Scuba Certification Beginner Scuba Certification

Open Water Diver Training

Common Name: “Open Water”

Open Water Diver training is your gateway to the world of scuba, providing you with full PADI certification that qualifies you to dive with a buddy to depths of 60'. In the dive park, where we train, those first 60' contain almost all the kelp forests, fish and reefs, and even a few wrecks!

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Peak Performance Buoyancy

Common Name: “Peak”

Buoyancy control dictates if you’re a good diver. Having the most logged dives, or the most expensive computer, or the fanciest dry suit doesn't mean anything. The good diver is the one that has mastered absolute control of their buoyancy. Period.

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Enriched Air - Nitrox

Common Name: “Nitrox”

The introduction of Enriched Air Nitrox (EANx) truly revolutionized recreational diving, allowing divers to stay down longer and accumulate less nitrogen than ever before. If you have been diving with PCH before, chances are you have seen most of the instructors, as well as many Open Water students on dive 4, using a tank with a big "NITROX" sticker on the side of it.

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Scuba Review

Common Name: “Refresher”

If some time has passed since your last dive and you want to get out into the water again, taking a quick refresher class is the best way to prepare to dive after a break. Do you remember what an NDL is? How do you get your dive computer into "planning" mode? What are the five correct steps for an ascent? What do I do if my buddy runs out of air? Do you know the answers to those questions?

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Discover Scuba Diving

Common Name: “Disco”

For those students who would like to dip their toe in the world of scuba diving to experience the sensation of breathing underwater, we offer a chance to sample the underwater world for a few hours in a controlled environment.

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What is this “Open Water Upgrade” you keep mentioning?

People aren’t born hitting home runs and we’re not born hovering motionless inches above reefs 60 feet underwater for an hour (with the possible exception of Jacques Cousteau). We feel it is important that we not just certify safe divers, but we want to work hard to make sure that you are a GOOD diver too, and the way that happens is through practice, practice, practice.

A good diver is known not by how many dives they have, or the cost and shininess of their equipment. A good diver is known by the quality of their buoyancy control. To help really get you up to speed fast in your new sport, we offer a combined package of the Peak Performance Buoyancy class and the single most popular continuing education class, Enriched Air Nitrox to our Open Water students for an additional $299. These two classes together, focus entirely on the quality of your diving, and extending your time under water. The best part is that we can structure your training so that you can accomplish all of it, Open Water, Peak and Nitrox, right in the two weekend time schedule of your Open Water class with only a minimal amount of extra work! If you upgrade your open water class with Peak and Nitrox, you won’t incur any extra travel or equipment rental costs that you would if you took those classes later, and if you choose to use Nitrox that weekend, we can arrange to have Nitrox tanks ready for you at a small cost.

Your Open Water Upgrade can be added to your shopping cart at the time of purchase!