Yes. There, that was easy, wasn’t it?
All we ask is that you pay an initial deposit which covers the cost of your training materials. After that you can pay as you progress with the full balance due prior to the open water phase.
Of course, you can pay it all in one fell swoop if you’re feeling generous and that means that we get to eat two or three times a week then!!
Tuesday and Thursday nights are the main training evenings.
The evening training sessions don’t finish until about 9.30 pm and, for our younger students (yes, your little cherubs!), this can sometimes be a little late ‘cos of school.
We are able to offer other days, nights and even weekends (generally during the School Holidays) to cater for younger age ranges.
That’s not a problem. As we mentioned in the previous answer, the course is usually geared up for about 8 weeks, but we’ve accommodated pre-booked holidays many times.
Give us your dates and we’ll tell you there and then if it’s possible to complete in time.
However, whilst we can cut the time down to two or three weeks, this will require considerable effort on your part in order to achieve this, as we will not drop the course standards and compromise safety.
Yes. That option is known as ‘Referral’.
You do your pool and knowledge sessions here with us and then we sign you off at that point as having successfully completed that portion of the course.
You happily poodle off on your holiday with your ‘referral slip’ and the local dive school complete the course. Easy.
Of course, you could kill two birds with one stone and come along with us to any of the frequent overseas dive trips we run every year!
That way, you can complete your course, and you could also bring along the rest of the family for a great holiday.
Certainly. We often have families that complete the course together.
It’s geared up to suit all age groups so that nobody gets left behind.
If somebody starts to lag behind a bit in the knowledge portion, then we get one of their kids to help them!!
No is the simple answer!
The course is geared up so that 10-year-olds pass it.
Whatever your level of confidence in the water, we take the time and effort to ensure that you are completely happy and confident before we take you anywhere near the Open Water section of the course.
That’s why we run the extra sessions if you need them.
You need to be 10 years old to enrol on the PADI Junior Open Water course and 8 years old to do the kids Bubblemaker programme.
Nothing except for a swimming costume and a T shirt to wear in the pool. Everything else is provided as part of your course.
You’re not making this easy are you!? Actually, we can accommodate shift patterns as well. We understand that you lead a busy life, and we’ll do our best to accommodate this. We’ve not yet been beaten by a shift pattern.
As often as we need to!
If you come in and there isn’t one that fits your time frame, we’ll start one.
Flexible enough for you?
Well, so do a lot of other people we’ve taught to dive. It really isn’t a problem.
The course is much more practical than academic so you’re halfway there already.
We’ll help you with the knowledge section and if need be, you can complete an oral version if that helps.
We won’t lower the standard for you; we just give you a bit of a leg up to reach it.
Put it this way. We’ve just taught you to pass your driving test so now you have to get some experience on the roads. Does that make sense?
You’ve obtained a qualification that starts you off in a World of tremendous diving opportunities:
- Wreck diving
- Cave diving
- Underwater Photography
- Etc. etc. etc.
The next step might be your PADI Advanced Open Water course or any of the PADI Specialties on the list. The choice is yours.
How about just diving for a bit to hone your newly acquired skills? You can do this independently, or you might think of joining our club and gaining some more experience that way.
You decide. You’re the diver.