Dolphin Dive Center

Most people learn to dive through their local professional dive center. Dolphin Dive Center offers diving instruction, equipment sales, rentals, and servicing. We can also assist you with all of your dive travel plans.

Thanks to international certification agencies and standards, scuba diving is among the safest of recreational activities.

All students must also receive a release from a physician prior to any diving. The following forms will help you and your doctor determine if SCUBA diving is for you.

Medical History, Physician's Release, and Guidelines for Medical Exam

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Is There an Age Limit?
10 is the minimum age for scuba divers. There is no upper age limit.

How Much Does It Cost?
The cost of learning to dive can be broken down into three parts: Instruction, equipment purchase and travel.

When learning from the professionals at Dolphin Dive Center, the class and pool portion of the open water training is $395. Also plan on spending between $250 and $380 to purchase essential equipment - like mask, fins, snorkel and booties. Once you complete the class and pool sessions, you need four open water dives to become fully certified. These can be done over a weekend. Dolphin Dive Center offers a trip to freshwater springs in Florida on the third weekend of every month. Learning to dive is likely to cost more if you plan on traveling to a tropical resort to complete your course. Visit our Upcoming Trips page for details on trips in the near future.

How Long Does It Take?
An entry level certification course takes 2 days to complete. Our classes start on the first Saturday of every month. Private classes are available for those people that have difficulty coming on the weekends.

Why Should I Get Certified?
Millions of people all over the world enjoy the activity of SCUBA diving every day! Our world is covered in oceans and underwater environments that are just waiting to be explored. We know less about the bottoms of our oceans than we do about the surface of the moon. Once you become an open water diver, you can start your advanced training and explore wrecks, depths of 100 feet or more, night diving, underwater photography, etc. This is the last unexplored frontier, an opportunity for adventure like none other. If you still aren't sure, check out our Discover SCUBA program below.

Earning Your C-Card
Earning your c-card is a three-step process:

You'll participate in classroom and home-study sessions.
You'll learn and practice essential diving skills in a pool.
You'll apply your new skills and knowledge by making training dives in a lake or ocean. You can complete these open water dives close to home or during a warm-water vacation.

To sign up today, or to get more information, just call us at the shop or stop by and see us. We are always ready to talk to you about diving.

Still not sure you want to become a diver? Don't worry, we can help you decide.

Dolphin Dive Center offers a Discover SCUBA course for only $75.00. Come to the pool with us one night and try out the sport with a trained professional. Just give us a call!

Open Water Course Schedule 2008
Dolphin Dive Center holds the open water class over the period of one weekend: Saturday and Sunday from 1pm-5pm and 6:30pm-9:30pm. We will be having class on the following dates:

March 1st and 2nd
April 5th and 6th
May 3rd and 4th
June 7th and 8th
July 12th and 13th

We will be more than happy to schedule a private course if necessary (additional fees may apply).