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SCUBA DIVING CLASSES

1-Discovery Scuba Diving:

Course designed for people who are not certified in scuba diving or do not have the time to obtain certification.

The course to begin at 8:00a.m, where the group will meet in the assigned scuba store. The boat will depart at 8:30a.m.

Once on the boat, you will receive a welcome speech and will receive your scuba diving equipment including oxygen tank and first aid kits. There will also be a cooler with cookies, fruit, and juice.

We will be transported to the beach where the scuba instructor will help you into your equipment.

After a few practices exercises we will begin with our first immersion of a maximum depth of 5 mts. (15ft), for approximately 40 minutes.

Then we will return to the boat for a break and to prepare for the second immersion, approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour.

Once ready for the second descent, you will receive safety instructions and put your gear back on to enter this new dive site where each student will be able to choose their own maximum depth, together with the instructor, up to 12 mts. (36ft).

After 40 minutes of diving we will return to the boat. Then we will return to Coco Beach, around 1pm to complete the service.

Price per person $120 minimum 4 pax.
2-Scuba Diver:

Three chapters of theory with original manuals, three video chapters, and three pool lessons with scuba equipment and instructor.

Afterwards, we will meet 8:00am in the assigned scuba store, for our 8:30am departure.
We will complete two ocean descents; the first to review the exercises practiced in the pool, and the second, entirely for recreation, up to a maximum depth of 12mts. (36ft).

Students will be certified as Scuba Diver, which permits you to dive in any part of the world accompanied by a DIVE MASTER or INSTRUCTOR. Duration: 2 days.

Price per person $285 minimum 4 pax.

3-Open Water Diver:

Initial scuba diving course, Duration: 4 days, almost full time.
Includes:
  1. Original PADI Manual.
  2. Five chapters of visual training.
  3. Five chapters of pool time, with scuba gear included.
  4. Scuba license, valid anywhere in the world.
  5. Four dives in Coco Beach, with equipment and snacks included, transport in air-conditioned boat.

The course will begin with each student´s receipt of the original PADI manual.
To complement the manual, you will receive 5 chapters of video instruction, which are the basis of the 5 pool sessions with your instructor and scuba diving equipment. In the pool sessions we will realize several training exercises necessary for safe and comfortable scuba diving. This training will last two days.

Once finished this introductory training portion, the student will be ready to achieve his or her first descent in open waters. The group will meet at 8:00am in the assigned scuba store and prepare for the 8:30am boat departure.

Each day there will be two dives, one fun dive and the other to practice the exercises learned in the pool training. We will respect the recommended 45 minute to 1 hour interval between dives.

Total of 4 dives in 2 days.
After a final exam, the student will receive the certification of PADI OPEN WATER DIVER. 
Price per person $390 minimum 4 pax.
4-Advanced Open Water Diver:
Course designed to offer certification of OPEN WATER DIVERS to certified scuba divers including two sessions of theory and five adventure descents:
  1. Deep Water Scuba Diving, more than 60mts. (180ft).
  2. Sub aquatic Navigation
  3. Multilevel dives, with computer
  4. Floatability Control
  5. Sunken Ship Dive.

Day 1: The group will meet at 8:00am in the assigned scuba store and prepare for the 8:30am boat departure. Three of the five dives of the course will be completed today.

The boat will be complete with client’s scuba equipment, oxygen tanks, first aid kits, and a cooler stocked with cookies, fruit, sandwiches, and juice. On the boat, you will also receive a welcome and safety talk from our qualified instructor.  

The three descents will take place in two different dive sites with dive times of 45 minutes or more each, depending on the divers’ air consumption. We will have safety stops on every dive at 15 ft for 3 minutes and respect the interval of 1 hour to 1.5 hours, depending on the profile of the immersion.  

We will return to Coco Beach around 2:00pm to complete the day’s service. 

Day 2: The group will meet at 8:00am in the assigned scuba store and prepare for the 8:30am boat departure, to complete the final two dives. The boat will be complete with client’s scuba equipment, oxygen tanks, first aid kits, and a cooler stocked with cookies, fruit, and juice.

Today’s adventure dives will be in two different dive sites with dive times of 45 minutes or more each, depending on the divers’ air consumption. We will have safety stops on every dive at 15 ft for 3 minutes and respect the interval of 1 hour to 1.5 hours, depending on the profile of the immersion.  

We will return to Coco Beach around 1pm.

Immediately we will do the necessary paperwork and provide students with their license. 
Price per person $285 minimum 4 pax.