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The letters PADI stand for Professional Association of Diving Instructors. Established in 1966, PADI is the largest scuba training organization in the world. Approximately 70% of the divers certified each year in the United States are certified as PADI divers. While big is not always best, PADI is big because they are the best. In particular, the instructors are well trained and their adherence to standards is closely monitored by the PADI quality assurance organization. And the PADI teaching materials are the best in the business. PADI --- the way the world learns to dive!
  
My instruction is individual one-on-one personal training. I will conduct reviews of the course material and your completed knowledge reviews. All pool work and dives will be conducted personally by me working directly with you and/or your group.
My instruction is conducted in the Clearwater, St. Petersburg and Tampa Bay Areas.
Prices vary by Course. Please call for quotes and group dicounts if not listed below.
Open water dives can be conducted either in the Gulf of Mexico via a local dive charter boat or at one of the local Florida springs. This can vary based on your preference and weather conditions.
Want to learn to dive and get certified on a schedule that fits your needs? Then my private instruction is for you!
 
Contact Mike @ 727-517-5288 or email
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Mike's Private Classes & Training:
Open Water Diver Certification:
This course is the entry level in SCUBA Diving and the beginning of your underwater adventures. Earning your PADI Open Water Diver certification is just the beginning. As a certified diver, fabulous dive destinations, exciting people, unparalleled adventure and uncommon tranquility await you.
- Number of Dives: Five Confined Water Dives and Four Open Water Dives
- Knowledge Development: Five sessions
- Prerequisites: 10 for Junior Open Water Diver and 15 for Open Water Diver. Good health and reasonable fitness.
Becoming a diver opens a door to a whole new world. Open yours and step through.
Price for Open Water Diver Certification is:
- One Diver - $495
- Additional Second diver - $450
- Any additional divers in your group - $400
Price includes:
- Class, 5 pool modules and 4 open water dives
- Includes Tank, BC and regulator rental
- Does NOT include boat fees or site fees at Springs
- Does NOT include books for class
- Students buy their own personal mask, snorkel, booties and fins.
These are strictly private classes with ONLY you and YOUR group. You learn at your pace, on YOUR schedule!
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Advanced Open Water Diver:
Ready for more diving fun and adventure? Move up and experience real adventure with the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course. As you step beyond the PADI Open Water Diver level, you make five dives and have the opportunity to try some of diving’s most rewarding and useful specialty activities, such as deep diving, peak performance bouyancy, wreck diving and much more.
- Must be a PADI Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organization) and 15 years old (12 for Junior Advanced Open Water Diver)
- Number of dives: Five dives
Price for Advanced Open Water certification is $275 per diver plus boat fees & manuals.
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Rescue Diver:
Rescue Diver training will prepare you to prevent problems and, if necessary, manage dive emergencies. Many divers say this is the best course they’ve ever taken. You'll cover:
- Self-rescue and diver stress
- Emergency management and equipment
- Panicked diver response
- In-water rescue breathing protocols
- Egress (exits)
- Dive accident scenarios
Price for Rescue Diver certification is $399 per diver.
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Master Scuba Diver:
With the PADI Master Scuba Diver rating, you've reached the highest non professional level in the PADI System of diver education. It means that you’ve acquired significant training and experience in a variety of dive environments.
- Minimum Number of Logged Dives: 50
- Minimum qualifications: PADI Rescue Diver or Junior Rescue Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organization), 12 years old, five PADI Specialty Diver certifications.
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Divemaster:
Fallen in love with diving and ready to take it to a professional level? Divemaster training develops your leadership abilities, qualifying you to supervise dive activities and assist instructors with student divers.
- Knowledge Development: 12 topics ranging from dive theory to assisting student divers in training
- Prerequisites: PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organization), PADI Rescue Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organization), 20 logged dives, 18 years old.
- Minimum Number of Logged Dives: 60 for certification as PADI Divemaster
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Boat Diver:
The PADI Boat Diver Specialty course familiarizes you with the various ways you stow gear, enter and exit the water, use surface lines and more, depending upon the type boat and the location.
- Must be a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization)
- Covers techniques for diving from boats ranging from small inflatables to giant live-aboards
- Discusses how dive boats differ from place to place
- Gives you focused experience and training for diving from boats in your local area
- Covers basic boat safety equipment and use
- Certification counts toward the PADI Master Scuba Diver rating.
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Deep Diver:
The Deep Diver Specialty course offers you the opportunity of a lifetime - going deep to see things others can only dream about. In this course you will experience what it’s like to dive beyond 60 feet.
- Learn deep dive planning, organization, procedures, techniques and hazards
- Four open water dives that range from 18 - 40 metres / 60 - 130 feet.
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Drift Diver:
This course shows you how to enjoy rivers and ocean currents by “going with the flow,” staying with your dive partner, communicating with the dive boat and knowing where you are the whole time.
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Enriched Air Diver:
Diving with enriched air nitrox lets you safely extend your no stop time beyond the no decompression limits for air. Diving with enriched air means more time underwater – but you need to be certified as an Enriched Air Diver to get enriched air fills.
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Equipment Specialist:
This course familiarizes you with the operation and maintenance of your dive equipment. The more you know about how your gear works, the more comfortable you are with it, the more performance you get from it and the better you can care for it.
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AWARE - Fish Identification Diver:
The PADI Project AWARE Fish Identification Specialty course provides you with the fish identification basics.During two dives you gain hands-on experience in looking for and identifying the fascinating fish you see underwater.
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Multilevel Diver:
Do you want to maximize your dive times? In this course, you learn how to plan dives that extend your bottom time by crediting you for slower nitrogen absorption when you ascend to a shallower depth.
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Night Diver:
The adventure, thrill and excitement of night diving can be yours when you complete your PADI Night Diver Specialty course. You learn about night dive planning, equipment and navigation. You practice these on three night dives, plus introduce yourself to the whole new cast of critters that comes out after the sun goes down.
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Peak Performance Buoyancy:
Buoyancy skills separate the good divers from the great divers. In the Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty course, you will learn to how to precisely weight yourself for optimum control, poise and balance. You learn to ascend and descend effortlessly with streamlined movements.
- Must be a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver certification (or qualifying certification from another organization) and 10 years old.
- Number of dives: Two
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Search & Recovery Diver:
In the PADI Search and Recovery Diver Specialty course, you learn search and recovery dive planning, organization, procedures, techniques and how to deal with potential problems. You learn how to locate large and small objects using search patterns, and various ways for lifting them to the surface.
- Must be a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or a PADI Open Water Diver with the PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty (or equivalent certification from another organization)
- Must be at least 12 years old
- Number of Dives: Four
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Underwater Naturalist:
In your journey to underwater naturalist, the course teaches you about the different major aquatic life groupings and how they interact so that you understand what you observe in the underwater environment.
- Must be a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization)
- Number of Dives: Two
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Underwater Navigator:
Would like to improve your underwater navigation skills? With the PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty course, you learn navigation via natural clues and by compass. You learn to estimate distance underwater, follow navigation patterns and know where you are while following an arbitrary, irregular course.
- Must be a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization)
- Number of Dives: Three
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Wreck Diver:
Whether sunk intentionally or tragically, whether a sunken ship, a plane or an automobile, the call of wrecks is nearly irresistible to divers. Through the PADI Wreck Diver Specialty course, you get the skills, knowledge and procedures you need to answer the call of wreck diving.
- Must be a PADI Adventure Diver certification (or qualifying certification from another organization) and be at least 15 years old.
- Number of Dives: Four dives over two days
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Emergency First Response Primary Care (CPR):
Take a step toward emergency preparedness and meet PADI Rescue Diver prerequisites with Emergency First Response. As one of the foremost international CPR and first aid training companies, Emergency First Response gives you the confidence to respond to medical emergencies -- not just in the diving world, but in your every day world with your family, friends, neighbors and coworkers too.
Emergency First Response courses encompass:
- CPR for adults, children and infants
- First aid for adults, children and infants
- Automated External Defibrillator (AED) training
- The Emergency First Response Instructor and Instructor Trainer courses
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EFR Instructor:
Scuba Refresher Course:
Haven't been diving recently? Need a refresher course before going on a Dive trip? Let me refresh your dive skills.
Price for Scuba Review/Refresher instruction is $75 per diver.
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