. (Price subject to change.) Includes rental of all necessary equipment.
The scuba certification course provides new divers with the knowledge and training to safely explore our exciting undersea world. It is a performance based on curriculum, enabling participants to progress at their own speed. The course includes three elements: academics, pool and open water instruction. The certification course is taught through the 25 Fathoms, an organization that specializes in scuba instruction and scuba diving centers.
Workshops
Cost: $35 Includes rental of all equipment.
Looking for new dive adventures that improve scuba skills? Want to gain more confidence and meet more dive buddies? Continuing scuba education can help members increase their experience and comfort in the water with the assistance of a PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors) scuba instructor. PADI is the world's leading scuba diving training organization.
Workshops, which are performed in the pool introduce new techniques and do not include any certification. They are open to SCUBA certified Divers.
- Night dive: Experience a night like dive done in the diving well. During this workshop, participants will learn night dive planning, organization, procedures, techniques and potential problems. Participants will also learn how to control buoyancy, navigate and communicate at night.
- Navigation dive: During a PADI Underwater Navigator Workshop, participants will learn underwater navigation dive procedures, techniques, planning, organization and potential problems. Participants will also be introduced to natural navigation, underwater patterns, distance estimation and further compass navigation skills.
- Shipwreck Diver: The Wreck Diver Workshop introduces divers to wreck diving and helps develop the skills and knowledge necessary for safe and fun wreck diving. Through use of a PVC replica wreck, participants will learn the planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems and hazards of wreck diving. Also the preparation and use of lights, air supplies, special equipment, penetration lines and reels and limited-visibility diving techniques and emergency procedures will be taught.
Discover SCUBA
Cost: $75 Includes rental of all equipment.
Discover Scuba has been designed by PADI to introduce people to the exciting experience of scuba diving. Participants spend most of their time in the water, trying scuba equipment under the supervision of dive professionals.
We begin by introducing the basic rules of scuba diving. Then we gear up with the help of the staff and get in the pool to blow some bubbles and enjoy the underwater world.
To schedule a SCUBA workshop or certification, contact the Coordinator of Lifeguards & Safety at aquatics@drexel.edu or 215-895-5915.