PADI certification and scuba instruction for Sarasota, Bradenton, and Tampa Bay area                      SeaTrek Divers Scuba Dive Instruction Scuba Gulf of Mexico Bradenton Sarasota Florida Diving

              (941) 779-1506

 National Geographic Scuba Dive Center Bradenton, Sarasota, and Tampa Bay Florida area

PADI Diving Instruction & Certification
"The Way the World Learns to Dive" ®

PADI CERTIFICATIONS FROM OPEN WATER THROUGH DIVE MASTER

(Professional Association of Diving Instructors)

  • PADI scuba diving certifications are widely recognized worldwide and are good for life.

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CERTIFICATION

Description

  • OPEN WATER

This is a three-week course. It is 2 nights a week for three weeks, at the end of the 3rd week there is 2 days of open water scuba diving. The 1st session each week is classroom and the 2nd is pool. Open water scuba diving is over the last weekend. The first two dives are across the street from the shop in the Gulf of Mexico at a dive site called the "Sugar Barge", at a depth of 20 feet. The 2nd day of diving is a 2-tank boat dive. The open water dives sites are all weather permitting.

Included in the price is the PADI manual, dive tables, start up dive log, use of BCD, Regulator, Octo, Gauges, Tanks, Air and Wet suit. Students need to supply dive quality mask, fins, snorkel, weights and weight belt.

  • ADVANCED
    OPEN WATER

This is a 3-day course. In this course there is 1 classroom session the rest is all diving. You will make 2 core dives and 3 elective dives a total of 5 dives. The core dives are navigation and deep.

Students need to supply PADI Advanced Open Water manual, all dive gear consisting of BCD, Regulator, Octo, Gauges, Mask, Fins, Snorkel, Weights, Weight Belt, Compass, 2 lights and a glow stick or laser stick for the night dive.

 

ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

  • Rescue Diver
Teaches the skills and knowledge to handle problems in an emergency
  • Master Scuba Diver

 Top rating for the recreational diver who doesn’t want to become a professional. Only 10% of all divers reach this excellence! To reach this goal you will need five specialty certifications.

  • Dive master

Become a professional diver; excel in the sport you love. This course teaches you how to assist an instructor with students.

 

SPECIALTY CERTIFICATIONS

  • Intro to Archeological Diving
We are the only facility offering this fascinating specialty on the west coast. Click for pix
  •  Wreck Diver
Introduces you to wreck diving and helps you develop the skills and knowledge necessary for safe and fun wreck diving.
  • Equipment SPECIALIST
Prepares you for the basic equipment maintenance, care and adjustments you'll encounter every day.
  • Deep diver
This course offers you the opportunity of a lifetime - going deep to see thing others can only dream about.
  •  U/W Navigator
When you're underwater, knowing where you are and where you're going comes in handy, especially if you're looking for that beautiful reef that you've heard all about. This course will help you become a pro at finding your way underwater.
  •  Night diver
You'll learn night dive planning, organization, procedures, techniques and potential problems. You'll also learn how to control your buoyancy, navigate and communicate at night.
  •  u/w Naturalist
This course is an introduction to the underwater aquatic environment and will help develop safe and responsible aquatic life interaction techniques. 
  •  u/w Photographer
You'll learn how to take your fist underwater photographs or fine tune your existing skills to produce photographs that will stun your friends. 
  •  Search & Recovery
Will teach you effective ways to find objects underwater and bring them to the surface.
  •  enriched AIR
    ( NITROX )
You will learn preparation and diving procedures involved with enriched air ( nitrox ) diving.
  •  Boat diver
Learn the techniques and procedures for diving from different types of boats. The more boats you're diving from, the more diving you're doing.

 

PADI 5 star  and National Geographic dive center in Bradenton, Sarasota Florida

(941) 779-1506
 
105 7th St N.
Bradenton Beach, Fl.
34217