Most PADI diving courses contain four components:

• Independent Study: Students watch a videotape/DVD, read a text book and complete homework.
• Classroom: Classroom sessions generally range from two to four hours in length. In some instances a quiz and/or final exam are required.
• Pool: Most courses require time in the pool to learn and perfect dive skills.
• Training Dives: Students are required to complete a specified number of dives, with an instructor and at a lake, quarry or ocean, to demonstration mastery of necessary skills. No more than three training dives may be completed in a day. Upon completion of the training dives, the certifying dive instructor will award the student with a Certification Card.

Core Classes

Open Water  $300 including materials (Three or more people in a class) Private and group prices available.

Qualified and highly experienced dive instructors will walk you through everything you need to know to start your diving adventure. Requires five classroom/pool sessions and four open water training dives.

Advanced Open Water $175 plus materials (Two or more people in a class) Private and group prices available.

With the Advanced Open Water class you will find your dive skills quickly improving as you work with an instructor and advance your understanding during five dives. One class session required. Required dives include Navigation, Deep and Night dives. Students choose the remaining dives from a list of elective classes including Drysuit (requires a pool session prior to training dives), Search & Recovery, Wreck, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Rescue, Underwater Naturalist, Underwater Photographer and Enriched Air Nitrox.

Rescue Diver $200 plus materials (Two or more people in a class) Private and group prices available.

Be the best dive buddy you can be. During the Rescue Diver class you will learn how to assess diver skills, identify potential problems before they arise, perform in-water rescues and more. Prerequisite of PADI Emergency First Response course (or equivalent CPR certification) and 20 dives. Requires two classroom/pool sessions and five open water training dives.

Divemaster $350 plus materials (Two or more people in a class) Private and group prices available.

Continue your diving career and enter the realm of a dive professional. The Divemaster course is designed to perfect dive skills, build leadership abilities and enhance knowledge to include dive chemistry, physics, the environment, laws and the diving professional and more. Prerequisite of 20 logged dives and completion of the Rescue Diver course. Requires eight classroom/pool sessions and completion of an internship program.

Assistant Instructor: Information coming soon.

Specialty Classes

Deep Diver $125 plus materials (Two or more people in a class) Private and group prices available.:

Learn how to plan and execute safe dives to depths between 60 and 130 feet. Prerequisite of Advanced Diver course. Requires one classroom session and four open water training dives.

Drysuit Diver $85 plus materials and drysuit(Two or more people in a class) Private and   group prices available.:

Develop skills to permit safe diving year-round and in a variety of dive environments while suited in a dry suit. Requires one classroom/pool session and two open water training dives.

Enriched Air: $85 plus materials and nitrox tank (Two or more people in a class) Private and group prices available.

Diving with enriched air or nitrox (increasing the oxygen from 21 percent to 32-36 percent) extends your diving time and minimizes that tired feeling sometimes resulting after a long weekend of diving. Requires one classroom session and two open water training dives.

Equipment: $75 plus materials (Two or more people in a class) Private and group prices available.

Learn the basics of scuba equipment: types of gear, how they work, what owners should do to maintain their gear, how a trained repair specialist performs annual maintenance and what should be included in a Asave-a-dive@ kit. Requires two classroom sessions.

Night: $75 plus materials (Two or more people in a class) Private and group prices available.

Some divers find venturing into the water under the cover of night intimidating. Learn procedures for communicating with your buddy, entering and exiting the water and how to handle emergencies. Requires three open water training dives (no classroom session required).

Peak Performance Buoyancy: $75 plus materials (Two or more people in a class) Private and group prices available.

Put your buoyancy skills on the fast track to become a safe and environmentally conscientious diver. Requires one classroom/pool session and two open water training dives.

Search & Recovery: $120 plus materials (Two or more people in a class) Private and group prices available.

This course provides the training needed to locate lost objects without relying on luck. Learn how to use a lift bag, types of search patterns, knot tying and more. Prerequisite of Advanced Open Water Diver course. Requires one classroom session and four open water training dives.

Underwater Naturalist: $75 plus materials (Two or more people in a class) Private and group prices available.

Ocean diving is so much more enjoyable when you can identify the critters you are swimming with. Requires two classroom sessions and two training dives.

Underwater Navigation: $75 plus materials (Two or more people in a class) Private and group prices available.

Perfect the compass skills learned during you Open Water and Advanced Open Water dive classes. Requires three open water training dives (no classroom session required).

Underwater Sign Language: $75 plus materials (Two or more people in a class) Private and group prices available.

The more you dive the more you realize the importance of developing effective skills for communicating with your buddy. Requires two classroom sessions and one pool/open water training dive.

Wreck Diver: $120 plus materials (Two or more people in a class) Private and group prices available.

Wrecks are fascinating to explore, but safety measures are required to navigate through these structures. Prerequisite of Advanced Open Water Diver course. Requires one classroom/pool session and four training dives (only at Mermet Springs in southern Illinois).

Emergency Response Classes

Automated External Defibrillators (AED) $55 plus materials (Two or more people in a class) Private and group prices available.

A course for divers and non-divers, learning how to operate an AED provides peace of  mind in the event you encounter someone in cardiac arrest. Requires one classroom session

Emergency First Response: $65 plus materials (Two or more people in a class) Private and group prices available.

Not just for the scuba diver, this course covers a variety of first aid skills, from CPR and conducting a primary assessment to shock management, moving injured patients, shock, controlling bleeding and more. Requires two classroom sessions.

Oxygen Provider: $55 plus materials (Two or more people in a class) Private and group prices available.