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Start with an interactive e-learning from the comfort of your own home, followed by a live virtual classroom session with Mike to review and ask questions. Next, you’ll dive into two guided pool sessions to master your skills in a controlled environment at the Naugatuck YMCA.
Because this is our Referral Program, you will complete all of your academic and pool training with us and then travel to your dream destination to finish your open-water dives. We will provide all of the official referral paperwork for the PADI or SDI dive shop you choose to work with, so your only job is to book and pay for the open-water portion at your destination. You will surface with essential scuba skills, solid confidence, and the freedom to explore some of the most spectacular dive sites in the world.
Minimum Age 10
(10–14 year-olds earn a Junior Open Water Diver referral; full Open Water Diver at age 15)
Complete a Swim Test
(Must be able to swim 200 yards unassisted, any stroke. Must be able to tread water unassisted for 10 minutes, head above water)
Complete Paperwork
(Liability Release & Assumption of Risk, Standard Safe Diving Practices Statement of Understanding and Diver Medical Form)
Personal gear: Students must bring or purchase their own dive mask, snorkel, and dive boots — these items are highly personal for fit and comfort. We offer a student gear package which includes a mask, snorkel, boots, and fins that are yours to keep after certification. Contact us for more details.
Provided gear: All other equipment is included (BCD, regulator, wetsuit, fins, tanks, weights).
E-Learning at your own pace in the comfort of your home
90 minute virtual classroom session.
2 days in the pool for our 5 confined water dives (with Finn’s Up Dive School).
2 days in the ocean for your 4 open water dives (with the PADI or SDI dive shop at your travel destination).
You have up to 12 months from starting your Open Water Diver eLearning to complete both the theory and water-skills portions of the course. After certification, your card is good for life!
Secure your referral and reserve your spot today—your next dive adventure awaits!
Start with an interactive e-learning from the comfort of your own home, followed by a live virtual classroom session with Mike to review and ask questions. Next, you’ll dive into two guided pool sessions to master your skills in a controlled environment at the Naugatuck YMCA.
Because this is our Referral Program, you will complete all of your academic and pool training with us and then travel to your dream destination to finish your open-water dives. We will provide all of the official referral paperwork for the PADI or SDI dive shop you choose to work with, so your only job is to book and pay for the open-water portion at your destination. You will surface with essential scuba skills, solid confidence, and the freedom to explore some of the most spectacular dive sites in the world.
Minimum Age 10
(10–14 year-olds earn a Junior Open Water Diver referral; full Open Water Diver at age 15)
Complete a Swim Test
(Must be able to swim 200 yards unassisted, any stroke. Must be able to tread water unassisted for 10 minutes, head above water)
Complete Paperwork
(Liability Release & Assumption of Risk, Standard Safe Diving Practices Statement of Understanding and Diver Medical Form)
Personal gear: Students must bring or purchase their own dive mask, snorkel, and dive boots — these items are highly personal for fit and comfort. We offer a student gear package which includes a mask, snorkel, boots, and fins that are yours to keep after certification. Contact us for more details.
Provided gear: All other equipment is included (BCD, regulator, wetsuit, fins, tanks, weights).
E-Learning at your own pace in the comfort of your home
90 minute virtual classroom session.
2 days in the pool for our 5 confined water dives (with Finn’s Up Dive School).
2 days in the ocean for your 4 open water dives (with the PADI or SDI dive shop at your travel destination).
You have up to 12 months from starting your Open Water Diver eLearning to complete both the theory and water-skills portions of the course. After certification, your card is good for life!
Secure your referral and reserve your spot today—your next dive adventure awaits!