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| 3009 West Mercury Blvd. Business Hours: Monday -Friday: 10 am - 6 pm | |
| Hampton, VA 23666 map Saturday: 10 am - 3 pm | |
| (757) 827-5111 Sunday: Closed | |
| Email: sales@commonwealthdive.com | We Have Gift Cards! |
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Here at Commonwealth Dive, we offer several recreational, professional and technical PADI courses. Knowing the busy lives of our fellow divers, we strive to accommodate your schedule for taking these courses. Please call us for pricing and scheduling. COURSES Recreational
You'll learn fundamentals of scuba diving, including dive equipment and techniques. You will also earn a PADI Open Water Diver certification that is recognized worldwide. You earn this rating by completing five pool dives and knowledge development sessions and by making four open water (ocean or lake) dives.
Advanced Open Water Diver program fine tunes your dive skills and allows you to explore some of diving's top adventures. The Advanced Open Water Diver program has something for everyone. This exciting program includes a total of five adventure dives from the following list (must include deep and navigation dive):
Looking to extend your bottom time? Then check out PADI’s Enriched Air Diver program. To enter the program, you’ll need to be 15 or older, a PADI Open Water Diver (or equivalent). The PADI Enriched Air Diver program emphasizes the theoretical and operational considerations involved with enriched air diving. Additionally, you'll get to go on two training dives during the program.
The PADI Rescue Diver program develops your knowledge and skills so you can effectively perform diver assists and rescues, manage diving accident situations and render first aid. The program is an important step in expanding your knowledge and experience as a diver. PADI Rescue Diver (or equivalent) certification is also a prerequisite for all PADI leadership programs
Reach for the top of your sport -- the diver level unrivaled in the recreational ranks: PADI Master Scuba Diver. With this certification in hand, you'll have reached the highest recreational diver accomplished in the PADI System of diver education. The PADI Master Scuba Diver rating denotes superior achievement and proficiency in dive skills, experience and underwater activities. Professional
For those of you looking to join the leaders of the pack, look no further. The PADI Divemaster program is your first step leadership level in the PADI System of diver education. This rating denotes you as a person who:
In other words, you’re the cream of the crop.
The PADI Assistant Instructor program provides PADI Divemasters, and those certified to leadership levels with other diver training organizations, with additional training as instructional assistants and dive educators. If you meet the above criteria then this program will build upon your abilities to organize and supervise dive activities, while concentrating on developing teaching skills. Through independent study, classroom sessions and practical application, candidates learn to construct effective teaching presentations and conduct PADI programs. To help you through the program, PADI has developed an array of learning tools such as the PADI Assistant Instructor Workbook. Technical
In today's world, more people are learning the benefits of diving with enriched air, but there is a lack of facilities that offer alternate breathing gases. The DSAT Gas Blender course will train you to become a competent and qualified gas blender, allowing you to provide gas mixes to appropriately certified consumers. You will learn the physical properties of oxygen, its associated hazards, handling requirements and what cleaning equipment is necessary. Finally, you will learn the five methods of obtaining the desired enriched air nitrox mix and the various methods used to obtain proper helium mixes.
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