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SCUBA Program and Events
PEAK has teamed up with the dive professionals at Columbia Scuba to offer instruction, certification, and dive trips and events for students and adults in the Heathwood community.

SCUBA
Open Water Dive
Certification Course
Week of September 23, 2008

Participants learn skills and techniques associated with SCUBA diving that will allow them to dive as a recreational diver up to 60 feet deep. Obtaining SCUBA Open Water Dive certification is a 3-step process. There is a CLASSROOM component that includes self-study, lecture, and written tests. Upon registration for the course a book or DVD is provided. There are 6 chapters in the book and a Knowledge Review (chapter test) at the end of each chapter that must be completed by each participant. All six Knowledge Reviews must be brought, fully completed, to the first classroom session. There is an exam that is given after the final classroom section. Participants must pass the exam before being allowed to continue.

Sessions move from the classroom to a pool for the CONFINED WATER dives. Participants must pass a swim test (to be completed with mask, fins, and snorkel) prior to pool sessions. Two separate pool sessions allow participants to practice specific sets of SCUBA techniques.

After confined water dives, participants travel to the lake for the OPEN WATER dives. Again, two separate open water sessions allow participants to practice specific sets of SCUBA techniques.

A certain amount of personal skin diving gear is necessary before participating in an OWD certification course. Participants must have their own mask, snorkel, dive fins, booties, dive bag, and dive table calculator. Many of these items may be borrowed from fellow divers, or they may be purchased from Columbia SCUBA on the final night of classroom sessions. Cost for a new set of skin diving gear ranges from $150-$300, depending upon the quality of gear that individuals choose to purchase.

With the exception of wet suits, ALL other diving gear needed for OWD certification is provided in the cost of the course, including tanks, a Buoancy compensation device (BCD), a regulator, a dive computer, and weights. Wet suits may or may not be necessary, depending upon air and water temperature, and person preference, but they can be rented from Columbia SCUBA.

Schedule for this Certification Course is as follows:

CLASSROOM SESSIONS
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday evenings September 23-25
6:30-8:30pm
Lecture Hall of Robinson Center (TW)
Columbia SCUBA (Th)

POOL SESSIONS (confined water)
Saturday and Sunday mornings,
September 27 and 28
8:30am-12noon
Columbia College Pool

LAKE SESSIONS (open water)
Saturday and Sunday afternoons,
September 27 and 28
1pm-5pm
Lake Murray

COST $375
plus personal skin dive gear and wet suit rental

REGISTRATION
call Lucy Kreiling or Todd Dunbar at 788-9166
Columbia SCUBA, LLC
PADI 5 Star Dive Center
2645 Alpine Road

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SCUBA Dive Trip
in Key Largo
Friday-Monday, October 10-13, 2008
(Fall Break)

John Pennekamp
Coral Reef State Park
Off the coast of Key Largo

Members of the Heathwood community have an opportunity to dive the beautiful reefs and intriguing wrecks found just off the coast of Key Largo. John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, the first under-water state park in the United States, is known for its coral reefs and wrecks located 3-8 miles offshore. The trip includes 4 daytime dives plus an optional night dive.

Divers must be Open Water certified. However, divers who have completed the classroom and confined water dives may earn their Open Water certification by completing the required open water dives on this trip.

Our divers will be accompanied by a divemaster from Columbia Scuba, LLC, and we will dive with Silent World Dive Center, a very reputable dive center in Key Largo.
Cost includes rental gear (except wetsuits), tips, tanks, lodging, breakfast and lunch on dive days, and transportation from Ft. Lauderdale to Key Largo. Airline tickets to Ft. Lauderdale are relatively inexpensive and are booked through the PEAK office.

Cost $995 (not including airfare)

Information and Registration

DIVE FORMS
Liability and Release
Medical Statement
Safe Diving Practices

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