PADI Open Water Diver

Term 1: August 26th to October 6th, 2024

COURSE FEE

• $395.00 NSU Students, Faculty, Staff & Alumni
• $495.00 General Public (must be affiliated with NSU)

COURSE SCHEDULE

Term 1 (August 26th to October 6th, 2024)

Classroom/Pool Sessions:

• Mondays 7:00pm-9:00pm
• Wednesdays 7:00pm-9:00pm

Open Water Dives:

• Saturday October 5th, 2024 8:00am-3:00pm Tigertail Lake
• Sunday October 6th, 2024 8:00am-3:00pm Charter Dive Boat

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Open Water Diver is an entry-level, non-credit course for people who wish to become certified scuba divers. It provides a comprehensive overview of basic skills and academics that are required to safely participate in scuba diving activities. This course contains three areas of training: academic (classroom sessions), confined water (pool sessions) and open water dives (lake and ocean dives).

INCLUDED IN THE COURSE

• PADI Open Water Diver Crew Pack (student folder, textbook, logbook)
• Classroom Sessions and 6 Pool Sessions
• 4 Open Water Dives (lake dive fees and ocean dive boat fees)
• Use of ALL equipment throughout the course (mask, snorkel, fins, wetsuit, tanks, regulator, buoyancy compensator, weights, dive bag, compass and dive computer)
• PADI Open Water Diver certification card

STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE

• Nothing

PREREQUISITES

Students must know how to swim and have good overall health:

• Students will perform a watermanship evaluation consisting of a 200 meter/yard continuous swim without the use of swim aids followed by a 10-minute water tread. Goggles may be worn during the watermanship evaluation.
• Students must complete the PADI Medical History Questionnaire. Certain conditions may require a physician’s pre-approval to dive. If a student answers “Yes” to ANY question on the PADI Medical History Questionnaire, the student MUST have the form signed by a physician giving his or her approval for the student to participate in scuba diving.
• Use of ALL equipment throughout the course (mask, snorkel, fins, wetsuit, tanks, regulator, buoyancy compensator, weights, dive bag, compass and dive computer)
• Participants under age 18 must have signed, parental consent. Parents must be present for ALL portions of the course - classroom, pool sessions and open water dive trips - if the participant is not a NSU student.

CANCELLATION/REFUND POLICY

Due to the popularity of scuba courses, instructor schedules and issued materials the following policies are in place:

• 1. No refund of the scuba course fee will be possible for any reason after the third session of the class.
• 2. Scuba Fee refunds prior to the third session of the class will be based on the following refund schedule:
• i. Prior to Class Session #1 = Full Scuba Fee minus $25
• ii. Prior to Class Session #2 = Full Scuba Fee minus $50
• iii. Prior to Class Session #3 = Full Scuba Fee minus $100
• 3. Refunds must be cleared with your instructor and final approval will come from the Scuba Department.

INFORMATION

For more information please contact Tec Clark, Associate Director for Scuba Diving and Outdoor Recreation at (954) 262-7042 or tclark@nova.edu.