Bob and Susan Smith are PADI certified Open Water Scuba Instructors and offer a full range of scuba
instruction. Bob and Susan specialize in "red carpet", personalized scuba instruction. Class schedules are flexible and can be arranged to fit your needs.
You don’t have to scuba dive to enjoy the underwater world. You too can discover the joy of snorkeling! This course for new snorklers consists of a one-hour pool session followed by a boat trip to a protected snorkeling site.
If you are a certified scuba diver, but it has been a while since you’ve been diving then Scuba Review is for you. This is a four-hour refresher course consisting of a two- hour classroom session in the morning followed by a two-hour pool session in the afternoon. You can also elect to take an optional supervised open-water dive aboard a dive boat to check out the wonderful world of scuba diving in Playa Flamingo.
This one-day class, sometimes called a "resort course", enables the novice to scuba dive to depths up to 40 feet while under proper supervision. The morning session includes a brief classroom discussion and practice in the pool with scuba equipment to develop certain basic skills. In the afternoon, a boat dive will be conducted at a relatively sheltered ocean dive site. All classroom, pool and ocean sessions will be under the direct supervision of a PADI certified instructor.
This class is for individuals who have completed the classroom and pool components of the PADI Open Water certification course and who possess their PADI referral documents. Course completion and certification requires four open water dives under the supervision of a PADI instructor. These four dives will be conducted over two days and will be boat dives. Upon successful completion the PADI instructor will issue an Open Water certification card.
This four-day course involves classroom, pool and open water sessions all conducted under the supervision of a PADI certified instructor. Students who successfully complete the requirements of this course will be issued an Open Water certification card.
This course is for the individual who is already certified as a PADI Open Water Diver and who desires to further develop his or her underwater skills. The class includes two "core" or required dives: a deep dive and an underwater navigation dive. In addition, the student selects three elective dives to complete the course total of five dives. With the successful completion of this course the student is certified as a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver and is eligible to enroll in the PADI Rescue Diver Course.
The PADI Rescue Diver program develops the principles and information to prevent and handle dive emergencies. In-water practice sessions include procedures for handling both conscious and unconscious victims on the surface as well as underwater. To enroll in this course, the student must be a PADI certified Advanced Open Water Diver. To be certified as a Rescue Diver, the student must also complete the PADI Medic First Aid course.
We invite your questions about other available courses such as Medic First Aid, Dive Master and various dive specialties.
* Please note that all prices pertain to training conducted at Playa Flamingo, Costa Rica and are stated in U.S. dollars.
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