New to Diving?  We Recommend Courses Below:

Open Water Diver Course

In the Open Water Diver course, your Dive California Instructor will take you through the basics of learning how to scuba dive. Following an evening class, you'll start in a pool and progress to the open ocean, getting the background knowledge along the way.

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Continuing Your Diver Education?

Advanced Open Water Diver Course

In the Advanced Course you'll master critical diving skills like underwater navigation and buoyancy control. You'll complete five dives in the Advanced Course, including a deep dive (60 to 100 feet), a night dive, and gain an introduction to specialties such as digital underwater photography, wreck diving and others of particular interest to you.

DAN Oxygen First Aid Course

This course includes hands-on experience with emergency oxygen delivery systems specifically designed for diving injuries, several types of pocket masks and practice on mannequins and your fellow classmates.

Rescue Diver Course

Rescue Diver training will prepare you to prevent problems and, if necessary, manage dive emergencies. During the five open water sessions, you'll cover self-rescue and diver stress, emergency oxygen delivery systems, dive first aid, swimming and non-swimming rescue techniques, emergency management and equipment, panicked diver response, underwater problems, missing diver procedures, surfacing with an unconscious diver, in-water rescue breathing protocols, exits, first aid procedures for pressure related accidents, and dive accident scenarios.

Master Diver Course

Master SCUBA Diver is the highest recreational diving certification you can achieve. To become a Master Scuba Diver you must log 50 dives, hold a Rescue Diver Certification, and complete Five Specialty Diver courses (please refer to Specialty Course information below).

Divemaster Course

Take the first step in your dive career and become a SSI Divemaster. Working closely with a Dive California Instructor, you'll expand your dive knowledge and hone your skills as you become a dive professional. PADI Divemaster training develops your leadership abilities by training you to supervise dive activities and assist instructors with student divers.

SDI Solo Diver Course

In the SDI Solo Diver course, your Dive California Instructor examines the benefits, hazards, and proper procedures for planning and conducting solo dives. Completing this course empowers you with specific knowledge, enabling you to make a sound risk analysis when engaging in this type of diving. More »

HSA's Handicapped Scuba Course

This is a multilevel certification training program so exacting and sensitive it enables us to train people with a wide range of disabilities, including paraplegia, quadriplegia, even the blind or those with high-functioning brain injuries or mild retardation. HSA Open Water Divers are certified as Level A, B or C according to the diver's particular disability. More »

Looking to Add Specialty Diving?

Equipment Specialist - NO Dives

Whether it's a regulator problem, a wet suit tear or a broken mask strap, the Equipment Specialist course can help. This Specialty course prepares you for the basic equipment maintenance, care and adjustments you'll encounter every day.

Enriched Air Nitrox - NO Dives

During the Enriched Air Nitrox Course you'll be able to select the appropriate nitrox mixture for your planned depth, analyze the mix to insure accuracy and safety, and determine the oxygen exposure limits after each dive. We also offer this course online through SDI.

Dry-Suit Diver - 2 Dives

During the Dry Suit Diver Specialty course you'll cover the background knowledge related to dry suit diving, get into confined water to put that theory into practice, and complete two open water dives, applying that knowledge, including dive planning, organization, techniques, problem solving and buoyancy control.

U/W-Naturalist - 2 Dives

During the Underwater Naturalist Specialty course you'll learn underwater naturalist dive planning, organization, procedures, techniques and potential problem solving. You'll also get an overview of the major aquatic life groupings, interactions and factual information that dispels negative myths. You'll put this information into practice during your two open water dives.

Peak Performance Buoyancy - 2 Dives

Float effortlessly, drifting over reefs. Be the diver you want to be, with ultimate buoyancy control, able to hover close to the bottom and examine underwater organisms without touching them.

U/W Digital Photography - 2 Dives

Wouldn’t you like to show your friends how beautiful the underwater world and scuba diving is? If so, this course is the right one for you! By taking the U/W Digital Photography Specialty course you’ll soon be making pictures like the pros. During the U/W Digital Photography Specialty course you learn to use the SEA (Shoot, Examine and Adjust) method.

Enriched Air/Nitrox - 2 Beach Dives

During the Enriched Air Course you will be able to select the appropriate nitrox mixture for your planned depth, analyze the mix to insure accuracy and safety, and determine the oxygen exposure limits after each dive.

Boat Diver - 2 Dives

The Boat Diver Specialty course can benefit almost every diver because different boats in different parts of the world do things differently. The Boat Diver Specialty course familiarizes you with the various ways you stow gear, enter and exit the water, use surface lines and more, depending upon the type of boat and the location.

Night & Limited Visibility Diver - 2 Dives

Local dive sites offer a whole new adventure by moonlight! During the Night Diver Course you’ll go on two open water dives. You'll learn to prepare night dive activities and develop your knowledge and techniques for night diving, including planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems and hazards of night diving. You'll also learn proper procedures for buoyancy control, navigation and communication, use of dive lights and buddy-system techniques, disorientation and emergency procedures, and orientation to nocturnal aquatic life.

Underwater Navigator - 2 Dives

Underwater navigation can be challenging, but in the Underwater Navigator Specialty course, you master the challenge.You learn the tools of the trade, including navigation via natural clues and by compass. You learn to estimate distance underwater, follow navigation patterns and know where you are while following an arbitrary, irregular course using the Nav-Finder.

Wreck Diver - 4 Dives

Whether sunk intentionally or tragically, whether a sunken ship, a plane or an automobile, the call of wrecks is nearly irresistible to divers. Through the Wreck Diver Specialty course, you get the skills, knowledge and procedures you need to answer the call of wreck diving.

Deep Diver - 2 Dives

The Deep Diver Specialty course offers you the opportunity of a lifetime - going deep to see things others can only dream about. You'll learn deep dive planning, organization, procedures, techniques and hazards. You'll also put this knowledge to the test as you go on four open water dives that range from 60 to 130 feet.

Search & Recovery Diver - 4 Dives

Have you ever dropped something in the water? Are you looking for lost treasure? The Search and Recovery Diver Specialty course will teach you effective ways to find objects underwater and bring them to the surface. You'll learn search and recovery dive planning, organization, procedures, techniques and potential problems. You'll also cover limited visibility, search patterns and safe object recovery using lift devices.

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