If you have already completed your Confined Water (classroom & pool) training, and are now ready to compete your Open Water certification dives, the time has come. Through Saturday, October 18 and Sunday, October 19, you will complete four dives under an instructor’s supervision. During those dives, the instructor will have you demonstrate the skills you learned in the pool. If you can successfully complete the skills and show that you are comfortable and capable in the water, you will receive your PADI Open Water certification.
Last local certification of the season!
Here are the details:
Instructor: Johnny Varner
Dates: Saturday October 18 & Sunday October 19 (you must attend both days)
Times: start at 9:00am each day, ending early afternoon.
Location: Falling Rock Park, LaGrange, KY (click for their website).
Click here for a map & brochure about Falling Rock Park.
Cost: $200 (includes use of scuba kit, tank fills & certification card). You supply your own mask, fins & snorkel.
Additional costs: $40 entry fee (CASH ONLY) paid to dive site (covers both days), transportation, snacks.
Other things to know: You should come to New Horizons before 5:00pm on Friday the 17th to pick up your scuba gear for the weekend. Students are responsible for bringing their own gear each day and must return the equipment to New Horizons by 5:00pm on Monday the 20th. It takes an hour and a half minimum to get from Lexington to Falling Rock Park in LaGrange, so give yourself plenty of drive time each morning. Falling Rock Park does not have much in the way of facilities other than some port-o-johns, so bring your own snacks and drinks. Also bring a towel or two, a change of clothes, sunscreen, a hat, sunglasses, a beach chair if you want, etc. Once you finish your last training dive on Sunday, you will be able to continue diving with a buddy as a newly certified diver!
Breathing enriched air (nitrox) instead of air has several benefits, including longer allowable dive times, shorter surface intervals, and less decompression stress on your body. The course covers how enriched air is used, how to analyze the breathing gas, how to plan dives with it, and special equipment considerations.
Click here to learn more on the PADI website.
If you are working toward your Master Scuba Diver rating, this course counts as one of your five specialties.
Class date & time: Tuesday, August 26, 6:00 – 10:00pm at New Horizons
Cost: $125 includes course fee, textbook, and 3 enriched air dive tables
Instructor: Ed Gabe
Prerequisite: PADI (beginner) Scuba Diver or equivalent from other agency
Challenging and rewarding best describes the PADI Rescue Diver course. This class will expand your knowledge and experience level. Rescue Divers learn to look beyond themselves and consider the safety and well being of other divers. Although this course is challenging, it is a rewarding way to build your confidence. Rescue Diver training will prepare you to prevent problems and, if necessary, manage dive emergencies. Many divers say this is the best course they’ve ever taken. You’ll cover:
- Self-rescue and diver stress
- Emergency management and equipment
- Panicked diver response
- Under water searches
- Surfacing an unconscious diver
- In-water rescue breathing protocols
- Egress (exits)
- Dive accident scenarios
Click here to visit the PADI website and see a video about the Rescue Diver Course
Dates: Saturday and Sunday, September 13-14 (9:00am – 5:00pm each day)
Cost: $395 includes student kit (textbook, slate, resucitation mask)
Students must also pay $15 per day entry fee to Falling Rock Park
Instructor: Justin Byall
Prerequisites:
* Important: If you are not yet trained in CPR, you must take the EFR course at New Horizons before the Rescue class (click here for details on the class on Sept. 11).
Come to New Horizons to pay for the course and to get your student materials. Join us in this fun and challenging course!
Dive the largest artificial reef / wreck in the United States! The aircraft carrier USS Oriskany is over 900 feet long and lies in the waters off Pensacola, Florida. Divers reach the top of the ship’s superstructure at approximately 60 feet, and you can max out depth at about 130 feet on the flight deck. This is simply one of the biggest, most awesome sights you can ever see under water. The superstructure has plenty of swim-throughs as well.
Here’s the trip schedule:
September 18 – 21, 2008
Thurs: drive to Pensacola, FL
Fri & Sat: dive the Oriskany (two nitrox dives per day)
Sun: drive home
An Advanced Open Water certification or significant diving experience is recommended since this is a deeper off-shore wreck site.
$599 trip cost includes diving and three nights accommodations (double occupancy) at the Suburban Lodge. Divers are responsible for their own transportation and meals. Come in to New Horizons soon to sign up because this trip will fill up fast.
