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Now is the time to dive into the PADI Open Water Diver course, the most popular dive program in the world! This is your ticket to a lifetime of intense adventure with PADI, the dive company that sets the standards in the global diving community.
The YouSwoop covers your tuition to the classroom session, pool session and your 4 open water training dives. All your scuba gear (BCD, regulator w/ gauges, tanks, 7mm wetsuit and weights) is also included in the You Swoop. You will need your own Mask,Fins,Snorkel of Scuba quality. Sporting goods snorkeling sets are not designed for scuba divers so they will not be allowed. The PADI Open Water classroom and pool is held on various Saturdays from 9am-3pm Classroom at our store in Northbrook and our pool session is the following Saturday from 10am-2pm at Bartlett High School Pool. Bartlett High School Pool is only a temporary pool until our primary pool is back up and running from a major filtration system overhaul. Our Primary pool is Mary ville Academy which is locate 5minutes from the store in Desplaines on the corner or River road and Central Road. Open Water Training dives are held over a Saturday & Sunday 8am-12pm at Haigh Quarry in Kankakee IL. There is a $20 per day entry fee to the quarry which is not included in the You Swoop and is required to gain entry to the quarry property. During the dive season the open water training dives are the following weekend from the classroom and pool day.
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PADI programs are performance based. You proceed as you demonstrate mastery of the course skills. We keep the Instructor to student ratio small and personal. One instructor to four students. This allows us to teach the class and pool all in one day. The open water training dives are held over a weekend. We complete 2 dives on a Saturday and 2 dives on a Sunday, each day will be about 4 hours long 8am-12pm.
We keep the Instructor to student ratio small and personal. About one instructor to four students.
Before you attend class you need to read the entire PADI Open Water Diver manual. In that manual there are 5 chapters and at the end of each chapter is a knowledge review. The knowledge review is homework for class and consists of 15-20 short answer, multiple choice questions. The knowledge reviews must be completed by each student and is required for entry to class.
You will have to come into our store to purchase the manual for your class or you can purchase it online and have it shipped to you. Remember to give your self enough time to read and complete the knowledge reviews at the end of each chapter before you attend class.
Once the classroom and pool session are completed you are required to-do 4 open water dives in a true open water environment. The open water dives begin May 4th & May 5th 2013. We hold these dives 2 times a month during our dive season so you will have plenty of time to finish your certification. The day before the weekend of your open water training dives you will have to stop into our store on that Friday between store hours of 11am to 7pm. This is when you will get fitted for the thicker 7mm wetsuit and pick up all your scuba gear for the open water training dive weekend.
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