Paradise Charters

We offer PADI dive instruction for beginners through Divemaster and specialities. Our course prices are listed below followed by a brief description of each.

PADI Scuba Diving Courses

Discover Scuba Diving	$160
Open Water Scuba Certification (Traditional)	$479
Open Water Scuba Certification (E-Learning)	$359
Open Water Referral Dives	$259
Advanced Open Water	$389
Advanced Open Water (Liveaboard)	$200
Rescue Diver	$499
Divemaster	$1099
Enriched Air Nitrox (Traditional)	$179
Enriched Air Nitrox (E-Learning)	$109

* E-Learning courses consist of all academics done online.

Have you ever wondered what it's like to breathe underwater. If you want to find out but aren't quite ready to take the plunge into a certification course, Discover Scuba Diving will let you try scuba to see if you like it.

• Must be 10+ years old
• Watch a video about scuba diving and basic skills
• Get into the pool and learn a few basic scuba skills
• Go out on the dive boat and do a shallow dive with your instructor
• $160 includes all equipment and boat trip

The PADI Open Water Diver course is, by far, the world's most popular scuba certification course. Learning to scuba dive requires both knowledge development (facts, principles, concepts) and dive skills (techniques, methods). The PADI Open Water Diver Course online provides the knowledge development portion you need. You develop the remaining skills by actually diving with one of our PADI Instructors.

Provided By Student:

• Must be 10+ years old
• PADI E-Learning fee $120
• PADI E-Learning record upon completion
• Mask, fins, snorkel

Price $359 Includes:

• All pool sessions
• Four ocean dives onboard our dive boat
• SCUBA equipment
• PADI certification fees

Traditionally, the PADI Open Water SCUBA course has been taught fully by a PADI instructor. Now however, PADI provides the option of doing the academics online. For those that still perfer the "classroom" experience with an actual instructor, we still provide the traditional experience of learning the scuba to scuba dive. The insturctor does the traditional lectures and academics.

Provided By Student:

• Must be 10+ years old
• Mask, fins, snorkel

Price $479 Includes:

• All lectures and academics
• All pool sessions
• Open Water crew pak with book and materials needed
• Four ocean dives onboard our dive boat
• SCUBA equipment
• PADI certification fees

This is common for those who do the Open Water academics and pool training in a location that is not easily accessible to the ocean (Kansas for example). And you wish to travel to Fort Lauderdale, FL for your ocean check-out dives. You would have completed all your academics and pool training and then one of our PADI instructors completes your ocean check-out dives.

Provided By Student:

• Must be 10+ years old
• Training record of completed academics and pool sessions
• Mask, fins, snorkel

Price $259 Includes:

• SCUBA equipment
• PADI certification fees

After your Open Water course, it is often desired to get more scuba diving experience and do some more advanced diving. During the AOW course you'll do a deep dive, underwater navigation dive and a night dive.

Provided By Student:

• Must be 12+ years old
• Mask, fins, snorkel
• SCUBA equipment (rental available)

Price $389 Includes:

• Five scuba dives with an instructor
• Three boat trip ab
• PADI certification fees

If your coming out on one of our liveaboard trips, either the Bahamas, Florida Keys or Fort Lauderdale and want to get your AOW certification, one of our instructors can accomodate.

Provided By Student:

• Must be 12+ years old
• Mask, fins, snorkel
• SCUBA equipment (rental available)

Price $200 Includes:

• Five scuba dives with an instructor aboard the Easy Goin' liveaboard
• PADI certification fees