• Your personal snorkeling equipment
• Your diving equipment, including wetsuit, weights, and 2 FULL cylinders
• Your logbook
• Snacks, water or juice, lunch
• Big fluffy towel, warm clothing
• A happy attitude - this is going to be a much more fun adventure than you think!

What to expect:

Friday: If you have not yet purchased your own diving equipment, then you must come to the shop on Friday between noon and 7PM to receive your rental gear - and to be evaluated as you:

• check it out from our rental department,
• assemble it properly,
• test and confirm function of all components,
• confirm sizing and proper weight requirements.

This is a critical part of YOUR training and cannot be assigned to others. Please arrange to have plenty of time to do this - this is part of your learning process.

This is also the time to get a map to the quarry from us if you need one.

Saturday: We meet at Fantasy Lake at 8AM. Make sure you have everthing listed in the "What to bring" section above with you. When you stop at the gate to pay the entry fee, tell the attendant you are with Gypsy Divers and he or she will direct you to our group. Advise your instructor that you have arrived and just relax and wait for further directions. You will complete one snorkel dive and two scuba dives the first day and will be finished around 3PM. When you are finished with your diving, you will need to return to Gypsy Divers to get your air cylinders refilled for Sunday. Gypsy is only open until 5PM, so we suggest you come straight from Fantasy Lake.

Sunday: We meet at Fantasy Lake at 8AM. You will complete two final scuba dives and receive your temporary certification card from your instructor. There is typically enough time in the day left for you to do your first dive as a certified diver if you wish, so be prepared to fully enjoy the beginning of your new life of underwater adventure. If you have rental gear, you may return it to Gypsy Divers, as long as you get there before 4PM. Gypsy will have hoses, rinse buckets, and hanging racks located just outside the pool door on the right side of the building so you can thoroughly clean your equipment prior to checking it in. Or you can clean it at home and bring it by the shop between 11AM and 7PM on Monday.

CONGRATULATIONS! We're proud of you and we expect to see you diving with us all over the place. You now have a license to operate your very own magic carpet. We will have your permanent C-card to you within 2 weeks of your finishing your certification dives.