Showing posts with label Advanced Open Water. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Advanced Open Water. Show all posts

Escape the Heat and Hit the Water

29 July 2009 Labels: , , , , , , , , , ,


Greetings!! As the temps heat up and you’re looking for a refreshing change of pace, now’s the time to enroll in a scuba class for the late summer or fall.


To help you along, we’re offering our BEAT THE HEAT specials on every session…available only to those who receive our mailings, whether on our list, or through YOU forwarding this to a potential scuba diver.


Discover Scuba
Absolutely FREE, we’re offering a Discover Scuba session at the Tukwila Pool on August 18. This is your chance to try scuba in the pool, or invite a non-diving friend to see what it’s all about. Pre-registration is required, as we are limited to six divers for this event.




What’s under the Sound???
Click here to see an underwater tour of Titlow Beach…one of GirlDivers favorite training sites


Scuba 101 – Open Water Class
This is your first look into the underwater realm. We’ll teach you dive safety, gear usage and take you on four dives in the Puget Sound. By the end of the class, you’re certified to dive to 60’ throughout the world. We offer daytime, evening and ONE WEEKEND courses…no more than 4 students in any one session, so space is limited. Look at our classes HERE

Register for any August Scuba 101 class and receive 20% off the Student Mask, Snorkel and Fin package. (normally $100).


Scuba 102 – Advanced Open Water
Already certified, but looking for more dive training? The GirlDiver Advanced Program, certified through PADI, offers training beyond the Open Water level. And while the diving is fun…you’ll learn skills needed to make you a more confident and competent diver. 5 dives (with an additional optional Night Dive) PLUS classroom. CLICK FOR A FULL DESCRIPTION

Register for our August Advanced Open Water (limited to 4 divers) and receive a free Mares Marker Beam dive lightstick for your tank.


Teen Programs
We’re offering two teen classes in August. The first is Scuba 101 Teen Summer Camp. Three days, from 9 – 3…full certification. We’ll be diving in fresh water AND salt water with an emphasis not only on safe diving, but on the science behind both diving and marine biology. August 4 – 6…2 openings left. ($279)

Scuba 102 for Teens – August 17 – 19 – Three days…6 dives. 9:00 – 3:00 (Must be Open Water certified). Again, with a emphasis on diving safety, science, marine biology and FUN!!

Limited to 4 students. ($279) REGISTER HERE!!


Also in August…
Dive Yoga Clinic – August 26 CLICK FOR MORE DETAILS

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Diving with Isaiah

03 March 2009 Labels: , , , , , , , ,


Isaiah is a 17 year old boy who likes to dive. Oh...he won't show it purposefully, as he needs to be cool. But...as an instructor, I can see it in his eyes.


He started with me as an Open Water student in my teen class, and for Christmas, his family pitched in an paid for his Advanced Open Water course.


This past weekend, we were going to do his Deep dive. Hit 100...find narcosis? But, at 60' deep, he was having a lot of flooding with his mask, and he was checking his air quite frequently.


I am BIG on "air underwater is important", so I expect my students to check their air. But he was acting nervous about it. I checked his gauge...still had 70% of his tank left.


We were swimming over a bottle field, so I changed our dive plan. We circled the bottles, and suddenly, I saw a purple trail of ink escape into the water in front of me.


I looked at Isaiah, as his eyes lit up and he excitedly pointed in the direction the squid had escaped to. The show had begun.


We watched the little stubby squid as he changed colours, camoflauging himself so we wouldn't see him. Eventually, he shot a perfect "ink ring" and with that he was gone.


Back on shore, Isaiah wasn't disappointed in not completing the deep dive, rather he was excited to see the squid put on a display for us.


Sometimes I think we get too caught up in the "goal" of the dive, and we miss the delights along the path. It's not about going deep, or completing some random set of skills. We need to take the moments the underwater world gives us, and allow those to change the way we see the world.


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