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Scuba Diving in Oahu, Hawaii - SCUBA Dives Oahu 2008

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2008 SCUBA DIVING COURSES

Open Water Scuba Course   Open Water Scuba Referral   Advanced Open Water Diver Course

Rescue Scuba Diver Course   Emergency First Response   Specialty Courses    Divemaster Scuba Course  

First Time Divers- Beginner Divers- Discovery Scuba Diving    **NITROX AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

We want your business ! We are the best priced operator on island and stand by this. We will beat any price by $5.00 (Comparison company must be a licensed and insured dive operator)  All dives are conducted off of a dive boat. We do not use "dive platforms," barges or beach diving*(some scuba courses are conducted off of a beach).

Store policy- Our goal is to treat you like family. We will strive to make this experience not only a fun adventure but a day you will get a good friend in Oahu -Oahudiving.Com. We expect our customers to treat use like family too. If for any reason you can't make the dives, please let us know immediately. Please understand that it takes a lot of work behind the scenes to prepare you for the dive day. Therefore we do have a 24 hour cancellation policy. Honestly is the best policy so please let us know right away if you can not participate in the tour.

Scuba dive courses - Scuba diving courses can be refundable on certain circumstances. Any work that Oahudiving.Com completes with you will be considered as such and proper payment will be required.  If you for any reason decide to quit or cease the instruction, Oahudiving.Com will refund you the balance of the course minus the work we have already finished.  Scuba gear is included in all scuba courses at no extra charge.

To keep our gear new we do charge *$5 for regulator, $5 for buoyancy control device (B.C.D.) for certified diver scuba dive tours. The Beginner Diver Tour or First Time Diver Tour gear will be provided at no extra charge. Wetsuit,fins,mask,weights and tanks is included. Hawaii tax is 4.77%

First Time Diver Program/ Discovery Scuba Diving/ Beginner diverIf you’re looking for a convenient way to try scuba diving and don't have the time for the course, book a PADI Discover Scuba Diving or first time diver courses / beginner diver experience with Oahudiving.Com. The PADI Discover Scuba Diving program lets the non-diver experience the thrill and adventure of scuba diving under the supervision of a PADI Instructor in ideal conditions. During your Hawaiian adventure, you'll master some basic concepts and scuba diving skills before heading off on an open water dive aboard a lovely catamaran dive boat.

No experience needed- We will thoroughly go over dive basics using the PADI Discover SCUBA Program. Dives are conducted at certified diver locations off a catamaran boat with easy step down entry- not shallow beach dives. We take our first time divers down 2 times, not one time off of a beach or unstable boats like our competitors ! 40 minute bottom times ! (of course everyone will be different due to breathing styles, body sizes and health habits) Enjoy a half day with two dives off one of our beautiful dive boat and explore the beauty of the Pacific Ocean. The Discover Scuba Diving experience is a great way to get a head start on your PADI Scuba Diver or Open Water Diver certification. That’s because the skills you complete during your adventure will help you breeze through your Open Water certification level in the future.

• Prerequisite certification: NONE, No experience necessary
• Minimum age:12 Years old
• Equipment required: None- we will take care of this for you.
• Requirements: Complete Discover Scuba Diving statement (which includes a medical questionnaire).
• Qualification attainable: PADI Open Water Diver certification - Internationally recognized and enabling you to dive to a maximum depth of 18 meters
• Must be ready for the time of your life !

Cost: $105+tax

Referral PADI Open Water Diver Course Referral

This course is designed for the diver who already has completed the classroom academics and confined water training. Upon completion of the academics and confined water training we will take you out for two days of diving which will cover your 4 dives of open water diving under the complete supervision of our SCUBA diving instructors. We can start these courses any day most of the time.

Throughout the course, you will master what you've learned in the confined water training, dive equipment and techniques. You will also earn a PADI Open Water Diver certification that is recognized worldwide. As a certified PADI Open Water Diver you have the freedom to dive with a buddy independent of a professional.

Virtually anyone who is in good health, reasonably fit, and comfortable in the water can earn a PADI Open Water Diver certification.

• Prerequisites: 10 for Junior Open Water Diver and 15 for Open Water Diver. Good health, reasonable fitness and comfort in the Water.
• Duration: 3 to 4 days
• Executive Experience required: None
• Number of Dives: Five Confined Water Dives and Four Open Water Dives
• Materials You’ll Need: PADI Open Water Crew-Pak, Log Book. Referral Form
• Equipment required: None- we will take care of this for you.
• Requirements: Ability to swim 100 meters, sign medical waiver.
• Qualification attainable: PADI Open Water Diver certification - Internationally recognized and enabling you to dive to a maximum depth of 18 meters.

Cost: $229+tax

PADI Open Water Diver Course

For starters here on Oahu we offer an accelerated PADI Open Water Certification which takes 3 days. We can get the course done in 2 days, this is designed for travelers who have limited time here on Oahu. Our courses are held to meet your time schedule, not ours. Oahu Diving .Com is extremely flexible and can meet most schedule requests. We can personalized any course built around your needs.

Throughout the course, you will learn fundamentals of scuba diving, including dive equipment and techniques. You will also earn a PADI Open Water Diver certification that is recognized worldwide. You earn this rating by completing five confined water sessions, some fun academics and by making four open water ocean dives. As a certified PADI Open Water Diver you have the freedom to dive with a buddy independent of a professional. If you have already tried a PADI Discover Scuba Diving experience or our First Time Diver program you will certainly excel in this course.

Your underwater adventure can begin as soon as today with the new PADI Open Water Diver Video and PADI Open Water Manual. This course offers tremendous flexibility and lets you work out individual needs with your instructor .Virtually anyone who is in good health, reasonably fit, and comfortable in the water can earn a PADI Open Water Diver certification.

Prerequisites: 10 for Junior Open Water Diver and 12 for Open Water Diver. Good health, reasonable fitness and comfort in the Water.

• Duration: 2, 3 to 4 days

• Experience required: None

• Number of Dives: Five Confined Water Dives and Four Open Water Dives

• Materials You’ll Need: PADI Open Water Crew-Pak, P.I.C.Card

• Equipment required: None, we will provide Dive gear included FREE

• Requirements: Able to successfully pass scuba diving curriculum. Sign medical waiver and liability release.

Qualification attainable: PADI Open Water Diver certification - Internationally recognized and enabling you to dive to a maximum depth of 18 meters or 60 feet.

Cost: $349+tax

(If you are between 10 and 14 or have a child between these ages, there is a PADI Junior Open Water Diver program available. A PADI Junior Open Water Diver between the ages of 10 and 11 years may only dive with a PADI Professional, a certified parent or certified guardian to a maximum depth of 12 meters/40 feet.)

PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course

Move up and experience real adventure with the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course. Hawaii is filled with advanced scuba dives, shipwrecks and great drift scuba diving. As you step beyond the PADI Open Water Diver level you will complete 2 days of diving with 5 dives.  You will have the opportunity to try some of diving's most rewarding and useful specialty activities. These include deep diving, digital underwater photography, wreck diving and much more. These dive skills make scuba diving much more than underwater sightseeing; it will put you more control of your diving abilities and enhance your dive overall. The Advanced Open Water Diver course takes you one step closer to Master Scuba Diver – the ultimate non professional certification in recreational diving.

Your training dives will build foundational skills and boost your confidence as we go diving on Oahu's best local shipwrecks which are as deep as 125 feet – all during your PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course. This course is extremely cool, offering you hands on deep advanced dives !

Two core dives - Deep and Navigation, and three selective dives which can be any of the following:

1. Night

2. Boat

3. Oahu Shipwreck

4. Peak Performance Buoyancy

5. AWARE- Fish Identification

6. Underwater Naturalist

7. Underwater Photography

• Prerequisites: 10 for Junior Advanced Open Water Diver and 15 for Advanced Open Water Diver.

• Duration: 2 to 3 days

• Executive Experience required: PADI Open Water Diver Certification

• Number of Dives: Five Open Water Dives

• Materials You’ll Need: PADI Adventures in Diving Crew Pack & P.I.C. Card

• Equipment required: Dive gear included FREE

• Requirements: Sign medical declaration waiver

• Qualification attainable: PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Qualification enabling you to dive to a maximum depth of 30 Meters.

Cost: $299+tax

PADI Rescue Diver Course

Challenging and rewarding best describes the PADI Rescue Diver course. This scuba diving course is highly enjoyable which will give you the expertise required to enable you to rescue someone in the unlikely event of an scuba diving accident OR any accident at that. You will also be trained how to recognize and prevent problems before they happen.

The PADI Rescue Diver program develops your knowledge and skills so you can effectively perform diver assists, rescues, manage diving accident situations and render first aid. The program is an important step in expanding your scuba diving knowledge and experience as a diver. PADI Rescue Diver certification is also a prerequisite for all PADI leadership programs such as Dive Master and Instructor. To get into the PADI Rescue Diver program, you’ll need to be certified as a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or equivalent) and must be at least 15 years old. The PADI Junior Rescue Diver program is available if you’re between the ages of 12 and 14 and hold a PADI Junior Advanced Open Water Diver (or equivalent) rating.

A prerequisite for certification of this course a CPR and First Aid Course issued from the last 3 years by a recognized organization. We can provide this training at Oahudiving.Com. We offer PADI Emergency First Response Programs. Please look at the EFR description below.

The PADI Rescue Diver program covers:

• Self-rescue and diver stress

• Emergency management and equipment

• Panicked diver response

• In-water rescue breathing protocols

• Egress (exits)

• Dive accident scenarios

• Duration: 3 - 6 days

• Experience Required: PADI Advanced Open Water + First Aid / CPR Certification.

• Equipment required: None, we will provide Dive gear included FREE

• Qualification attainable: PADI Rescue Diver Qualification.

Cost: $395+tax (including course pack and certification costs)

This course is non refundable. Due to the logistics of this course we require immediate down payment of 50%.  48 hour cancellation policy with this course.

Emergency First Response (first aid)

Take a step toward emergency preparedness and meet PADI Rescue Diver prerequisites with Emergency First Response. As one of the foremost international CPR and first aid training companies, Emergency First Response gives you the confidence to respond to medical emergencies. Not just in the diving world, but in your every day world with your family, friends, neighbors and coworkers too. This course covers injuries or illnesses that are not immediately life threatening or when local EMS is unavailable or delayed. Participants focus on secondary assessments and the appropriate first aid through knowledge development, skills development and realistic scenario practice.

The major skills learned in this course are:

• Barrier Use

• Scene Assessment

• Primary Assessment

• Rescue Breathing

• One Rescuer, Adult Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

• Serious Bleeding Management

• Shock Management

• Spinal Injury Management

You also perform the recommended Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Orientation, learn how to tend to a conscious choking adult or have an orientation to emergency oxygen use.

• Duration: 1 day

• Experience required: None

• Equipment required: None

• Requirements: Participant Training Pack (incl. in the Course Fee)

• Qualification attainable: PADI EFR qualification

Cost: Please call*Hawaii tax is 4.77%

PADI Specialty Courses

We offer you the opportunity to increase your knowledge and experience in specific areas of diving. With courses ranging from diving with NITROX, Underwater Naturalist to Wreck Diving, a specialty course can open your eyes to aspects of diving you never dreamed existed. We can offer specialty licenses covering a broad range of subjects taught by instructors who have proven their expertise in each area.

The purpose of these programs is to familiarize divers with the skills, knowledge, planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems, hazards and enjoyment of these specialty diving areas.

All courses are conducted from our boats and training facility. We give you a professional approach to all your diving needs, whether you are new to diving or fully qualified. Email us if you need any more information.

• Duration: 1 to 3 days

• Cost: since every Course has different schedules and requirements please request a quotation

• Experience required: PADI Adventure Diver certification (or qualifying certification from another organization) and be at least 15 years old.

• Equipment required: Full Set of dive equipment. - Need to be rented if not owned by yourself

• Requirements: Specialty Manual (incl. in the Course Fee)

• Qualification attainable: PADI Specialty qualification

• Please note: all Specialty Certifications counts toward the PADI Master Scuba Diver rating.

Manual and PADI PIC Card are extra-  Hawaii tax is 4.77%

PADI Divemaster Course

Your adventure into the professional levels of recreational diving begins with the PADI Divemaster program. Working closely with a PADI Instructor, in this program you expand your dive knowledge and hone your skills to the professional level. PADI Divemaster training develops your leadership abilities, qualifying you to supervise dive activities and assist instructors with student divers.

During the PADI Divemaster program, you learn dive leadership skills through both classroom and independent study. You complete water skills and stamina exercises, as well as training exercises that stretch your ability to organize and solve problems. You put this knowledge into action through an internship or series of practical training exercises.

• What can PADI Divemaster do?

• Work at local dive centers, on live-aboard dive boats, yachts and at exotic resort locations

• Assist PADI Instructors with students

• Lead PADI Scuba Divers on guided dive tours

• Teach and certify PADI Skin Divers
• Teach PADI Discover Snorkeling programs
• Conduct PADI Scuba Review programs for certified divers
• Lead certified divers on Discover Local Diving experiences
• Teach Emergency First Response programs after successful completion of an Emergency First Response Instructor course.

Knowledge Development: 12 topics ranging from dive theory to assisting student divers in training

Prerequisites: Must have completed PADI Open Water Scuba Diver Courses, PADI Advanced Scuba Diver Course and PADI Rescue Diver Courses

Materials You’ll Need:

• PADI Divemaster Manual
• Recreational Dive Planner (RDP) – all three versions (Table, Wheel and RDP including associated Instruction booklets)
• The Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving
• Diving Knowledge Workbook
• Divemaster Slates
• PADI Divemaster Video
•  Instructor Guides for the programs that may be conducted by PADI Divemasters.

Cost: $495+tax

Take charge of your adventure. Become a PADI Divemaster with Oahudiving.Com

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