One of the most popular annual events returns to Mermet Springs this fall:
DUI Drysuit Demo Days!!!!
Join us on Saturday, October 4th and/or Sunday, October 5th and try out as many different DUI Drysuits as you want! No drysuit experience is necessary - DUI provides fitting, instruction, and a guide for your dives (if you wish). There simply isn’t a better way to try drysuit diving! If you buy a drysuit from DUI through New Horizons within 6 weeks after the event, you will receive upgrades worth $220 to $240 on a stock or select suit.
The event is taking place at Mermet Springs, located just outside of Metropolis, Illinois. Mermet is a large freshwater quarry that boasts a wide range of depths, lots to see underwater (including a Boeing 727 airplane), and very good water clarity. It’s about a four hour drive from Lexington, and you can camp at Mermet or there are inexpensive hotels nearby.
Admission to Mermet Springs is $20 per diver, $5 per non-diver, and $5 to camp overnight.
Tickets to the DUI Demo Days event are $8 in advance (purchase at New Horizons). Lunch is included on both days with your DUI ticket, and you also receive a DUI hat.
Click here for the DUI Demo Days website
Click here for the Mermet Springs website
Come to New Horizons soon to sign up for the event and get your ticket. You can click here to contact Instructor Ed Gabe with additional questions about the event or about DUI drysuits in general. We hope to see you at Mermet staying warm in a DUI drysuit!
One of the most popular annual events returns to Mermet Springs this fall:
DUI Drysuit Demo Days!!!!
Join us on Saturday, October 4th and/or Sunday, October 5th and try out as many different DUI Drysuits as you want! No drysuit experience is necessary - DUI provides fitting, instruction, and a guide for your dives (if you wish). There simply isn’t a better way to try drysuit diving! If you buy a drysuit from DUI through New Horizons within 6 weeks after the event, you will receive upgrades worth $220 to $240 on a stock or select suit.
The event is taking place at Mermet Springs, located just outside of Metropolis, Illinois. Mermet is a large freshwater quarry that boasts a wide range of depths, lots to see underwater (including a Boeing 727 airplane), and very good water clarity. It’s about a four hour drive from Lexington, and you can camp at Mermet or there are inexpensive hotels nearby.
Admission to Mermet Springs is $20 per diver, $5 per non-diver, and $5 to camp overnight.
Tickets to the DUI Demo Days event are $8 in advance (purchase at New Horizons). Lunch is included on both days with your DUI ticket, and you also receive a DUI hat.
Click here for the DUI Demo Days website
Click here for the Mermet Springs website
Come to New Horizons soon to sign up for the event and get your ticket. You can click here to contact Instructor Ed Gabe with additional questions about the event or about DUI drysuits in general. We hope to see you at Mermet staying warm in a DUI drysuit!
Want to fine-tune and develop precision buoyancy control skills, learn new propulsion techniques, and vastly improve your comfort in the water? Then the Peak Performance Buoyancy course is for you. Whether you are a beginner or a diver of many years, this class will surely give you many new tips and tricks that will increase your diving skill. You will learn good body posture, proper weighting strategies, and develop the ability to make small moves in depth and position with minimal effort. These skills are a “must” for photographers and those who love to look closely at the reef without touching or causing harm. The dives in this course will even be filmed and reviewed so you can see exactly what you do well and what you need to work on.
The course takes place in two sessions:
Tues., October 14: 6:00pm - 9:00pm New Horizons classroom
Sat., October 18: 9:00am - 4:00pm at Falling Rock Park in LaGrange (open water dives)
Prerequisite: Open Water Diver or other beginner scuba certification
Instructor: Ed Gabe
Course fee: $150 per person
Additional costs: tank fills, admission to Falling Rock Park ($20), transportation
If you need a scuba kit, rental for the open water dives is included; all you need is your own mask, fins & snorkel.
No textbook or advance preparation is required, and there is no written test. If you show improvement through the open water dives and can demonstrate controlled hovering, refined propulsion techniques, controlled ascents and descents, and good team awareness, you will be awarded the PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy certification at the end of the course; this counts toward your Master Scuba Diver rating.
Click here to send an email to Ed Gabe if you have additional questions.
If you want to sign up for the course, simply come to New Horizons to pay the fee and register.
Want to fine-tune and develop precision buoyancy control skills, learn new propulsion techniques, and vastly improve your comfort in the water? Then the Peak Performance Buoyancy course is for you. Whether you are a beginner or a diver of many years, this class will surely give you many new tips and tricks that will increase your diving skill. You will learn good body posture, proper weighting strategies, and develop the ability to make small moves in depth and position with minimal effort. These skills are a “must” for photographers and those who love to look closely at the reef without touching or causing harm. The dives in this course will even be filmed and reviewed so you can see exactly what you do well and what you need to work on.
The course takes place in two sessions:
Tues., October 14: 6:00pm - 9:00pm New Horizons classroom
Sat., October 18: 9:00am - 4:00pm at Falling Rock Park in LaGrange (open water dives)
Prerequisite: Open Water Diver or other beginner scuba certification
Instructor: Ed Gabe
Course fee: $150 per person
Additional costs: tank fills, admission to Falling Rock Park ($20), transportation
If you need a scuba kit, rental for the open water dives is included; all you need is your own mask, fins & snorkel.
No textbook or advance preparation is required, and there is no written test. If you show improvement through the open water dives and can demonstrate controlled hovering, refined propulsion techniques, controlled ascents and descents, and good team awareness, you will be awarded the PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy certification at the end of the course; this counts toward your Master Scuba Diver rating.
Click here to send an email to Ed Gabe if you have additional questions.
If you want to sign up for the course, simply come to New Horizons to pay the fee and register.
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!
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!
Find your way with the PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty course!
Be the diver everyone wants to follow and make your sense of direction legendary with the PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty course. When everyone’s buzzing about a reef or checking out a wreck, they’re having a great time – until it’s time to go. Then they turn to you, because as a PADI Underwater Navigator, you know the way back to the boat.
Underwater navigation can be challenging, but in the PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty course, you master the challenge.You learn the tools of the trade, including navigation via natural clues and by compass. You learn to estimate distance underwater, follow navigation patterns and know where you are while following an arbitrary, irregular course using the Nav-Finder.
Click here to learn more and watch a video on the PADI website.
Date & Time: Sunday, October 19 9:00am - 5:00pm
Location: Falling Rock Park, LaGrange, KY
Prerequisites: Open Water Diver (beginner, any agency)
Instructor: Ed Gabe
Course Fee: $195 includes textbook, Nav-Finder, and rental equipment
Additional Fees: transportation, admission to dive site ($20), snacks
* Students also need a good compass for this course. We will loan one to you as part of the course at no extra cost, but it is strongly recommended that you have your own compass that meets your preferences and needs. A console or wrist mount is acceptable.
Students must read the textbook and complete the written Knowledge Reviews in the book before the start of the class. If you learn and demonstrate the advanced navigation techniques in this course, you will be awarded the PADI Underwater Navigator certification, and this counts toward your Master Scuba Diver rating.
