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| Where to Get the Certification | You may find plenty of diving schools, universities, sport diver training centers run by diving instructors and divers associations offering diving lessons and certifications in the US alone. Simply research online and get a list of diving centers offering diving programs in your area. Also you may train scuba diving and get certified right at the diving resort or dive destination you are heading to.
The most popular and biggest scuba diving certification agencies are PADI, NAUI, YMCA, Scuba Schools International, and PDIC. They provide some of the best scuba courses and training instructors available. But the training method, duration, lessons is not usually be the same with all of them. For instance, NAUI courses are frequently more technical in the classroom than other programs. And the result of the training and course will eventually depend on your own effort and individual instructor.
Some of the popular agencies specializing in providing Junior Open Water Diver Certification for people between ages 10 to 15 are Bubblemakers, Scuba rangers, and SASY.
A scuba diving certification course’s endurance usually depends on you and your schedule. Essentially, it will last from about two to three months so you could get a full certification which would cost between $175.00 and $250.00 and may include accessories such as books, tables, and rental equipment etc (you’ll have to buy or rent your own scuba diving equipment). The course generally includes classroom work, examinations, practical skills sessions, and four to five open water dives. Work in the classroom may be held once a week, more intensively on weekends, which include advanced reading, while open water dives typically take two more days.
The majority of scuba diving resorts provides basic diving courses for beginners and advanced diving lessons and diving certification for experienced divers, certified and non-certified as well. You may dive from 60 to 100 feet below the surface with the basic scuba diver certification, when an advanced scuba diving certification permits you to take deep dives of about 130 feet. After your basic open water diving lessons you can take some of the advance diving courses: nitrox diving, wreck diving, cave diving, and search and rescue diving.
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