If you have completed your Confined Water (beginner) course and are ready to make your certification dives, this is a great chance to get it done in Florida inexpensively! Here are the details:

Thursday, May 14: Drive to Gainesville, Florida
Friday, May 15: Dive Day at Blue Grotto (click for website)
Saturday, May 16: Dive Day at Devil’s Den (click for website)
Sunday, May 17: Drive home to Kentucky

Trip Leader & Instructor: Neil McEachin
Costs: $400 includes certification dives, lodging (double occupancy room), admission to dive sites, scuba equipment rental, and air tank fills. Students are responsible for their own transportation and meals.
Certified Divers: Fun divers can join us for $200. This includes lodging (double occupancy room), admission to dive sites, and air tank fills. Fun divers are responsible for equipment rental, their own transportation, and meals.

Come to New Horizons for more information or to sign up.

New Horizons Diving Center
2577 Regency Rd.
Lexington, KY 40503
859-277-1234

Dates: Weekend of November 14 - 16, 2008
Cost: $225 includes course fee, textbook, student kit, & rental equipment
(except mask, fins, & snorkel)

Our weekend class is composed of three sessions: Friday from 6:00pm - 10:00pm, Saturday from 9:00am - 5:00pm, and Sunday from 9:00am - 5:00pm.

Prerequisites: None

Equipment Needed:
Prior to class start, you will need to purchase a mask, snorkel and fins. You can be fitted for your equipment in our shop, and our staff will be happy to assist you.

On your first day of class, you will also be fitted for a wet suit, BCD, regulator, weight belt and all additional equipment that you be able to use free of charge during the classes. You will not need to purchase this equipment.

Required Materials:
You will be given a textbook, DVD, dive log book, underwater dive planning chart(s) and other materials.

Class Structure:
Most classes will begin with a lesson and quiz based on the reading from the text. After the quiz, you’ll head to the University of Kentucky indoor pool to practice the techniques you learned. With all dives you will be supervised by your PADI instructor, and several divemasters.

Please be sure to bring a notebook, pen/pencil, bathing suit and towel to all classes.

First Day of Class:
Please arrive early to complete any paperwork or purchase any equipment that will be needed for class.

Please call us at (859) 277-1234 for more information.

Dates: Weekend of November 14 - 16, 2008
Cost: $225 includes course fee, textbook, student kit, & rental equipment
(except mask, fins, & snorkel)

Our weekend class is composed of three sessions: Friday from 6:00pm - 10:00pm, Saturday from 9:00am - 5:00pm, and Sunday from 9:00am - 5:00pm.

Prerequisites: None

Equipment Needed:
Prior to class start, you will need to purchase a mask, snorkel and fins. You can be fitted for your equipment in our shop, and our staff will be happy to assist you.

On your first day of class, you will also be fitted for a wet suit, BCD, regulator, weight belt and all additional equipment that you be able to use free of charge during the classes. You will not need to purchase this equipment.

Required Materials:
You will be given a textbook, DVD, dive log book, underwater dive planning chart(s) and other materials.

Class Structure:
Most classes will begin with a lesson and quiz based on the reading from the text. After the quiz, you’ll head to the University of Kentucky indoor pool to practice the techniques you learned. With all dives you will be supervised by your PADI instructor, and several divemasters.

Please be sure to bring a notebook, pen/pencil, bathing suit and towel to all classes.

First Day of Class:
Please arrive early to complete any paperwork or purchase any equipment that will be needed for class.

Please call us at (859) 277-1234 for more information.

Dates: Weekend of November 14 - 16, 2008
Cost: $225 includes course fee, textbook, student kit, & rental equipment
(except mask, fins, & snorkel)

Our weekend class is composed of three sessions: Friday from 6:00pm - 10:00pm, Saturday from 9:00am - 5:00pm, and Sunday from 9:00am - 5:00pm.

Prerequisites: None

Equipment Needed:
Prior to class start, you will need to purchase a mask, snorkel and fins. You can be fitted for your equipment in our shop, and our staff will be happy to assist you.

On your first day of class, you will also be fitted for a wet suit, BCD, regulator, weight belt and all additional equipment that you be able to use free of charge during the classes. You will not need to purchase this equipment.

Required Materials:
You will be given a textbook, DVD, dive log book, underwater dive planning chart(s) and other materials.

Class Structure:
Most classes will begin with a lesson and quiz based on the reading from the text. After the quiz, you’ll head to the University of Kentucky indoor pool to practice the techniques you learned. With all dives you will be supervised by your PADI instructor, and several divemasters.

Please be sure to bring a notebook, pen/pencil, bathing suit and towel to all classes.

First Day of Class:
Please arrive early to complete any paperwork or purchase any equipment that will be needed for class.

Please call us at (859) 277-1234 for more information.

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, September 20 and Sunday, September 21, 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.

Here are the details:
Dates: Saturday September 20 & Sunday September 21 (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 8th 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 22nd. 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, September 20 and Sunday, September 21, 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.

Here are the details:
Dates: Saturday September 20 & Sunday September 21 (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 8th 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 22nd. 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!

Want to know how your scuba gear works in detail? How about the best tips for caring for and maintaining your life support equipment? These are just a couple of the goals of the Equipment Specialist course. This is one of the few specialty classes that doesn’t involve time spent in the water; it is conducted in its entirety in the classroom. Master Technician Ed Gabe will show you the inner workings of all types of regulators, discuss the function and mechanics of major components of a scuba kit, and teach you the things you can repair in the field.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, September 30, 6:00 - 10:00pm at New Horizons
Cost: $75
Recommended text: The Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving $38.95
Instructor: Ed Gabe
Prerequisite: PADI (beginner) Scuba Diver or equivalent from other agency

New Horizons Instructor Greg Snowden (left) and buddy Jim Woodall (center) recently completed Rebreather Training with world-famous explorer Richie Kohler (standing in back) in Key Largo, Florida. They spent several days diving reef and shipwrecks while learning the skills and techniques to be safe rebreather pilots. You will see Greg and Jim in the local waters a lot as they increase their rebreather experience; they intend to pursue even more advanced training with Richie in 2009. Congratulations guys!

This will be a super trip to Grand Cayman, one of the Caribbean’s top diving destinations! Our hosts will be Ocean Frontiers, an award-winning GUE and PADI facility, offering everything from beginner to advanced and technical diving. We will have six days of two tank (two dive) boat trips to beautiful reefs and walls, and you can add afternoon and night diving if you wish. Nitrox and trimix are also available.

Seven nights of lodging will be at Compass Point, which is part of Ocean Frontiers. All double occupancy condos offer ocean views, are non-smoking, and have full kitchens as well. They have a private white sand beach, swimming pool, kayaks, bicycles, and free wireless internet access. A rental car is included with each condo so you can visit various sites all over the island. You can also book fishing trips and snorkeling trips that depart from the resort!

Pricing: $1895 per person includes round-trip airfare from Lexington, double-occupancy lodging, and six days of two-tank boat dives. Meals are not included, but condos have kitchens, and groceries and restaurants are easily accessible.

Instructor Ed Gabe might offer some classes for those going on the trip depending on interests.

Come to New Horizons soon to sign up for what promises to be a super dive week!

Our big annual local diving party will be on Saturday, August 16, 2008 at Falling Rock Park in LaGrange, KY. You can dive all day long, participate in our Treasure Hunt, and enjoy some fantastic food including BBQ and roasted turkey. During the Treasure Hunt, prizes worth several thousand dollars will be given away, including regulators and other “big ticket” items from some of our manufacturers and sponsors.

A ticket for the full event is $60. This includes admission to Falling Rock Park, full cookout dining, the Treasure Hunt, and all the diving you can handle. Spaces in the Treasure Hunt are limited to 50 participants, so come to the shop to sign up now.

* IMPORTANT * Scuba equipment rental for the event is $39 for the full weekend (one tank included per rental kit). Equipment availability is VERY limited, so come into New Horizons ASAP to reserve what you need. Tank only rental is also limited.

Tank fills for the weekend (while you are at Falling Rock Park) can be obtained from Paradise Divers in Louisville. Click here for their website. They will be open until 6:00pm on Saturday and 12-5 on Sunday.

If you don’t want a full ticket for the day, here are the a la carte prices:
Treasure Hunt only: $45
Pig Roast only: $25

Schedule for the event:
12:00 noon - check in with New Horizons pavilion
1:00pm - treasure hunt starts
Prizes will be awarded when the hunt concludes, and the Pig Roast comes after the prizes. More diving, socializing, and fun will continue into the evening.

We hope you will join us for this great annual event of prizes, food, and diving fun!