All of our open water training programs are conducted in the warm waters of the Caribbean, which makes Aquanauts Dive Shop a perfect place to learn. We offer all levels of PADI certification through Divemaster as well as many specialty courses. Training is done by our dive professionals in a comfortable and friendly atmosphere. 

The desire to experience the undersea world is the primary requirement for the Discover SCUBA Diving course.  It will introduce you to the basic equipment and skills needed for diving and give you the opportunity to dive our local reefs.   After completing this course, you will be eligible to continue diving throughout your stay.

The course consists of video and instructor led training, followed by a skills and practice session in a shallow bay and ends with a dive on a reef to a maximum depth of 40ft/12Mtrs. Minimum age is 10 years.

 
This is an entry level certification that will allow you to dive to depths of 40ft/12Mtrs under the supervision of a PADI professional. This course is your entry into the underwater world and can be completed in as little as two days. Once completed, you can advance to Open Water Diver whenever time allows, or you are ready to do more. Minimum age for Scuba Diver is 15 years, 10 years for Junior Scuba Diver.

 
The PADI Open Water Diver course is the world's most popular SCUBA course. It provides the opportunity to dive around the world without restrictions. The course consists of classroom knowledge development, confined water practice sessions, and 4 open water dives. The program can be completed in as little as 5 days. The minimum age is 15 years, 10 years for Junior Open Water.

 
Complete your diver certification through the PADI referral program. Do the class work and pool sessions at home and bring us a referral letter from any recognized certification agency. The process takes as little as two days to complete your Open Water Certification while enjoying the beautiful waters of the Caribbean.

 
The Advanced Open Water Diver course helps you increase your confidence and build your scuba skills so you can become more comfortable in the water. It is a great way to get more dives logged while continuing to learn under the supervision of a PADI Instructor. The course consists of five adventure dives - Underwater Navigation, Deeper Water Diving and three more adventure dives of your choice. You must be an Open Water Diver (or Junior), the minimum age is 15 years, 12 for Junior.

 
As a logical next step in your diving education, the PADI Rescue Diver course builds on what you have learned and expands on what you already know about how to prevent problems and how to manage them if they occur. You will learn self rescue, how to recognize and manage stress in other divers, emergency management and equipment, rescuing panicked divers and rescuing unresponsive divers. For this course you must be a PADI Adventure or Advance Open Water Diver and be at least twelve years of age. You also must be trained and current for first aid and CPR within the previous two years, or enrolled the the Emergency First Response CPR and first aid course.

 
First aid and CPR are good skills to have for anyone involved in adventure sports – just in case. In this course you will learn BLS (Basic Life Support) CPR and rescue breathing at the layperson level, AED (automated external defibrillator) use, preventing and caring for shock, spinal injury management, use of barriers to reduce disease transmission risk, basic first aid and first aid kit considerations.

Has it been a while since your last dive? A scuba review will reacquaint you with diving so that you feel comfortable diving again. The course reviews safe diving practices, dive planning fundamentals, problem management, breathing at depth, recreational diving, and dive tables: basic knowledge and dive planning. It continues with a confined water skills session and concludes with a dive on one of our local reefs.

We offer a variety of PADI specialty courses to allow you to learn new skills and improve your abilities and add to your enjoyment of diving.  Check with us for courses and availability.

 
The Divemaster Certification is your first step on the path to becoming a diving professional. If you are interested in becoming a more competent diver, the Divemaster course will hone your skills and expand your knowledge of diving. Divemaster training develops your diving leadership abilities by expanding your knowledge to a professional level, and by training you to supervise diving activities and assist with divers in training.

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