Scuba Diving Education
Accelerating experience through education.

Beginners: The Open Water Diver Program Where the fun and adventure start. This beginning SCUBA program involves about 32 hours of instruction completed in home study assignments, 6 pool sessions, and 2 days of diving in the real world. Classes start monthly and private lessons are readily available.

Intermediate: The Advanced Open Water Program Where the fun and adventure truly accelerate. The advanced Open Water card is earned by taking specialty training (4 specialty courses) and just going diving (a minimum of 24 logged dives are required).

Advanced: The Master Diver Program Where you're the master of your own fun and adventure! A Master Diver card is earned by completing 4 specialties, our Stress/Rescue program, and having a mimumum of 50 logged dives. Ask Us About the 2007 SSI Master Diver Challenge!

The Rust Remover: The Scuba Skill Update Program This is our scuba refresher program designed to help divers who haven't been wet for a while painlessly remove the rust. It's all done in the warm clean convenience of our own on-site pool.

Diving Experience Recognition: The SSI Levels Program is designed to recognize divers for just doing what divers are supposed to do - GO DIVING!

Dive Specialty Courses offered at Gypsy Divers:

Advanced Buoyancy Equipment Techniques Nitrox Diver Drysuit Diver U/W Navigation Search and Recovery Computer-Assisted Diving Night Diver Wreck Diver Deep Diver Stress/Rescue - a valuable specialty for every diver

Dive LeadershipPrograms: Dive Control Specialist (DiveCon)

Open Water Instructor

Everyone begins their dive career by taking the initial beginner course, which is called Open Water scuba training. After your entry level diver program, further training is an option, not a requirement, but additional training in specialty areas of diving is a fun and powerful way to quickly accelerate diving proficiency.

We offer a full menu of specialty courses for those divers interested in increasing their knowledge and experience. These programs are offered locally on a regular schedule during the summer and on most of our escorted dive tours, depending on the destination.

Each specialty course involves a text, a bit of homework, a touch of lecture, and a minimum of two dives.

Further, we offer a Stress/Rescue course for divers at any level of experience who want to become better buddies and better trained at preventing problems and responding appropriately in the event of a diving emergency. We consider this course to be essential training for anyone who wants to consider themselves an advanced diver. The program involves a text, homework, two sessions in classroom and pool, and two days of open water training.

Under the SSI Total Dive Log system, any diver who has completed a minimum of four specialties and who has logged a minimum of 24 dives qualifies for an SSI Advanced Open Water rating. The rating is earned by logging your dives and logging your training. The diver can request an Advanced Open Water card from by simply showing his or her logbook for verification.