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PADI Certification Classes and Specialties |
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PADI Open Water Diver certification has 2 parts: Part 1: Classroom and Pool Dives Part 2: Certification Dives Underwater Safaris offers a variety of programs to complete Scuba Part 1. Because of our heated in-store pool, we can offer classes throughout the year unaffected by Chicago’s varying weather. Programs include: Weeknight, Weekend, Private, Semi-private and for the experienced diver looking to complete the program quickly the SLAM intensive day program. Group and Private Certification Dives are done locally from late May through mid October. Private Dives are offered off season weather permitting. |
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A PADI Divemaster assists instructors, supervises diving activities for certified divers, can teach snorkeling , skin diving, and scuba tune-ups. Our self-paced program allows for independent study and test taking. See store for further details. |
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Learn CPR and First Aid . No Prerequisite. Non Divers welcome. |
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Learn to maintain your scuba equipment: wetsuits, BCDs, regulators. (Not a substitute for professional maintenance.) |
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Sample some of diving’s most popular specialty areas while building important skills: 5 dives required which may include Deep, Underwater Navigation, Dry Suit and more...Adventure Diver: 3 dives required. Prerequisite: Open Water Diver.
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Expand your knowledge and experience beyond purely recreational. Enjoyable, but serious in content. Learn emergency care with an emphasis on prevention. Prerequisite: Advanced Open Water or equivalent. |
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Knowing where you are and knowing where you’re going underwater makes for safer and enjoyable diving. Prerequisite: PADI Open Water Diver. |
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Learn how to plan and make no decompression dives using enriched air blends containing 22%-40% O2. |
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Learn to dive warm and dry. Include class pool and open water dives. Prerequisite Open Water Diver. |
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Refresh your skills with a private or group PADI Tune Up. For certified divers only. More than 5 years? Call. |
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Learn Caribbean Reef Fish Identification using Paul Human’s Reef .Fish Identification System and Book. This is the same class the instructor taught at the Shedd Aquarium. |
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Entry level orientation to recreational diving using rebreather units. |
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Capture the underwater world on your camera and your computer. Learn the principles and techniques for getting good digital photos underwater. Learn how to edit and share those pictures. |
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Store Hours: Monday—Friday 10-8 Saturday 10-5 Sunday 12-5
Closed some Holidays. |