SCUBA CLASSES

Not many 3-day classes left this summer!  Get signed up now!!

Discover Scuba - Try Scuba Diving

Here is an opportunity to try Scuba Diving.  You supply your swimsuit and towel and we'll supply the rest!  You will spend a short time underwater with one of our certified instructors to get a feel for what it is like to breathe underwater!  No obligation to join any class, however, if you decide to take a class, the $20.00 fee will be applied to the cost of the scuba diving class.  Must be 10 years of age or older to do a Discover Scuba.

Tuesday evenings throughout the winter

and on weekend class dates in the summer!

Call to try Scuba Diving

Open Water Scuba Classes

Two Day Scuba Class (Saturday/Sunday)

Pool and Class

Complete your confined water training and academics in one weekend and be ready for your trip to warm water.  Join us on one of our exciting trips to complete your open water dives, or we'll give you a referral so you can finish your training at a location of your choice.  A little home study and a weekend with us and you will be diving!  

Remember  -  4 friends and you can create your own class!

Dates:

October 18-19

November 8-9

December 13-14

Three Day Scuba Class (Friday - Sunday)

Complete your academics, confined, and open water training in one three-day weekend!  With this complete training course, you are ready and certified to dive where your heart desires!  These classes are held from 8am - 6pm Friday, Saturday and Sunday

Remember  -  4 friends and you can create your own class!

Dates:

Will resume in May 2009

5 Week Scuba Class

Learn to Scuba dive and have fun with our exciting program.  Class is held one night/week for 5 weeks.  Stop by and pick up your student kit and lets get started!  

Next class:  TBA 

Kids Scuba Class

This class is for kids 10-15 years old.  It is an exciting way for kids to learn about diving with other kids.  This class will  have 5-6 sessions.   

Next class starts:  Spring 2009

Continuing Education Scuba Classes

Advanced Open Water Diver

Enhance your skills underwater through PADI's Advanced Open Water Class. We will make five dives to include deep, night, multilevel, navigation, and search & recovery. 

Class Dates:  

Belize Trip - February 7-14, 2009

Bonaire Trip - March 28-April 4, 2009

Other dates will resume Spring 2009

Emergency First Response with AED Training 
(for divers and non-divers)

Emergency First Response (EFR) includes training in Primary care (CPR) and secondary care (first aid).  This class also includes AED training.  AED stands for Automatic Electronic Defibrillator - they are in malls, schools, and airports.  Learn how to use one with our instructors from the Divers Mast.  These skills as well as other important emergency care skills are combined into one five-hour class.  Class fee is  $75.00 plus your text.  There is some home study with this class - so get your books early.  You also must watch a DVD before class.   We also have a new DVD on Emergency First Response on children.  Sign up with a deposit of $25.00.  EFR primary care is a required class for rescue diver.  A refresher course must be with in 2 years to keep up-to-date. Divemasters - check your dates -  you must be current.
Next EFR class:   
October 15, 6-9pm

Current medic must be within 2 years. Re-cert cost is $45.00

Nitrox Class

Learn how to use enriched air in your everyday diving.  It gives you longer bottom times in the shallower depths and many say you feel less fatigued at the end of the dive.  The academics take about 4 hours and you are certified to dive nitrox.  No dives are required.  Prior to the class you need to read the text from cover to cover and watch the video.  

Class begins:

TBA

Time:  9AM - Noon

Rescue Diver Class

Prerequisite: Advanced Open Water & Emergency First Response
Be the best buddy you can be... Become trained as a rescue diver!  Learn to recognize problems before they develop.  This is one of the most important classes you will ever take.  Classroom, pool & open water will meet on Tuesdays once/week for 3-4 weeks.  Class is $150.00 plus text.  

Next class begins:   

August 5, 2008

Learn to lead dive groups and assist instructors in the pool and open water.  Help new divers become comfortable in the water and in the local dive community.  Cost is $295.00 plus text books. Pre-requisite is current Emergency First Response, Rescue Diver, and 60 dives.  

Next class begins:  Fall 2008

Specialty Scuba Classes

Scuba Equipment Class

Care, maintenance, service and repair are essential to equipment longevity and your continued enjoyment of diving.  This class helps you protect your investment.  Join us for an exploration of scuba equipment and accessories.  Class fee is $75.00 plus text.  

Class begins:  TBA

Pick up your DVD & text to get started!  Dives will be offered on most wreck diving weekends through the Divers Mast.

Deep Diver

Pick up your DVD & text to get started.  Put your knowledge to work on one of our weekend charters to receive your Deep Diver certification.

Ice Diver 

Learn to safely ice dive. We will cover rigging, safety, cold stress and first aid, and how to recover a lost diver. Cost is $150.00. Pre-requisite is advanced open water and 12 dives last year. This is a fun and exciting weekend. Class will be Friday evening. Three dives on Saturday and Sunday.  

Class is scheduled for: February 8-10

(Tentative)

Private Scuba Classes

Convenience, one-on-one attention, you set the pace - if this sounds like the class for you, we can provide it! Call for prices and we'll set up the dates.

Small Group Classes

We are always happy to put together your own class for the same price as a regular scuba class.  If you have 4 - 6 people who want to take scuba together, bring your calendar to the store and we'll set up a program just for you!

UAW-GM Tuition Assistance

Do you work for GM? Divers Mast is approved for tuition payment for our Scuba Diving and Continuing Education Programs. GM pays your class fees, you buy the texts.  Sign up today!

Refresher Programs

Been awhile since you have been diving?  Spend a couple hours with one of our dive masters in the pool, review skills, and be prepared for that exciting trip.

DIVERS MAST

2900 Lansing Avenue

Jackson, Michigan 49202

Local Phone (517) 784-5862

Long Distance - Michigan 1-800-52-DIVER -- USA 1-800-655-7503

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