Outdoors & Aquatics

SCUBA Certification

Register for a certification course here!

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1. Become Scuba Certified

   Dive in and start your scuba diving certification journey ONLINE TODAY with PADI Open Water e-Learning! 

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overview

Scheduling:

The SCUBA certification takes place online and in-person over four days.

Prior to your course start, you'll have an online education module to complete (approx 10 - 15 hours).

Structure of Course:

• The Friday of the first date, you'll have an evening session in classroom for an hour, and then in the pool for three (3) hours (e.g. 6 p.m. – 10 p.m.).
• The following day, Saturday, you'll have a full morning and afternoon session in the pool (e.g. 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.).
• The next weekend, Saturday and Sunday, you'll meet up at Lake Denton, Sebring (approximately 1hr 30min from USF) from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. to complete your open water dives!

Open Water Dives:

In order for a student to receive SCUBA certification they must complete five (5) Open Water Dives. These dives are done over two dates, usually occurring on the Saturday and Sunday the weekend following the first day of the course.

Equipment:

Each student must provide their own mask, fins, and snorkel.

You have the option when registering to add-on an appropriate rental set, or purchase a new, high-quality set. If you have your own gear, please bring it with your first day of certification.

USF will provide tanks, wetsuits, air, regulators, buoyancy compensators, and weights.

Rental Cost	Purchase Cost
$20	$210

Cost Information: 

Class Tuition

$400

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Course schedule 

SCUBA courses will be offered at various times throughout the course of spring semester. See below for our course schedule:

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Contact Us!

Jason Gosch

Assistant Director
jgosch@usf.edu