For certified divers not familiar with the Panhandle area or those who want to brush up on skills, consider a guided dive. Options are available in Destin, Panama City Beach, and Pensacola Beach for Open Water divers. For certified cavern and cave divers, there are many options in the Marianna […]
Dive Classes: Recreational, Sidemount, Cave, and Technical
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Courses are offered through the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI), Scuba Diving International (SDI) / Technical Diving International (TDI), and the Professional Scuba Association International (PSAI). Materials are provided to students at least two weeks before class. This allows time to review, contact the instructor with questions, and be […]
Looking for something different with scuba? Learn about the benefits of diving in sidemount: comfort, horizontal buoyancy control, and the safety redundancy of two first stages and two second stages for an independent air supply. For those with back problems, this configuration reduces your load since two small cylinders can […]
Cavern specialty! Learn to safely explore the daylight zone of Florida’s spectacular freshwater springs. If you are interested in becoming a cave diver, it all starts with the Cavern Diver course where you will work on buoyancy control and horizontal trim. You will learn about the additional equipment and skills […]
Snapper Scuba offers PADI DSAT Tec Rec, TDI and PSAI Tec classes. Technical diving is not for most divers, but for some, the rewards are great to visit places most divers will never see. It also allows divers to extend their dive duration beyond recreational no-stop limits within recreational depths […]
There is on-going interest in these essential skills class which are helpful to divers and non-divers. You will become certified through either Emergency First Response (EFR) or Emergency Response Training International (ERT) in Adult/Child/Infant CPR, AED, First Aid, and basic O2 Administration. The course can be completed in one mid-week […]
Divers who dive with Enriched Air, also known as NITROX, understand the benefits … increased bottom time. This academics-only class can be completed in one mid-week night from 4:30 to 8:00. It will teach you all you need to know to safely dive with blends of O2 up to 40% […]
When you earn your PADI Master Scuba Diver rating, you have achieved the highest non-professional rating available. It is a marked accomplishment and one to be very proud of because it is a big commitment. More importantly, you have gained significant experience and been exposed to several different types of […]
Starting in 2010, the Boy Scouts of America introduced the Scuba Merit Badge. What a great opportunity to introduce scouts to the exciting world of diving. To earn the merit badge, you need to have an Open Water certification from one of the BSA recognized scuba organizations, of which PADI […]