SCUBA certifications in Fort Lauderdale:

PADI Open Water Diver
PADI Advanced Open Water Diver
PADI Refresher Course

In addition to PADI Open Water and Advanced courses, other specialty courses are available upon request. These include: Rescue, Dive master, Nitrox, Photographer, Night, and many others.

Divers Direct in Fort Lauderdale offers the following Freediving Courses:

PADI Basic Freediver Course
PADI Freediver Course
PADI Advanced Freediver Course

PADI Open Water Diver Course

Call for Pricing (1 classroom session, 3 boat trips)

*Includes: All course material, rental scuba gear**, C-card, pool sessions and boat trip(s).

**Students are responsible for their own mask, snorkel, fins, wetsuit (optional), and surface marker buoy. Once you sign up for a class you’ll receive 10% off any gear you buy during your class.

Classroom

• Interact with an instructor
• Learn with other students
• Meet future dive buddies

PADI eLearning

• Flexible schedule
• Learn from anywhere
• Review modules before getting certified

Becoming a PADI Open Water Diver will introduce you to the world of scuba diving. In just two weeks, Divers Direct in Fort Lauderdale will teach you everything you need to know to safely and confidently scuba dive to 60ft! 18m.

You will learn the following skills in the PADI Open Water Diver Course from Divers Direct:

• How to properly use basic scuba gear which includes mask, snorkel, fins, wetsuit, regulator, octopus, first stage, dive computer, buoyancy control device (BCD) and scuba tank
• How to set-up, break down and wash your scuba gear
• How to perform a thorough buddy check
• How to enter and exit the water
• How to remove water from your mask while underwater
• How to control your buoyancy
• Basic underwater navigation
• Safety and emergency procedures
• Dive boat etiquette

After studying the modules your instructor assigns, you'll practice essential skills in a supervised pool session. It's where you'll take your first breath underwater!

The next day is one you'll remember for the rest of your life: Your first dive in the open ocean. Your dive instructor will take you to a shallow reef where you will use the skills you practiced in the pool.

You will officially be an Open Water Scuba Diver when you complete each skill successfully and pass the exit exam.

Advanced Open Water Diver

Call for Current Pricing (1 classroom session, 3 boat trips)

*Price Includes: All course material, rental scuba gear**, C-card, pool sessions and boat trip(s).

**Students are responsible for their own mask, snorkel, fins, wetsuit (optional), and surface marker buoy. Once you sign up for a class you’ll receive 10% off any gear you buy during your class.

Advance your scuba diving knowledge and skills with the PADI Advanced Open Water Course from Divers Direct! This next step in honing your skills can be taken immediately after completing your Open Water Certification.

This is your opportunity to log dives and continue to enhance your skills under the watchful eyes of scuba professionals. The Advanced Open Water Course will broaden your scuba diving opportunities, allowing you to dive to depths up to 100ft/30m.

In addition to one classroom session, five specialty dives make up the Advanced Open Water Course: a deep dive. an underwater navigation dive and three specialty dives of your choice. Specialty topics include wreck diving, underwater photography, underwater video, night diving, underwater naturalist, fish identification, drift diving, buoyancy control, enriched air (nitrox) and more.

The PADI Advanced Open Water Course can be completed safely in a single weekend.

For the PADI AOW course, students will need to purchase:

• 3 lights (tank, primary, secondary lights)
• SMB
• Reel

PADI Scuba Refresher Course (OW)

Call for Pricing

*Course Includes: All course material, rental scuba gear**, C-card, pool sessions and boat trip(s).

**Students are responsible for their own mask, snorkel, fins, wetsuit (optional), and surface marker buoy. Once you sign up for a class you’ll receive 10% off any gear you buy during your class.

If any of the below statements represent you, it's strongly recommended you take the Divers Direct Scuba Refresher Course:

• You can't find your C-card, but have proof of certification
• It has been more than six months since your last dive
• The thought of setting up your gear makes you nervous
• You can't recall if the snorkel goes on the left or right side of your mask

The PADI Scuba Refresher Course from Divers Direct is the perfect way to bring your scuba skills to the forefront of your mind. The course will cover Open Water topics that will rebuild the confidence you need to jump back in and breathe underwater again.

Common Q&As About OW Diving:

Q: How old do my children have to be to get certified? Am I too old?
A: PADI requires an age of at least 10 years old to obtain a junior OW certification. At 15 years old they can upgrade to a PADI OW certification. There is no maximum age on certifications but you must be physically fit and healthy enough to dive with a medical questionnaire completed by a doctor.

Q: How deep can I go with an OW certification?
A: 60ft 18m with OW and 100ft 30m with advanced OW.

Q: Do I need to renew my certification periodically?
A: Your certification never expires but it is highly suggested a refresher course is taken if it has been longer than 6 months since your last dive.

PADI BASIC FREEDIVER COURSE

New to Freediving? Learn the basics to progress safely!
Call for Price (1 classroom session, 1 pool session)

Course Includes: All course material, lecture, C-card, and pool session.

Receive 10% off any gear you buy during your class (some restrictions may apply).

The PADI Basic Freediver Course is a great first step for developing solid freediving skills. Learn basic freediving skills and breathhold techniques in a pool or confined water site that build a solid foundation in safety, confidence, and skill.

Learn Freediving techniques that build a solid freedive foundation

• Proper breathing and breath-holding techniques for freediving
• Equalization for deep diving
• Properly choose and set up gear for freediving (proper weighting, etc.)
• How to freedive with a buddy: supervision, recognize, rescue
• Physiology of freediving: what happens to our bodies at depth

**Students must be 12+ years of age and are required to have the following equipment:

• Mask
• Snorkel
• Fins
• Wetsuit
• Weight belt
• Dive computer (or timing device)

PADI FREEDIVE LEVEL 1 COURSE

Freedive to depths up to 50 feet
Call for Price (1 classroom session, 1 pool session, 1 boat trip)

Course Includes: All course material, lecture, C-card, pool session and boat trip.

Receive 10% off any gear you buy during your class (some restrictions may apply).

**Students must be 15+ years of age and must provide their own mask, snorkel, fins, wetsuit, weight belt and dive computer (or timing device).

The PADI Freediver Course from Divers Direct is great for anyone who loves exploring the ocean and is eager to learn how to freedive. You will learn freediving techniques that will allow you to reach depths up to 50ft/15m and work toward a maximum breath hold hold of 3 minutes.

Learn Freediving techniques to help you dive more confidently and safely

• Proper breathing and breath-holding techniques for freediving
• Equalization for deep diving
• Properly choose and set up gear for freediving (proper weighting, etc.)
• Recognize and manage possible freediving issues
• How to freedive with a buddy: supervision, recognize, rescue
• Physiology of freediving: what happens to our bodies at depth

Through training, you will learn various breath holding oxygen conservation techniques to help you to reach depths you only dreamed of. These skills will enhance your static and dynamic apnea skills.

The PADI Freediver Course can be completed in Two days. The first day will cover the material in a classroom setting and feature pool work. T second day, you will board a dive boat and use your new skills in the ocean! Upon returning to the dock, you will complete the course after successfully passing a written test.

While freediving gear is different than the equipment you use for snorkeling and scuba diving, you can use the mask, snorkel, fins and wetsuit you currently own for the PADI Beginner Freediver Course.

PADI ADVANCED FREEDIVE COURSE

Learn to freedive to depth of 85ft
Call for Price (1 classroom session, 1 pool session, 1 boat trip)

Course Includes: All course material, lecture, C-card, pool session and boat trip.

Receive 10% off any gear you buy during your class (some restrictions may apply).

**Students must be 15+ years of age and must provide their own mask, snorkel, fins, wetsuit, weight belt and dive computer (or timing device).

Dive to greater depths with the PADI Advanced Freediver Course from Divers Direct in Fort Lauderdale. This course will expand on the knowledge you obtained in the Freediver Course, and will refine and improve your existing skills.

Freedivers are faced with challenges as they reach greater depths. This course will troubleshoot hurdles freedivers encounter, like deep equalization and training techniques to avoid possible injuries associated with depth.

Completing this course will provide proper training to allow you to safely explore depths up to 85ft and practice static apnea up to 4 minutes.

Students are required to have the following equipment:

• Freediving mask
• Snorkel
• Freedive fins
• Dive computer
• Wetsuit
• Weight belt