Cordova Diving
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Certification Courses
Open Water Diver
The Open Water Diver course is the entry level course
in the PADI curriculum. Once you are
certified, you can rent gear, fill tanks and dive as deep as 60 feet,
depending on your experience and the dive conditions. To enroll in the
course, you must have your own mask, fins and snorkel. We provide a wetsuit, buoyancy control device, regulator, tank and weights.
The course costs $325 per person for semi-private lessons and $275 each for groups of 3 or more students. Guests at the Bridge @ Cordova pay only $150 for the course.
The course can be completed in as few as 3 days, but we prefer a 5 or 6 day course: a 1-hour pool session followed by a 1/2 hour class session on each of the first three evenings; an evening off or to work on any issues that arose during the pool or classroom sessions; two ocean dives from the beach on the mornings of the fourth day and a short classroom session to prepare and take the final written examination; then two more ocean dives on the fifth day. This schedule offers repetition for critical elements of the skills and sufficient time for the student to reflect on the course work.
The Open Water Diver course is the entry level course
in the PADI curriculum. Once you are
certified, you can rent gear, fill tanks and dive as deep as 60 feet,
depending on your experience and the dive conditions. To enroll in the
course, you must have your own mask, fins and snorkel. We provide a wetsuit, buoyancy control device, regulator, tank and weights.
The course costs $325 per person for semi-private lessons and $275 each for groups of 3 or more students. Guests at the Bridge @ Cordova pay only $150 for the course.The course can be completed in as few as 3 days, but we prefer a 5 or 6 day course: a 1-hour pool session followed by a 1/2 hour class session on each of the first three evenings; an evening off or to work on any issues that arose during the pool or classroom sessions; two ocean dives from the beach on the mornings of the fourth day and a short classroom session to prepare and take the final written examination; then two more ocean dives on the fifth day. This schedule offers repetition for critical elements of the skills and sufficient time for the student to reflect on the course work.
Advanced Open Water Diver
The Advanced Open Water Diver course is designed to be taken immediately following the Open Water course and to provide the student with at least five supervised dives which expand the the students experience with different diving environments.
The AOW course must include a Deep Dive to 100 feet as well as a Navigation class to acquaint the diver with the use of a compass and dead reckoning navigation. The other three dives are single day previews of the multi-dive specialty courses of the same name. These dives include Boat Diving, Drift Diving, Fish Identification, Night Diving, Peak Performance Buoyancy dive, Search and Recovery, and Wreck Diving. For more information, see our Specialty courses. We do not limit AOW students to only the five Adventure dives necessary for certification, and instead encourage students to join us on as many of these dives as they can. We also permit students to make the same dive several times, until they are comfortable with the dive and environment.
We charge $350 for a semi-private class and $275 per diver for 3 or more students, plus any applicable boat fees. Guests of the Bridge @ Cordova pay only $200 for the course, plus boat fees, which are usually $60 for a two-tank dive. We supply gear, tanks and weights. You supply your mask and fins.
The Advanced Open Water Diver course is designed to be taken immediately following the Open Water course and to provide the student with at least five supervised dives which expand the the students experience with different diving environments.
The AOW course must include a Deep Dive to 100 feet as well as a Navigation class to acquaint the diver with the use of a compass and dead reckoning navigation. The other three dives are single day previews of the multi-dive specialty courses of the same name. These dives include Boat Diving, Drift Diving, Fish Identification, Night Diving, Peak Performance Buoyancy dive, Search and Recovery, and Wreck Diving. For more information, see our Specialty courses. We do not limit AOW students to only the five Adventure dives necessary for certification, and instead encourage students to join us on as many of these dives as they can. We also permit students to make the same dive several times, until they are comfortable with the dive and environment. We charge $350 for a semi-private class and $275 per diver for 3 or more students, plus any applicable boat fees. Guests of the Bridge @ Cordova pay only $200 for the course, plus boat fees, which are usually $60 for a two-tank dive. We supply gear, tanks and weights. You supply your mask and fins.
Rescue Course
Our Rescue Course usually consists of five consecutive half day sessions. We begin the first half day session early for those needing CPR and first aid certifications. We next complete one of the four DAN courses comprising the Diving Emergency Management Provider certification. We then watch one section of PADI's five
section Rescue course DVD, review that material and answer the associated Knowledge Review questions. Finally, we get in the pool or go to the beach to work on the in-water exercises. During the fourth session, we work through the fourth and fifth sections of the PADI manual and administer the written final exam for the course. On the fifth day, we go to the beach where we review several rescue scenarios and specifically run in water drills regarding four such scenarios. There is a good deal of information to be learned, but we think that by stretching the course over 5 half-day sessions the students have adequate time to process and really learn the information.
The course is $450 each student for semi-private instruction; $400 per student for 3 or more students. Guests of the Bridge @ Cordova crew hotel pay just $350. Upon completion of the course, students will be certified Rescue Divers with PADI, first responders with Emergency First Response and Diving Emergency Management Providers with Diver's Alert Network. We think it is a bargain as the CPR and first aid is usually $75 and the DAN courses are usually $75 each for guests at the Bridge.
Our Rescue Course usually consists of five consecutive half day sessions. We begin the first half day session early for those needing CPR and first aid certifications. We next complete one of the four DAN courses comprising the Diving Emergency Management Provider certification. We then watch one section of PADI's five
section Rescue course DVD, review that material and answer the associated Knowledge Review questions. Finally, we get in the pool or go to the beach to work on the in-water exercises. During the fourth session, we work through the fourth and fifth sections of the PADI manual and administer the written final exam for the course. On the fifth day, we go to the beach where we review several rescue scenarios and specifically run in water drills regarding four such scenarios. There is a good deal of information to be learned, but we think that by stretching the course over 5 half-day sessions the students have adequate time to process and really learn the information. The course is $450 each student for semi-private instruction; $400 per student for 3 or more students. Guests of the Bridge @ Cordova crew hotel pay just $350. Upon completion of the course, students will be certified Rescue Divers with PADI, first responders with Emergency First Response and Diving Emergency Management Providers with Diver's Alert Network. We think it is a bargain as the CPR and first aid is usually $75 and the DAN courses are usually $75 each for guests at the Bridge.
Divemaster Certification
The Divemaster certification is the first professional certification offered in the PADI curriculum. It is the most theoretically based course you are likely to encounter, with written examinations in physics, decompression and the dive tables, physiology, and equipment,
as well as PADI's standards and prequisites for divemaster conducted dive programs. At the heart of the divemaster program is an Internship in which the divemaster candidate participates with his instructor in teaching a number of the various programs offered in the PADI curriculum. This internship is designed to familiarize the divemaster candidate with the PADI programs, but also with the analysis used by the instructor in solving the numerous problems that arise in class. While the divemaster course can be completed in 10-days to 2-weeks, but it is not unusual for a student to spend two or three months or more completing all of the various portions of the course.
Our Divemaster course is $975 each student for private instruction in groups of fewer than 3 students, and $875 each for groups of 3 or more. Guests of the Bridge @ Cordova pay only $775.
The Divemaster certification is the first professional certification offered in the PADI curriculum. It is the most theoretically based course you are likely to encounter, with written examinations in physics, decompression and the dive tables, physiology, and equipment,
as well as PADI's standards and prequisites for divemaster conducted dive programs. At the heart of the divemaster program is an Internship in which the divemaster candidate participates with his instructor in teaching a number of the various programs offered in the PADI curriculum. This internship is designed to familiarize the divemaster candidate with the PADI programs, but also with the analysis used by the instructor in solving the numerous problems that arise in class. While the divemaster course can be completed in 10-days to 2-weeks, but it is not unusual for a student to spend two or three months or more completing all of the various portions of the course. Our Divemaster course is $975 each student for private instruction in groups of fewer than 3 students, and $875 each for groups of 3 or more. Guests of the Bridge @ Cordova pay only $775.
Learn2Dive, LLC, d/b/a Cordova Diving
1450 N Federal Highway
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304
(954) 673-6484
info@cordovadiving.com
