START DIVING: EASY AS 1, 2, 3!
Pre-requisites: Good Physical Health & Basic Swimming Skills
Complete Each Step Before Scheduling the Next
eLearning Code + Student Kit
Start your Open Water Scuba Diver eLearning course and master all the important academic information. You can complete this phase through self-study, at your own pace, in the convenience of your home or office. All eLearning courses work on mobile and tablet devices too. We book end the eLearning course with two 1-on-1 lectures with an instructor in our shop.
Price: Included when you sign up for the pool class.
Pool Training
The next step will be to complete your in-water skill-development training. This takes place in our Manhattan swimming pool over 2 sessions, under the supervision of a Scuba Network Instructor. We keep our classes small (4 students per instructor, 5 max) to give you maximum attention and master your skills.
Check our schedule for upcoming dates.
Price: $599.00
Open Water Dives
The final step is to complete the 4 required Open Water training dives under the supervision of your Scuba Network Instructor. Here you will apply what you have learned during your academic and skill-development sessions, while learning practical lessons that can only be gained through real-world experience in open water. Then you’ll be certified for life!
Price: $449.00 NYC / $299.00 FL
START DIVING THE WORLD IN 3 SIMPLE STEPS.
eLearning Code + Student Kit
Start your Open Water Scuba Diver eLearning course and master all the important academic information. You can complete this phase through self-study, at your own pace, in the convenience of your home or office. All eLearning courses work on mobile and tablet devices too. We book end the eLearning course with two 1-on-1 lectures with an instructor in our shop.
Price: Included when you sign up for the pool class.
Open Water Dives
The final step is to complete the 4 required Open Water training dives under the supervision of your Scuba Network Instructor. Here you will apply what you have learned during your academic and skill-development sessions, while learning practical lessons that can only be gained through real-world experience in open water. Then you’ll be certified for life!
Price: $449.00 NYC / $299.00 FL
OPEN WATER OPTIONS
TRAVEL – Join us on any international group trip and have your 4 open water dives included in the cost of the trip.
FLORIDA – Seamless transition to our southern sister stores to link up with their weekend dive classes. Book ahead of time and save $100 on the class
LOCAL – June through October join us in our local lake out in Pennsylvania for 2 days of diving.
REFERRAL – take a global referral form with you anywhere in the world and have any instructor from any agency do your 4 dives.
What’s Included in my SCUBA Class?
We supply all the heavy dive gear: Tanks, Weights, BCD Jacket, Regulator, and Personal Dive Computer for your use throughout the class free of charge. Many students choose to purchase some or all of this gear to learn on their own equipment, but it is not required.
Personal items: Mask, Snorkel, Fins, Booties and Wetsuit can be purchased with a student discount or rented. We also provide a student discount on gear mesh bags, dive knives (for East Coast diving), gloves, and neoprene mask straps. Select brands of Personal Dive Computer are also available for a student discount. Terms and conditions apply.
Upon completion of all of the required skills, you will be issued a FREE digital certification card with zero agency registration costs. Physical cards can be purchased for $19.95.
Why Choose SCUBA Network for Your SCUBA Class?
Scuba Diving Experience
The staff of SCUBA Network is made up not only of Instructors and Divemasters, but Instructor Trainers, meaning we teach how to teach SCUBA Diving. We have over 120 years of combined diving experience among our staff members, and over 100 years of teaching experience. We’ve been doing this since 1989! SCUBA Diving is our lives, and we love what we do. You will always get professional and practical scuba diving advice from our staff no matter who you talk to. And we want to talk to you!
High Quality Service Above the Standard
Our goal is to make sure you learn everything you need to be safe in the Open Water, while giving you the best possible service our staff can offer. When you have our name on your referral paperwork, you can be certain that you have been trained above the minimum standards set by the training agencies. We keep the flow of our classes smooth with a simple order of logistics and clear communication to meet your needs. When you earn your SCUBA certification with us, you become part of our SCUBA family. That’s why our personal standard is to only hire SCUBA instructors we would feel comfortable teaching our loved ones to dive.
Individualized Attention
All of our academic reviews are done 1-on-1 to make sure each student has a firm grip on SCUBA theory before they get wet. All of our classes are taught with 4 students per instructor (half of a full size group), giving you the attention you deserve to learn this amazing new sport and shave time off your development as a scuba diver. Want your own instructor? Book a private class with any one of our awesome staff instructors. We want you to leave our facility feeling excited to show off your new skills.