If you've just decided to learn to scuba dive in Sydney, you've made an excellent decision and if you're not quite sure yet, let me help you make an excellent decision. Let's have a look at everything you need to know about learning to scuba dive and enjoying the underwater world with Sydney Underworld.
Whilst we are not a scuba training facility we contract scuba diving training professionals to provide free scuba
training to as many individuals as possible to empower them to experience the
marine environment with the freedom of scuba (this is provided at NO cost to you).
What courses are
available? To start diving you need your Open water Dive certification this is available for free through Sydney Underworld this certification is internationally recognised which means you can dive anywhere in the world.
Open Water
Diver
The Sydney based Open Water
course is the most common course and a full introduction to scuba diving. The
course takes 3 days or more and once you complete it you'll be certified for
life and ready to go on to further training and a lifetime of great
diving. Following on from Open water Diver, you may elect to increase your skill level by progressing to our free Advanced Open Water Diver, Rescue Diver, and Dive Master courses. we also offer free speciality courses.
How fit and healthy do I need to be?
You don't need to be an Olympic athlete, but you will need to be in good overall health. There are some conditions that may prevent you from diving and you'll need to pass some basic water skills test, so if you're generally healthy and can swim and float well enough you should be ok.
What equipment to I need?
You won't usually need any equipment when you start to dive as it can all be rented for the duration of the course,however, you may prefer you to buy your own mask, snorkel, and fins or even your own complete dive gear package. Once you're certified there are all sorts of things to buy and many divers love new dive gadgets just as much as the actual diving. We are able to offer complete scuba dive gear packages on Take home layby over 12 months, we DO NOT charge any interest ever, and guarantee to provide at the lowest price as part of our philosophy to get as many people involved in scuba as possible.
Take Your Dive Gear Home Today with Oceanic Ezi-Pay. There are no credit checks and there is NO INTEREST EVER! You can use Oceanic Ezi-Pay to purchase Scuba Packages, wetsuits, snorkelling equipment, dive masks and snorkels, dive computers, regulators, BCD's, and even Dive Travel.
What will it cost me?
Sydney Underworld offers free training from Learn to dive (open water) to Dive Master (or equivalent) Level. you will never pay for your instructor, your only costs will be based on cost recovery (what it costs us), for external fees and charges we have no control over.
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- Dive gear hire $100 for the course if we have no spare loan equipment and and we are required to outsource rental equipment for you. NOTE : We reimburse you dollar for dollar as a dive store credit, that means $100 credit to put towards any dive membership and/or equipment purchases from the virtual "Dive Shop'
- Dive certification card approx $45 (we have no control over this, as it is a fee charged by the certification body to provide International recognised dive card)
- Pool entry fees, additional materials required and tank air fills
- You are responsible for costs of transport to training venues
The training from open water diver, all the way to rescue diver, and dive master is provided at no cost to you. Even with these minimal costs you will generally save between $200 - $500 on each of our courses compared to similar courses offered by dive centres. Plus, If you need to rent dive gear we reimburse you the cost
The training from open water diver, all the way to rescue diver, and dive master is provided at no cost to you. Even with these minimal costs you will generally save between $300 - $500 on each of our courses compared to similar courses offered by dive centres.
What will I learn?
If you do a Discover Scuba Diving course you'll learn the basics of dive safety and a few basic skills to make sure you're safe underwater. During the Open Water course you'll learn all of the basic skills that you'll need to be able to dive accompanied by a buddy who is also Open Water certified without the supervision of a dive professional. Here are some of the basic skills you'll learn in an Open Water course:
- Regulator Recovery
- Mask Clearing
- Mask Removal and Replacement
- Fin Pivot
- Proper Weighting
Open Water Skills Overview
What's next?
You need to complete: by booking modules on the Book Activities you can complete the course within 3-5 days or take your time over 12 months.
Part 1 Theory modules 1 - 5 these are can be booked on 'Book Activities" :
Every Sunday
Module 1-2 - 09:00 am
Module 3-5 - 11:30 am
Part 2 Confined water pool these can be booked on 'Book Activities"
Every Monday evening- Ian Thorpe heated indoor pool - Ultimo
session 1 2 - 6:30 pm
session 3-4 - 7:30 pm
Sunday TBA
Part 3 Open Water Dives these can be booked on 'Book Activities"
every Saturday - Ocean Dives
OW Dive 1 - 09:15 am
OW Dive 2 - 10:30 am
OW Dive 3 - 11:45 am
OW Dive 4 - 13:25 pm
Once you've completed the Open Water Course and you're a certified diver you may like to do further courses like Advanced Open Water and Rescue Diver or even go on to become a professional Divemaster, Instructor, Technical Diver, Commercial Diver, or even Military Diver. There are also many diving specialty courses that you can study that will broaden and enhance your underwater experiences.es.
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