Our company is committed to teaching safe diving courses that gets you and your friends and family certified for open-water diving! Our shop also offers all the gear you need to get started or to advance your snorkel or diving career! The following information is designed to help you determine the cost and time commitment required to learn how to SCUBA dive:
OPEN WATER CERTIFICATION COURSE TUITION STARTING AS LOW AS $199.00
The course includes academics, skill practice in confined water and actual scuba diving in open water, all under the guidance of a PADI Instructor. Confined water training options may include group or private instruction. Your open water training dives might be conducted locally. You’ll have fun learning to safely, comfortably explore the underwater world. Virtually anyone in good health who’s reasonably fit and comfortable in the water can learn to scuba dive. Participants as young as 8 to 10 CAN DO SCUBA SEAL, 10 years to 14 years of age can do Junior open water and 15 years and up may take the Open water course.
*Group Course Instruction Tuition Cost = $199.00 (Price subject to change without notice.) Class size limited to 8 students, with average size of classes being 4 to 6 students. Includes:
1) 3 Classroom Sessions
2) Five Pool DIVE Sessions
3) Four Open Water Dives (**Usually in Catalina). Additional Costs:
Basic Equipment: You must own your own personal Dive Mask, Snorkel, Dive Fins, Booties, Wetsuit, Hood & Dive Gloves. SignatureScuba has student basic equipment packages, without wetsuit and hood starting at 189.00 + tax This gives you the best value for the lowest cost. Comfort and fit of equipment should determine your choice in basic equipment, however, not price. Certification Requirements:
Course Materials from $69.00+tax. PADI Certification Card = $30.00+tax. PADI requires you to purchase a class Video or DVD for $24.99
Equipment Rental For the Confined and Open Water Dives:
Tanks, Regulator, BCD, Weights & Compass. Student Rate = $69.00+tax for the entire week-end! Open Water Session Travel Expenses:
Catalina Express if applicable, Lodging for one week-end depending on dive location. You will be responsible for your own Dining Expense, Parking Fees (Approximately $10) and Air Fills
(Approximately $24). Monthly Course Schedules:
Each Course begins with an hour of orientation usually scheduled on Wednesday night at 7 PM lasting approximately one hour. During the orientation you will fill out health forms, pick up your study materials to work on at home at your leisure, and get any last minute questions you may have answered. Currently, Signature Scuba is offering Week-End Courses that begin either Friday evening or Saturday morning at discretion of the instructor and run through Sunday. In either case you will spend approximately 10 hours divided between the classroom and the pool over that week- end. The following week-end you will complete your open water requirement diving with your instructor.
* SS offers private instruction and special scheduling. The cost for this special service is determined upon evaluation of the request.
** SS Open Water Dive Referrals to Warm-Water Destinations (Hawaii, Caribbean, etc.) are available and cost is for the course instruction, materials and basic equipment only (no scuba equipment rental or travel cost). Ready to reserve a date to learn to be a scuba diver? Signature Scuba Class Schedules Once you pick the Open Water Diver Course, call (909) 721-3591 to check class availability and reserve your spot in the class. It is that easy!
