Boston Harbor Diving Company

ADVANCED SCUBA CLASSES

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Are you ready to expand your skills and knowledge as a diver? Well then, the Boston Harbor Diving Co. has some exciting courses for you. Learn some new skills, increase your diving knowledge, and expand your diving abilities to new levels. To the right is a list of the advanced diving courses that we offer, or just scroll down the page.

Boston SCUBA Classes

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Weekend Open Water

Weeknight Open Water

PADI Elearning

Advanced Classes

Advanced Open Water
Rescue Diver
Divemaster
Lobster Hunter
Enriched Air (nitrox)
Drysuit Diver
Wreck Diver

Advanced Open Water Course
Prerequisite: Open Water Diver Certification

The AOW course is your next step after certification as an open water diver. This course consists of 5 short academic sessions (usually done before each dive) and 6 open water training dives. Your first dive will be an introduction dive, basically a "fun" dive to get use to diving with the gear, and the environment. Two core dives are necessary: Deep and Navigation, along with three elective dives that you can choose from the following list: U/W Photography, Search & Recovery, Wreck, Multilevel/Computer, Boat, Drift, or U/W Naturalist.

After students sign up for the advanced course, they will be mailed all the academic materials and videos. Students complete all the reading and watch all the videos at home on their own pace before diving. Then just sign up for a SCUBA charter, and your on your way. This means that students can start the class when they are ready. No waiting for minimum class sizes. Students will need 3 days of 2 tank diving charters (total of 6 dives) to complete the advanced open water course. All training dives will take place on our dive boat- no shore diving!!.

The best part is that your instruction time is free!! You pay only for the academic materials, the dive boat charters, any rental gear needed, and your certification card. Charters will run Friday thru Monday, you pick and choose the different dates you'd like to dive. Check the dive calendar to see what dives are coming up. Although there is no minimum dive requirements to enter the program, you will find the course most beneficial if you have 10 - 12 or more dives completed before the course.

Rates: Academic Materials & DVD = $90.00 / Diving Charters = $80.00 each (3X)/ Certification Card = $20.00 / Plus gear rental if needed.

Includes: All specialty gear for different style dives (lights, computers, slates, timers, buoys, wreck reels, etc.).

The Rescue Diver Course
Prerequisite: Advanced Open Water Diver Certification & CPR and First Aid Certification

Although SCUBA diving emergencies are relatively rare, are you able to confidently assist a diver in an emergency? The rescue diver course covers both academic sessions & open water training to make sure your prepared to lend a hand when things go wrong.

After students sign up for the rescue diver course, they will be mailed all the academic materials and videos. Students complete all the reading and watch all the videos at home on their own pace before diving. This means that students can start the class when they are ready. No waiting for minimum class sizes.

One class session is usually done in the evening on the dive boat. Open water training involves 12 rescue scenarios completed over a 3 day period.

Rates: Academic Materials & DVD = $75.00 / Diving Charters = $80.00 each (3X) / Certification Card = $20.00 / Plus gear rental if needed.

PADI Divemaster
Prerequisites: Advanced Open Water Diver Certification, Rescue Diver Certification, 20 Logged Dives

The Divemaster Course consists of 3 broad areas of learning. First there are the dive theory exams - eight exams that test your knowledge of the following categories: physics, physiology, equipment, skills & environment, decompression theory & the RDP, Divemaster conducted programs, supervising certified divers, and assisting with student divers in training.

Second is the water skills & stamina module: A 400-yard swim; a 15-minute tread; an 800-yard mask, snorkel, and fins swim; and a 100-yard tired diver tow. SCUBA skills are practiced and then judged. A divemaster's skills must be demonstration-quality so student divers may learn from watching him/her.

The final part of the course is an internship with your instructor. You will be assisting an instructor with student divers during 5 confined water (pool) sessions, and 5 open water dive sessions.

Due to the more time-consuming scheduling of the Divemaster course, times and dates are usually worked out on a week-to-week basis. The instructor will assign the Divemaster candidate various modules for home study. When the student is ready, a meeting time is scheduled to review those modules. The student will also be given notice of confined water (pool) training sessions well in advance.

Rates: $600.00 per person. Please note students must also supply the Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving & the Diving Knowledge workbook. Other books needed for the course will be loaned to the student. A membership fee must also be paid to PADI (which is not included in the course).

Diving Specialties

Lobster Hunter Course
Prerequisite: Open Water Diver Certification

So maybe you have heard that divers can take lobsters in the state of Massachusetts? Now take the next step. This course explains all that a divers needs to know to be successful hunting lobster underwater. Course covers legal requirements, techniques, tips, and strategy for lobster hunting. Both new and experienced lobster hunters will gain from this course. Learn where to look- but also where not to look, how to avoid ripping off claws, air consumption tips, and much more.

After students sign up for the lobster diver course, they will be mailed all the academic materials and videos. Students complete all the reading and watch all the videos at home on their own pace before diving. This means that students can start the class when they are ready. No waiting for minimum class sizes.

This course entails one class session usually done in the evening on the dive boat. Then 2 open water training dives.

The best part is that your instruction time is free!! You pay only for the dive boat charters, any rental gear needed, and your certification card. Charters will run Friday thru Monday, you pick and choose the different dates you'd like to dive. Check the dive calendar to see what dives are coming up.

Students will earn the PADI Lobster Hunter Diver specialty upon completion of the course.

Rates: Diving Charters = $80.00 each (1X) / Certification Card = $20.00 / Plus gear rental if needed.

A lobster permit is recommend but not needed for the course.
Please note although no PADI materials exist for this dive specialty, there is one book students are required to purchase for this course. "The Secret Life of Lobsters" by Trevor Corson

Enriched Air (Nitrox) Course
Prerequisite: Open Water Diver Certification

Enriched air or nitrox as it is often called in the industry is a breathing mixture a little different than the air SCUBA divers normally breathe. From your open water class, you learned that nitrogen is the problem gas when diving- it can cause decompression sickness if divers are not careful. Enriched air carries a higher amount of oxygen and a lower amount of nitrogen than air does. Because this mixture has less nitrogen, we are allow to safely extend bottom time at depth. Of course in life.... we don't get something for nothing, now we have to keep track of elevated oxygen levels in the mixture we are breathing. This course will show divers how to use nitrox safely, extend bottom time, safe handling procedures, and more.

After students sign up for the enriched air diver course, they will be mailed all the academic materials and videos. Students complete all the reading and watch all the videos at home on their own pace before diving. This means that students can start the class when they are ready. No waiting for minimum class sizes.

This course entails one class session usually done in the evening on the dive boat. Then 2 open water training dives.

Students will earn the PADI Enriched Air Diver specialty upon completion of the course.

Rates: Academic Materials = $80.00 / Diving Charters = $80.00 each (1X) / Certification Card = $20.00 / Plus gear rental if needed.
Please note all dive gear needed for the class can be rented with us except for enriched air tanks. Enriched air tank rentals are available at some local dive shops.

Drysuit Diver Course
Prerequisite: Open Water Diver Certification

Tired of being cold and wet? Then it's time to learn how to use a drysuit. Drysuit diving is truly the best way to SCUBA dive in New England. No more will you have the rush of cold water into the suit, no pulling and tugging to get the suit on or off, and no wet skin exposed to cooling breezes. A drysuit will allow you to enjoy SCUBA diving a lot longer than the best wet suits, either on a single dive, or during an extended dive season. If you are a serious New England diver . . . . It will only be a matter of time.

After students sign up for the drysuit diver course, they will be mailed all the academic materials and videos. Students complete all the reading and watch all the videos at home on their own pace before diving. This means that students can start the class when they are ready. No waiting for minimum class sizes.

This course entails one class session usually done in the evening on the dive boat. One confined water session, usually a very sheltered & shallow dive site. Then 2 open water training dives.

Students will earn the PADI Drysuit Diver specialty upon completion of the course.

Rates: Academic Materials = $50.00 / Diving Charters = $80.00 each (1X) / Certification Card = $20.00 / Plus gear rental if needed.
Please note all dive gear needed for the class can be rented with us except for drysuits. Drysuit rental is available at some local dive shops.

Wreck Diver
Prerequisites: Advanced Open Water Diver Certification

This course is for those divers that have a fair amount of diving experience, and are looking for some new challenges in their diving. Learn how to safely navigate around the remains of sunken shipwrecks, learn to watch for hazards particular to diving shipwrecks, wreck diving tips & techniques, and much more.

After students sign up for the wreck diver course, they will be mailed all the academic materials and videos. Students complete all the reading and watch all the videos at home on their own pace before diving. This means that students can start the class when they are ready. No waiting for minimum class sizes.

This course entails one class session usually done in the evening on the dive boat. Then 4 open water training dives completed over a 2 day period.

Students will earn the PADI Wreck Diver specialty upon completion of the course.

Rates: Academic Materials = $45.00 / Diving Charters = $80.00 each (2X) / Certification Card = $20.00 / Plus gear rental if needed.

If you do not see a specialty you'd like to take, send over an email- and we may be able to put a class together for you.

If you have any other questions, please feel free to call us or send an email.
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Boston Harbor Diving Company
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