Experience Scuba

Bretton Woods Recreation Ctr July 2019 SCUBA course

Instructor: Ray Blanchard, NAUI Instructor 10718

This course is a NAUI SCUBA Diver Course and will take approximately three weeks to complete. Upon completion of all course requirements, the students will be certified as SCUBA divers and qualified to dive on their own in situations similar to those that they’ve experienced during training. IMPORTANT: certification is earned based on student performance of diving skills and safety practices.

Prerequisites:

1) Good physical and mental health especially for heart, lungs, ears and sinuses. If the instructor has any concern about the student’s health status, a physical exam by a licensed physician may be required before the first pool session on SCUBA.

2) Students must be 15 years of age or older. Students from the ages of 10 to 14 may be accepted into the course depending upon their emotional maturity, ability to comprehend the training activities and parental approval. Upon completion, these students will receive a Junior SCUBA Diver certification requiring them to dive in the company of a parent or guardian.

Course phases:

1) Academics lessons and testing will use the NAUI eLearning program which requires internet access to complete. Course introduction, Q&A sessions and coordination sessions will be held prior to each pool session.

2) Confined Water training will be conducted at BWRC pools to teach equipment use and safe scuba diving techniques.

3) Openwater training, aka checkout dives, will be conducted at Lake Phoenix, pending the student’s completion of the academic training and all confined water activities to a safe level of proficiency.

Dates: July 9, 16, 18, 23, 25, 30 from 7 to 10 PM

1) Organizational meeting, Tuesday, July 9

a. Administration

b. Academics: Introduction, instruction on purchasing Mask, Snorkel, Fins, Wetsuit Boots and weight belt. If students do not already own basic equipment, do NOT buy any equipment before the FIRST class session.

c. Confined water (pool): Swim test

2) Weekday evenings at 7:00 PM (5 sessions, all required):

a. Academic Q&A

b. Confined water (pool) training

3) Openwater check out weekend at Lake Phoenix in Rawlings, VA, August 3/4

Make up options: due to the intense schedule of this course, all make up work will need to be scheduled privately with the instructor and incur an additional training fee depending on the amount of time and material that needs to be made up for certification.

The training course will provide the following:

1) Instruction through the completion of openwater checkout dives

2) NAUI eLearning training package including textbook, logbook, and dive tables

3) Tanks, regulators and buoyancy compensators for the pool sessions

The students will need to provide:

1) Mask, snorkel, fins, wetsuit boots, weight belts and weight. DO NOT BUY BEFORE THE FIRST CLASS! Typically, this equipment will cost $200 to $350 per diver.

2) Computer access to online NAUI eLearning system

3) Transportation to and from all training activities

4) Openwater checkout expenses as needed:

a. Rental of openwater diving SCUBA equipment ($110 through supporting dive shop)

b. Lake Phoenix admission ($29 per day for 2 days)

c. Additional air fills for tanks ($8.50 ea, 2 needed)

d. Motel and meal expenses

Depending on student interest, continuing education for enriched air nitrox and Advanced SCUBA diver that would include openwater boat diving combined with a diving trip to southeast Florida during September or October could be added to this program.

For questions about the course, please contact Ray Blanchard by email at RayAndCyndi at Outlook.com or by phone at 240-422-6875.

Pricing will be $600 pp for 2 students, $550 pp for 3 students, $500 pp for 4 students, $450 pp for additional students up to 10, maximum.