If you served in the military you receive a 20% discount on many purchases including scuba course fees.

World of Water instructors are also qualified to certify divers in other areas of specialized diving such as NITROX and mixed gases certifications.

OPEN WATER - 

The cost of the course is $450 plus tax (current or past military customers course fee is $360 plus tax which is a 20% discount) and includes the PADI deluxe textbook kit with e-logbook and dive planner, the pool sessions (three of them) and the use of all scuba equipment (tanks, regulator, BCD and wetsuit).  Not included is mask, fins, snorkel and weights which you must supply but as a student you get up to a 20% discount and could expect this equipment to cost $253 if you need everything. 

The course meets for a classroom session at the store at 6:30pm for 15 min. then we go across the street to a large heated outside pool at the University of Tampa for your scuba pool session.  We are done by 9pm with the pool session. This will go on for 4 evenings.  The schedule below will show what four evenings this will be for the course starting date you might select. 

Once all the pool work is completed, it’s time to complete the 4 open water dives.  These dives are completed on the final weekend of the course.  You will demonstrate the skills you learned in the pool, such as mask clearing, buoyancy control and other skills, during two dives on Saturday and two dives on Sunday. The dives take place at Lake WOW  in Avon Park.  These dives will take 2 hours of time each day from 10 AM to 12 PM at the dive location.  They will be conducted in about 20 feet of depth.  You will also learn how to navigate with a compass during these dives.  The drive time from Tampa to the weekend dive locations is about 2 hours each way.                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

The course of 2024 starting date is:

       (please stop in to register for a class at least 4 days before it starts)

PREREQUISITES:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

• Student must be at least 12 years of age.

COURSE INCLUDES:

• PADI Open Water textbook and dive tables, log book, equipment (use of tanks, regulators, buoyancy compensator device, and wetsuits) and certification card.
• You will need to have your own mask, fins, snorkel and 10 lbs of weight for diving.  Some fins require booties.  All of this is available for $253 from us.
• 3-4 pool session dives at the University of Tampa's Pool
• 5 open water certification dives over two days.
  

ADVANCED OPEN WATER - $150 (Call for scheduling) Course is available spring through fall months and is taught on a weekend.  20% discount for military past or present.
PREREQUISITES:

• Certification as a PADI Open Water Diver or equivalent rating.
• 15 years of age or older (may be 12 years of age for Junior Advanced Open Water Diver)

COURSE INCLUDES:

• 2 Core Dives (Navigation and Deep)
• 3 Adventure Dives (Boat-Drift-Marine Awareness)

Navigational dives, deep dives and adventure dives will be completed over two weekends and the cost will be dependent on location.  (i.e., Boynton Beach)

RESCUE DIVER with e-learning - $211.00 (Call for scheduling) Taught all year around.  20% discount for military past or present.
PREREQUISITES:

• Certified PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or equivalent rating
• 15 years of age or older
• Successful completion of a sanctioned course in CPR and certification is current. The PADI First Response Course is highly recommended and can be used to meet this requirement.

next class starts with you having completed the e-learning section and the next pool session is April 11, 2024 with the open water Sunday dive at Lake Denton, Avon Park, Fl. on April 14, 2024

DIVEMASTER - $650 + tax and includes all book material (Call for scheduling) Taught all year around. 

• Certification as a PADI Rescue Diver or equivalent rating
• Current CPR and First Aid training
• 40 open water dives to start and 60 completed and logged by end of course.
• 18 years of age or older
• Good physical condition and an approved medical exam form for a diving medical examination conducted in within the past year.

SPECIALTY DIVES - (Call for scheduling)

• Boat Diver
• Deep Diver
• Drift Diver
• Equipment Specialist
• Multilevel Diver
• Night Diver
• Search and Recovery
• Underwater Naturalist
• Underwater Navigator
• Underwater Photographer
• Wreck Diver

NITROX ENRICHED AIR CERTIFICATION - $150 + tax  includes all book material.  No diving required to receive certification.  This can be completed in one day.  20% discount for military past or present.

INSTRUCTOR DEVELOPMENT COURSE - I you have completed your Divemaster certification then make the next step up and become an Open Water Scuba Instructor.  Click on the Go Pro IDC icon below for more information.