Scuba Discovery Program
For those who want to test the waters and try scuba, this is the course for you! The SDI Scuba Discovery Program gives you a glimpse of what you can expect to experience in the underwater world as well as what you could expect to learn in the SDI Open Water Scuba Diver course. During this experience program, you will go through the basic safety procedures for enjoyable scuba diving under the watchful eye of an active SDI Instructor.
You will learn skills such as equalizing your ears, buddy checks, basic buoyancy control, underwater communication, and more. You will also be given an introduction to basic scuba equipment followed by an underwater tour in the local pool or aquatic environment.
Requirements
- You will be required to complete a medical form that can be found here
- You will complete an online eLearning (about 1 hour of time)
*If a scheduled time doesn't meet your needs feel free to call the shop.
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Discover Scuba with Scuba Adventures!
Who is this course for:
- Those who would like to experience the underwater world
- Those who would like an introductory course to scuba diving prior to enrolling in the Open Water Scuba Diver course
Course prerequisites
- Minimum age 18, 10 with parental consent
- Demonstrate adequate swimming skills and in-water comfort
What you can expect to learn:
During this program, the following topics will be covered… and more!
Basic overview of physics/physiology and how it relates to diving
- Buoyancy
- Pressure
- Equalization techniques
The aquatic environment
- Marine environment
- Marine life expected to encounter at the dive site
Scuba equipment assembly
Underwater communications
Taking the SDI Open Water Scuba Diver course
If you enjoy this experience then the SDI Open Water Scuba Diver course is your next step!
Some of the in-water skills you will perform include:
- Predive check
- Weight removal at the surface
- Ear clearing and equalization
- Buoyancy compensator device (BCD) use
- Manual inflation
- Oral inflation
- Buoyancy control
- Controlled ascents and descents
- Regulator use
- Breathing, clearing, and recovery
- Mask clearing
- Underwater swimming: proper use of fins
- Computer use
- Use of gauges
- Underwater communications
What's in it for you:
- Introduction to dive planning, equipment setup and donning, skills and knowledge to complete dives
- Unique underwater experience under the watch of an active SDI Instructor
SDI Scuba Discovery program minimum requirements:
- Demonstrate mature and sound judgment concerning dive planning and execution
1 reviews for Scuba Discovery Program
Scott Berry
Apr 02, 2020I've had the opportunity to be involved in several of this classes. Discover Scuba or Try Scuba is more of a CLASS than a course. Here is how it really works. You pay for an e-learning course which is short but interesting, proper and professional. You will learn alot! Then you call the shop and tell them that your e-learning is complete and you would like to finish it up by meeting with an Instructor and "trying it out". A date and time will be set and your certified instructor will meet you at the dive shop where you will be provided ALL of the gear needed to breath underwater! You bring a bathing suit and towel. After a short briefing you and the instructor will get in the pool and begin. This takes a couple of ours and you spend 90% in the water. So not as much a "course" as a short class where you get to try it out. It's easy and fun. If you have always wanted to try it, bring a friend and mark it off your bucketlist!
