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1807 South Metro Parkway, Dayton, Ohio 937-428-9836 |
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PADI Open Water Diver: Scuba Diving is the only activity that will transform your life. A world of adventure, travel and beauty awaits you with a diving certification that is for life. By choosing PADI as your diving passport you choose a card that will be recognized anywhere in the world, because PADI is the way the world learns to dive. And when you choose Aquatic Realm Scuba Center you choose Dayton's only PADI 5 Star IDC Dive Center.
The adventure starts as an Open Water Diver. Learning to dive has never been more convenient than at Aquatic Realm Scuba Center. This certification course requires classroom, books, pool dives, open water dives and personal dive equipment.
Choose your academic/pool format:
Online - $245.00 - Saves travel time, gas expense and allows you to control when you do your class work. Add a single pool session day and you are ready to get certified with minimum time and money. Details: $120.00 is payable to PADI when you register through Aquatic Realm Scuba Center website, $125.00 is payable to Aquatic Realm Scuba Center when you register for the pool session and includes academic materials. Boots and personal dive equipment of mask snorkel and fins are required for the pool session. $100.00 voucher purchase allows you to try the personal dive equipment before purchase. Four open water training dives are required for certification at a fee of $200.00. Click here for pool schedules.
In store - $275.00 - If a formal classroom session is more to your liking then choose from one of our preset monthly class schedules. Using the proven home study method you come to class ready to lean to dive. We offer Tuesday/Thursday evenings 6 - 10 pm for 2 weeks or Saturday/Sunday 9 am - 5 pm. Price includes academic materials. Boots and personal dive equipment of mask, snorkel, and fins are required for the pool session. $100.00 voucher purchase allows you to try the personal dive equipment before purchase. Four open water training dives are required for certification at a fee of $200.00. Click here for course schedules.
What is the pool diving about? Click on Link Personal Dive Equipment $150.00 - $250.00 Open Water Diving $200.00 Required Release Forms Click on Link
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Confined Water Diving Sessions: This is the fun part, THE DIVING! In our heated indoor pool, we will give you all of the skills you need to be a great diver. First we will start with the required 200 yd swim. This is done with any style or speed (we prefer slow, since our dive pool is heated to a toasty 90 degrees for your comfort) then we move to a 10 minute float in the 12 foot end of our pool. Next we are on to the equipment introductions and dive skills. The confined water skills are performance based so we move at your pace. Once skills are mastered we will continue until you are ready for Open Water Diving. The confined water diving is a required component of the course even if you take your academics on line with eLearning. We provide the use of BCD, regulators, tanks, and weights during the course.
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Confined Water Format
Must have completed or be enrolled in eLearning for this format Academic eLearning Information:
Scheduled Pool Dates: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Sat, May 17th Sun, June 8th Sat, June 28th
Don't see a date that fits your schedule: Call
Minimum Age: 13 years old (13 - 17 must have a parent or guardian present at registration.) |
Academic/Confined Water Format
Scheduled Dates: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. May 17th & 18th June 7th & 8th June 28th & 29th July 19th & 20th August 16th & 17th September 20th & 21st October 4th & 5th November 1st & 2nd December 13th & 14th
Minimum Age: 12 years old (12 - 17 must have a parent or guardian present at registration.) |
Tuesday/Thursday Academic Confined Water Format
Scheduled Dates: 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. May 13th, 15th, 20th & 22nd June 10th, 12th, 17th & 19th July 8th, 10th, 15th, & 17th August 12th, 14th, 19th & 21st September 16th, 18th, 23rd & 25th September 30th, October 2nd, 7th & 9th November 11th, 13th, 18th & 20th December 9th, 11th, 16th & 18th
Minimum Age: 10 years old (10 - 17 must have a parent or guardian present at registration.) |
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Already certified but your last dive was with Jacques Cousteau? You might want to take our audit course. You will receive the same academic and confined water training as the students in the course are receiving which will result in top notch skills and knowledge. Perfect if you are getting into diving again with a child or spouse. Then instead of the Open Water Dives, go for PADI Advanced Open Water. Academic materials are optional. $175.00 |
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We refer to your dive mask, snorkel, fins and boots as personal dive equipment. This is the equipment that will make your diving enjoyable, so fit is the key word here. There is really only one way to fit a mask or fins and that is underwater. Exclusively at Aquatic Realm Scuba Center we offer the “in water fit guarantee” on our dive equipment. We will encourage you to enroll in the personal equipment voucher program for $100.00 and purchase your dive boots ($35 – $50). During your confined water training we will provide you with the opportunity to try any of the mask, snorkels and fins we sell until you find the fit and price that works for you. Our instructors and dive masters are all trained in fit and design and can match the fin to your kick or the mask to your face. You will then make your purchase decision based on training and experience. At the end of the pool sessions you use your voucher to purchase your personal dive equipment from our extensive selection of colors and sizes. You have nothing to loose and end up with the “perfect” personal dive equipment for years and years of enjoyment. $100.00 |
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Once you have completed your Academic or eLearning class, confined water diving and have purchased your personal dive equipment, you are ready for Open Water Diving. Now the fun begins, we will do 4 great dives over a 2 day period (weekend) at one of our local dive destinations May through October. You can also join us on one of our many dive trips to warm tropical locations and do your dives with us or if you already have a dive trip planned we will issue you a referral to take with you on your trip. Trips. These 4 dives will introduce you to the open water environment while you demonstrate some of the skills you learned in your confined water diving sessions. Since most of our students recognize the benefits of owning their own life support systems (BCD’s, Regulators and/or computers) and purchase them during their confined water diving sessions we separate the cost of renting them for the open water diving. The certification, training, tanks, weights and wetsuit rental fee is $200.00. Scheduled Local Weekend Dates: May 31st & June 1st June 14th & 15th July 26th & 27th August 30th & 31st September 13th & 14th September 27th & 28th October 11th & 12th |
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Referring from another training organization for your Open Water Diving: If you have taken your academic and confined water training with another training agency (SSI, NAUI, IDE, YMCA, etc.) you can do your Open Water dives with us and receive a PADI Open Water Diver card. You will need to take the PADI final exam and score a 76% or higher and get in the pool with an Instructor for a review of your dive skills. This will be done prior to open water training. You will need to bring a referral form from your training agency, your personal dive equipment and you will be required to complete the PADI forms click here to download forms. The fee for this referral is the same as above. The certification, training, tanks, weights and wetsuit rental fee is $200.00. See schedule above. |
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Required Release Forms You must complete a medical statement before any inwater training. This information is confidential and, because it identifies medical conditions that may be affected by diving, it is vital that you are complete and accurate. If any of the conditions apply to you, you will need to consult with a physician and receive written clearance before any inwater training. If you require a physician’s approval for diving, you may print the medical statement (6 pages) complete it and take it to your physician for approval. Then bring all (6 pages) back to the dive center. You’ll also complete a liability release or acknowledgement form stating you understand the risks of diving and agree to assume those risks. In addition, you’ll also need to complete a PADI Standard Safe Diving Practices Statement of Understanding. This outlines safe dive practices and reminds you of your responsibility to follow them while diving. Click here for all release forms for the PADI Open Water Course. |
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Class Schedules & Prices Subject to change without notice. |
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PADI Open Water Diver