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Business Hours: [Monday - Saturday 11am-6pm, Sunday 11am-3pm]

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Upcoming Events / Trips

Bahamas • September 5-12th
Headed to the Bahamas with Blackbeard's Cruises. Sailing on Saturday for weeklong scuba diving liveaboard adventure vacation cruises to the Biminis, Grand Bahamas, Berries, Andros, Cay Sal Banks, or Nassau areas. Divers can experience deep sea diving on the many beautiful walls. Sharks are a big draw for divers! See Caribbean Reef tip sharks, nurse sharks, even tiger sharks on the sandy banks! Colorful reefs teeming with marine life sit in depths of 15- 80 feet so divers of all levels enjoy the scuba diving offered on the Bahamas scuba diving vacation! Call or email for details.

PADI Bubblemaker classes [July 16th]
The PADI Bubblemaker program is for boys and girls age 8 and above. It’s fun, easy and safe. The PADI Bubblemaker program is a way for youngsters to join in the family fun of scuba diving or even start a trend! Children should be OK in the water, but they don’t have to be super swimmers since the maximum depth is only 6 ft. The Bubblemaker program is for children eight years and older who want to have fun in the pool. Space is limited.

Weekend class: [September 11-13th] [September 19-20th]
(Friday 6:30-9:30pm; Saturday 11am-11pm & Sunday 7am-4pm)
Open water certification. Class orientation will be on Friday night. Class and pool session on Saturday and Sunday. Open water dates will be the following weekend (both Saturday and Sunday) after pool/classroom session is completed.

Advanced Class [August 15th / August 22nd]
Ready to expand your dive knowledge? The Advanced class is your next step after Open Water. Learn 5 separate introduction specialties over two days. You will learn navigation, search and recovery, boat, deep and night diving skills. Acquire great diving skills to make you more confidence to experience more of what the Pacific Northwest has to offer. Space is limited. Boat dive is for the deep speciality.

Speciality Classes
Enriched Air Speciality: [July 14th]/ (6:30pm - 9pm)
This course is designed to qualify recreational divers to use enriched air (“nitrox”) for no stop recreational diving. The program addresses the use of enriched air with 22 percent to 40 percent oxygen, with emphasis on enriched air with 32 and 36 percent oxygen. The Enriched Air is just one night of classroom.

Dry Suit Speciality: [July 16th, Thursday 6:30pm; July 18th, Saturday]
Have you been wanting to get your dry suit certification? You can choose to take this class in your open water class or after your open water class. It is one day in the pool for an orientation dive. Then we go out for an open water dive. This is a great class to get used to dive in the Pacific Northwest if you are new to the area. Open water dive will be determined on pool session night.

Peak Performance Speciality: [June 27th, Saturday]
Master your Buoyance Skills: Learn how to be one with your buoyancy under the water. Having neutral buoyancy is one of the best feelings in the world. Glide along over and under reefs and boulders. Use less of of your BCD and less weight to glide through the water. Be able to extend your bottom time by not going through as much of your air. Try out different weighting options. Try out weight intergrated BC's, weight belts and harness systems. This speciality is only two dives.

Review, Learn or Discover Diving

Discover Scuba: [July 16th]
Interested in learning to dive but not sure what scuba is about? Fun and affordable discover scuba session available but is limited to only 4 people. Sign up now, spaces fill up fast.

Basic Refresher: [July 16th]
Been out of the water for awhile and tired of missing out of all the fun we are having? Get in the pool for an hour to get a basic refresher before going out to the open water. Sometimes all it takes is to just get under the water to get back on track. Space limited, call for pricing and availability.

Scuba Review/Tune-up: [Class time TBD upon students/instructor schedule.]
If it has been more than two years since you been in the water. We would recommend a more in depth Scuba Review/Tune-up. One night of pool, classroom and an optional open water dive. Call for an appointment.

Discover your local area - New to the area? Would you like to go out with a guided tour guide to show you great local diving areas? We can help. Give us a call to help orientate you to Pacific Northwest diving.

Emergency First Response - First Aid and CPR (non-diving education)
[July 21st, Tuesday, 6:30pm]
Take a step toward emergency preparedness and meet the Rescue Diver prerequisites with Emergency First Response. As one of the foremost international CPR and first aid training companies, Emergency First Response gives you the confidence to respond to medical emergencies -- not just in the diving world, but in your every day world with your family, friends, neighbors and coworkers too.
Emergency First Response courses encompass:
• CPR for adults, children and infants
• First aid for adults, children and infants

Volunteers Needed
New ship to sink in Howe Sound.
The Artificial Reef Society of British Columbia (ARSBC), is in the process of preparing another ship to sink in Howe Sound, the HMCS Annapolis. I know that this very exciting news to us. No need to travel all the way to Florida to do ships tours, we can do it here in the Pacific Northwest. If you are as excited as myself, than you are going to want to help volunteer to move this project along. You are in luck, ARSBC is looking for volunteers to help in cleaning the Annapolis ship. The ship is currently in Howe Sound and is expected to be scuttled sometime next year. Download the Volunteer Flyer here.