Our Classes

Our PADI courses offer a uniquely tailored program and flexible scheduling that is difficult to find in large dive shops. No need to wait for a class to be scheduled - just give us a call!

Our Scuba Diving Courses

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Cavern Diver

Wreck Diver

Dry Suit Diver

Full Face Mask Diver

Diver Propulsion Vehicle

Search and Recovery Diver

Refresher Courses

Discover SCUBA Diving

Guided Tours

Private Instruction

*Multiple sites in a given day may incur additional fees. Requests for courses with 1-person enrollment or additional days may incur the private instruction fee.

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New to diving or looking to learn? Learn to scuba dive in Gainesville, Florida! Start with the PADI Open Water certification, or try scuba diving during a one-day Discover SCUBA Diving experience in the springs, no certification needed. We offer PADI elearning and specialize in patient individualized instruction that emphasizes safety and fun. Our small class sizes mean every student gets personalized attention, and plenty of time to feel comfortable mastering skills. Need extra time? No problem! Extra days of private instruction can be added during the course or upon booking.

Already certified? We also work with experienced divers on advanced scuba diving certifications (AOW, Rescue, Divemaster) and recreational specialties (Cavern, Drysuit, Wreck, DPV, etc). Scheduling is flexible; we can customize packages combining multiple specialties (e.g., AOW + Nitrox, or AOW + Deep) or mentored private instruction on specific skills or equipment configurations. Talk to us about your goals!

Ask us about our University of Florida student discount!

  • An open water diver gives the okay sign during her PADI open water diver certification

    Open Water Diver

    Open Water Diver is the first scuba certification level where you will learn skills such as assembling and using scuba gear, bouyancy management, and how to handle common problems.

  • An AOW advanced open water student descends down a mooring line, preparing to fire an SMB as part of his deep dive training

    Advanced Open Water Diver

    Advance your scuba skills by learning how to safely dive below 60 ft, practice navigation, improve your bouyancy, and better use your compass. In addition, you will practive specialty skills of your choice!

  • Students in a rescue course gather around learning to give aid to an unconscious diver in distress

    Rescue Diver

    Improve your confidence and become a better dive buddy. In this course, you’ll learn how to help other divers and how to identify and fix issues before they become major problems.

  • A circle of divers in wetsuits and DSMBs listen to a divemaster delivering a dive briefing

    Divemaster

    Learn how to lead underwater tours, assist with scuba classes and inspire others to care about the ocean. Hone your skills and be the diver everyone admires.

  • Two women prepare to enter the water for the first time during a try dive or discover SCUBA diving experience

    Discover SCUBA Diving

    Want to find out what scuba diving is like before deciding to get your PADI Open Water Diver scuba diving certification? During a Discover Scuba® Diving experience, you can try scuba diving for the first time in a pool or calm water environment.

  • Lightbeams stream through a gorgeous underwater cavern open to trained cavern divers

    Cavern Diver

    Learn how to safely navigate overhead environments where few have dared to trek! We promise it’s more than wet rocks down there!

  • A row of Nitrox enriched air EANx tanks are lined up ready for use on a dock

    Enriched Air (Nitrox) Diver

    Enriched air, also known as nitrox or EANx, contains less nitrogen than regular air. Breathing less nitrogen means you can enjoy longer dives and shorter surface intervals.

  • A student and instructor in dry suits float throughy murky green waters, comfortable in the cold

    Dry Suit Diver

    Unlike wetsuits, drysuits are filled with air. During your drysuit course, your instructor will teach you how to control the air in your drysuit along with your buoyancy.

    You'll also learn about different types of drysuits, basic drysuit repairs and maintenance.

  • Two divers swim through the dimly lit depths as part of a Deep Diving specialty course

    Deep Diver

    During the PADI® Deep Diver course, you'll learn how to plan deep dives, manage your gas supply and how to identify and manage narcosis.

  • A woman floats effortlessly next to a coralhead after perfecting trim and buoyancy during her peak performance buoyancy course

    Peak Performance Buoyancy

    Excellent buoyancy control is what defines skilled scuba divers. You've seen them underwater. They glide effortlessly, use less air and ascend, descend or hover almost as if by thought. They more easily observe aquatic life without disturbing their surroundings. You can achieve this, too. The PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty course improves the buoyancy skills you learned as a new diver and elevates them to the next level.

  • Divers explore the deck of a sunken shipwreck as part of the PADI wreck course

    Wreck Diver

    Whether purpose-sunk as an artificial reef for scuba divers, or lost as the result of an accident, wrecks are fascinating windows to the past. Ships, airplanes and even cars are fascinating to explore and usually teem with aquatic life. Each wreck dive offers a chance for discovery, potentially unlocking a mystery or spying something others have missed. The PADI Wreck Diver Specialty course is popular because it offers rewarding adventures while observing responsible wreck diving practices.

  • Two divers watch as a manta ray swoops over them during a night dive

    Night Diver

    The thought of dipping below the surface at night seems mysterious, yet so alluring. Although you've been scuba diving at a site many times before, at night you drop into a whole new world and watch it come to life under the glow of your dive light. The scene changes as day creatures retire and nocturnal organisms emerge. If you've wondered what happens underwater after the sun goes down, sign up for the PADI Night Diver Specialty course.

  • A student diver attaches a lift bag to a heavy object, preparing to send it to the surface during a search and recovery course

    Search and Recovery Diver

    The next time someone loses an item underwater, you can be the hero that finds the missing object.

  • A diver in a yellow wetsuit swims alongside a school of bright yellow fish

    Master Scuba Diver

    Join the best of the best in recreational scuba diving and live the dive life as a PADI Master Scuba Diver. The Master Scuba Diver rating places you in an elite group of respected divers who have earned this rating through both significant experience and scuba training. Fewer than two percent of divers ever achieve this rating. When you flash your Master Scuba Diver card, people know that you've spent time underwater in a variety of environments and had your share of dive adventures.

  • A Black woman wearing a full face mask for diving looks directly at the cameraa

    Full Face Mask Diver

    Working divers, such as public safety divers, use full face masks because they protect the eyes and nose from contaminants in the water, provide comfort in cold water, and allow for communication. If you're interested public safety diving, scientific diving, or venturing into extremely cold-water, then learning to dive with a full face mask is definitely for you. Because full face masks allow you to breathe from your nose, they are also beneficial for those who have difficulty using standard scuba masks. Diving with a full face mask offers a different experience and that alone may be reason to give it a try.

  • Students and an instructor use an emergency oxygen kit to provide first aid oxygen to a diver in distress

    Emergency Oxygen Provider

    Knowing how and when to administer emergency oxygen is a valuable skill to have in a dive emergency. PADI® Emergency Oxygen Provider prepares you to offer aid and teaches you to recognize scuba diving injuries and illnesses requiring emergency oxygen.

  • A student signals their instructor that they are okay prior to deploying a bright orange lift bag

    Refresher Courses

    Been dry for awhile? We can help you get acclimated to the water again!

  • A cavern instructor in full cave gear swims in front of the entrance to the cavern in Catfish Hotel

    Guided Tours

    Let us show you around some of our wonderful local dive sites.

  • PADI instructor Peter Kibler gives one-on-one private instruction to a DM candidate during a divemaster course

    Private Instruction

    Contact us for information on individualized classes. All courses above can be conducted privately at a rate of $200 per day (gear, agency fees, and dive site access fees may cost extra).

  • Students divers exit Ginnie Ballroom as part of a cavern course

    ...And maybe more!

    Contact us if you are looking for a course not referenced here. We may be able to accomodate you or recommend other qualified instructors.

The PADI course chart lays out the steps of progressing from open water diver through recreational and professional specialities