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Discover Scuba Diving
People who have never experienced diving can try it out
with Sealife Divers' Discover Scuba Course. This half
day course consists of three parts. First, we conduct a
short lecture on the beach, discussing equipment and how
to dive safely. Second, we build your confidence through
a practice session in shallow water. Finally, we take
our new divers on our boat to explore the amazing corals
and fish of the Caribbean.
Discover Diving students are always accompanied by a
certified instructor who will remain close by at all
times. Try diving under the safety conscious eyes of our
PADI or SSI certified dive instructors. Our guides are
patient and have the qualities you need to ensure that
your first diving experience is both safe, relaxed and
fun. And, if you want to get your scuba diving
certification, Sealife Divers is happy to train you.
Discover Scuba Diving course includes:
boat transportation to and from dive site
dive training and one dive with Certified PADI or SSI
Instructor
all necessary equipment
refreshments
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Scuba
Diving Course
Thinking of getting certified for an upcoming vacation,
but don't have the time to put into a regular diver
course? Now there's a quick and easy program designed
especially for you! This is your chance to slap on some
fins, strap on a mask and experience an intense
adventure in a short amount of time.
Why PADI Scuba Diver?
The PADI Scuba Diver program is a pre-entry level
certification that is perfect for vacationers or people
who only plan to dive a couple times a year.
As a subprogram of the PADI Open Water Diver program,
the PADI Scuba Diver rating allows you to get certified
quickly and easily by minimizing time constraints. With
the PADI Scuba Diver certification you can dive under
the direct supervision of a PADI Dive Master, Assistant
Instructor, Instructor or higher professional on your
next vacation or dive trip
What do I need to start?
Virtually anyone who is in good health, reasonably fit,
and comfortable in the water can earn a Scuba Diver
certification. If you are between 10 and 14 or have a
child between these ages, there is a PADI Junior Scuba
Diver program available.
Minimum age: 10
What will I do?
Throughout the course, you’ll learn fundamentals of
scuba diving, including dive equipment and techniques.
You earn this rating by completing pool dives, knowledge
development sessions and by making two open water (ocean
or lake) dives.
How long will it take?
PADI programs are performance based. You proceed as you
demonstrate mastery of the course skills. This allows
you to work at a pace that is comfortable for you
Open Water
Diver Certification
Learn to dive! This course gives you the skills and
certification card you need to dive in any ocean in the
world. Sealife Divers' instructors love to teach new
divers how to enjoy diving, and how to be a safe and
confident diver. We don't rush you, but take each new
skill at your pace so you can learn how to dive without
stress or pressure.
This course includes four open water dives, academic
lessons, and confined water training. For the third dive
we visit a special site where we have the opportunity to
dive with huge sea turtles.
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Referral Open Water Diver Certification
Do your class room work and pool sessions at home, but
dive with us in the beautiful Mexican Caribbean.
Yes
you can do the Open Water Referral course with us.
It takes 2 days and includes 4 ocean dive. The
dives are from the boat. The course includes your
instructor, equipment, and your PADI card. The
course if you want can be split up but you still
need to do 2 dives per day.
If
you are taking the Referral Course: You must be at
the shop by 10:30 am. Please bring all your paper
work from your diving school were you did the pool
and classroom work.
The
cost of the course is $230 dollars if you pay 20% of
the course prior to your arrival we will give you a
free t-shirt from our dive shop Sealife Divers. The
payment can be done using paypal.com. Just let us
know that you want to pre-pay and I will send you an
email from paypal.com with instructions on how to
pay the 20% or $44 dollars.
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Open Water Diver
Refresher
Certified divers may want to take a refresher course to
relearn diving skills or rebuild their diving
confidence. If you haven't been on a dive for over one
year, or if you have had a bad experience diving in the
past, take a refresher course with Sealife Divers. Our
friendly, patient, qualified instructors will help you
love diving again.
It consists of a scuba diving review on land, plus a
review of key skills in shallow water. Then a shallow
dive is made to approximately 40 feet (12 meters). The
option of doing two more dives with your instructor
after the scuba review is available.
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Advanced Open Water Diver Certification
The Adventures in Diving program offers both the
Adventure Diver and Advanced Open Water Diver
certifications. If you complete any three adventure
dives, you can earn your PADI Adventure Diver
certification. If you complete your Deep Adventure Dive,
Underwater Navigation Adventure Dive and three Adventure
Dives for a total of five, you can earn your Advanced
Open Water Diver certification.
Why Advanced Open Water Diver?
After your five dives, you'll be more experienced, feel
more comfortable in the water and simply enjoy diving
more because you better understand the underwater
environment.
What do I need to start?
PADI Open Water Diver certification
Minimum age: 15 (12 for PADI Junior Advanced Open Water
Diver)
What will I do?
This certification includes five Adventure Dives,
including the Deep Adventure dive, the Underwater
Navigator
Adventure Dive and three of the following:
Altitude Diver Boat Diver
Drift Diver Deep Diver
Dry Suit Diver Dive Propulsion Vehicle
Multilevel Diver Night Diver
Peak Performance Buoyancy Search and Recovery
Underwater Naturalist Underwater Videographer
Underwater Photographer Underwater Navigator
AWARE Fish Identification Wreck Diver
How long will it take?
Recommended Course Hours: 15
Minimum Open Water Training: five dives over two days
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Rescue Diver Certification
Why PADI Rescue Diver?
The PADI Rescue Diver will expand your knowledge and
experience beyond purely recreational level because
you'll learn to look beyond yourself and consider the
safety and well being of other divers. Although this
course is serious, it is an enjoyable way to build your
confidence.
What do I need to start?
PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or PADI Junior Advanced
Open Water Diver certification (or qualifying
certification from another organization)
Minimum age: 15 years old (12 for PADI Junior Rescue
Diver)
Successful completion of a sanctioned CPR program within
the past 24 months
What will I do?
Rescue Diver training will prepare you to prevent
problems and, if necessary, manage dive emergencies.
During the five open water sessions, you'll cover:
Self-rescue and diver stress
dive first aid
emergency management and equipment
swimming and non-swimming assists
panicked diver response
underwater problems
missing diver procedures
surfacing the unconscious diver
in water artificial respiration
egress (exits)
first aid procedures for pressure related accidents
dive accident scenarios
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Emergency First Response
Why Emergency First Response?
Emergency First Response gives you the tools you need to
perform CPR and First Aid. Whether you're a diver or a
non-diver, Emergency First Response prepares you to
properly handle potentially life-threatening situations.
What do I need to start?
No dive certification Required
No minimum age limit
What will I do?
This comprehensive program is composed of two core
modules that can be taught in tandem or as stand-alone
courses: Emergency First Response - Primary Care and
Emergency First Response - Secondary Care. Together,
these courses proved extensive instruction in CPR and
First Aid, as well as providing optional (yet
recommended) Automated External Defibrillator (AED) and
Emergency Oxygen sections.
How long will it take?
Depending on the amount of home study, the Primary and
Secondary courses maybe completed in as little as four
hours.
Where can I go from here?
This course satisfies your PADI Rescue Diver CPR
prerequisite
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Divemaster Certification
Take the first step in your dive career and become a
PADI Divemaster. Working closely with a PADI Instructor,
you'll expand your dive knowledge and hone your skills
as you become a dive professional. PADI Dive master
training develops your leadership abilities by training
you to supervise dive activities and assist instructors
with student divers.
What can PADI Dive master do?
Work at local dive centers, on live-aboard dive boats,
yachts and at exotic resort locations
Assist PADI Instructors with students
Lead PADI Scuba Divers on guided dive tours
Teach and certify PADI Skin Divers
Teach PADI Discover Snorkeling programs
Conduct PADI Scuba Review programs for certified divers
Lead certified divers on Discover Local Diving
experiences
Teach Emergency First Response programs after successful
completion of an Emergency First Response Instructor
course.
What do I need to start?
PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or qualifying
certification from another training organization
PADI Rescue Diver certification or qualifying
certification from another training organization.
Medical clearance signed by a physician
20 logged dives
18 years old
What will I do?
Learn dive leadership through classroom and independent
study sessions
Complete water skills and stamina exercises in confined
and open water
Training exercises to test organizational and problem
solving abilities
An internship or series of practical training exercises
How long will it take?
Two weeks - three months
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Cavern Course
Here is your starting point to your future of diving in
overhead environments. Here in Southern Mexico we can
offer our customers the best that the world can offer in
Cavern and Cave diving. Our dives start in Cenotes,
which are the fresh water "wells" sacred to the ancient
Mayans that previously inhabited this area. The Cavern
Diver course is offered to all certified divers that
have the interest to either just enjoy the cavern zone
of the cave or those who are starting with the intention
of going on to the Full Cave level.
During this course you will learn a number of new
techniques that will allow divers to safely venture into
the cavern zone of caves and enjoy the wonders that it
brings. Some new equipment changes will be made and new
techniques will be learned to open this area of diving.
In addition to learning how to safely enjoy this new
diving environment you will leave the course with ideas
and techniques to apply to all of your safe diving
practices in other diving environments.
Cavern Diver Course Prerequisites
Prerequisites- 18 years of age (16 years with both
parents or guardians permission), Open Water certified
by recognized training agency
Course Description: This course is outlined as a 2 1/2
day course which includes three cavern dives in two
different caverns and one open water drill dive. The
open water dive will be conducted in the pool area of a
cenote to practice emergency drills like air sharing,
and line following in simulated zero visibility. During
this course we will cover the theory of under water
communication, propulsion and trim techniques,
conservation, equipment, cave formations and
terminology, lines and dive planning for an overhead
environment. The penetration into the cavern is limited
to 130 feet from the surface with the natural daylight
as primary light source, no restrictions, maximum depth
of 70 feet, all dives will be conducted as no
decompression dives, single tank penetration and minimum
starting visibility of 40 feet. Upon completion of a
final exam the Cavern Diver certification will be
issued.
Maximum course size: Maximum number of students per
instructor is three.
After completion and certification of this course divers
will be issued a certification card as well as being
qualified to plan and safely execute cavern dives to the
limit of training.
The next step in advanced diver training is the Intro to
Cave Diver level..
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Intro
To Cave Course
Divers who have already achieved the level of Cavern
Diver and are looking to move forward with their cave
diving certifications this is the next step. This course
can be combined with the cavern diver course to make a
great four days of diving and a great learning
experience. This level of training allows you a greater
penetration into the caves than the Cavern Diver course
under safe diving guidelines. Skills learned during this
advanced course will allow divers to safely enter cave
zones after they have mastered the exercises required
for this level. The safe diving practices learned during
this course will apply to all applications of diving
including open water recreational diving. Once you have
finished this part of your cave diver training we are
sure that you will be back to complete the full cave
course.
Prerequisites-18 years of age with a Cavern Diver
certification issued by a recognized cave diving
training agency.
Course Description: This course is outlined as a 2 1/2
day course with four cave dives in two different caves.
The theory portion of the course includes the lectures
from the Cavern Diver course if the intro to cave course
is not in conjunction with the cavern course. The
limitations for the Intro to Cave Diver are a
penetration into the cave of about 600-800 feet from the
cave entrance, no restrictions, maximum depth of 100
feet, all dives planned as no decompression dives ,
double tanks if the student expresses the wish to
continue on with the Full Cave Diver course, and a
minimum starting visibility of 30 feet. The skills
practiced are conducted during the exit phase of every
dive and include but are not limited to back up
light/air sharing exit, simulated zero visibility/touch
contact exit, Air sharing/no mask/simulated zero
visibility/touch contact exit and a simulated lost line
drill where the student has to find a lost guide line.
Maximum course size: Maximum number of students per
instructor is three.
After completion of this course divers will be issued a
certification card as well as being qualified to plan
and safely execute cave dives to the limit of training.
The next step in advanced diver training is the
Apprentice and Full Cave Diver Levels
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Apprentice to Cave Diver
Apprentice to Cave Diver is a step along the way to
become a full cave diver. This level is a temporary
level which divers use to gain experience while they are
in the process of finishing their full cave diver
certification. Here you will be allowed to dive on
double tanks, plan slightly more complex dive plans, and
enjoy a bit more of the caves that you will explore more
as a full cave diver.
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Full
Cave Diver Course
This is the ultimate goal for most divers searching out
cave training, in our opinion this is a great level to
achieve to start your future in learning about the cave
environment and to practice you skills learned during
your series of cave courses. Upon certification to this
level you will have mastered the skills required to dive
in this unique overhead environment. This course is not
to be taken lightly and your accomplishment of reaching
this level is rewarding in itself. From this point on
you are certified and qualified to practice, dive, and
enjoy the underwater world of penetration cave diving.
Here along the Riviera Maya in Southern Mexico you will
find many of the largest and greatest cave dives in the
world, some of which you will dive during your course,
others we will be here and ready to show you later.
Prerequisites- 18 years of age and an Apprentice Cave
Diver certification issued by a recognized cave diving
training agency.
Course Description: This course (this level alone) is
outlined as two day course with four cave dives in two
different caves. The theory and practice sessions of
this course is based on complex dive planning. The
limits for this level are 1/3 penetration air of double
tanks, no gear removal in the cave and maximum depth 130
feet.
NOTE: The full cave diver course can be taken as a
single intensive seven day long course with a minimum of
16 dives or it can be done in pieces. Either way the
course requirements are the same and the education is
equal.
Maximum course size: Maximum number of students per
instructor is three.
After completion and certification of this course divers
will be issued a certification card as well as being
qualified to plan and safely execute cave dives to the
limit of training
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Technical Cave Diver Course
Take a Full Cave Diver Course a bit further, add some
Nitrox and then some oxygen for decompression stops and
you end up with the start of a Technical Cave Diver
Program. The entire purpose of this program is to train
competent divers safe cave diving and the technical
utilization of EANx for cave exploration, and the use of
both Nitrox and oxygen for decompression following cave
dives. You will learn applications of diving that will
benefit both your cave and open water diving. Here
along the Riviera Maya coast of Mexico we have plenty of
cave systems that have Nitrox written all over them.
Shorter no-decompression limits for the Nitrox dives and
more efficient decompression when using the higher O2
mixes during your decompression stops. This course will
take you through the many applications of Nitrox and
Oxygen and all of the mixes in between
Reservations for
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