Learn To Scuba Dive
Become a PADI Open Water diver and escape to a peaceful place to renew your energy and excite your senses. Scuba diving frees you to explore the underwater world – from historic shipwrecks and pristine reefs to the mysteries of your local quarry. Become a scuba diver and explore what you’ve been missing. Experience a connection with nature; a feeling of freedom, and a transformation. Scuba Diving connects you with nature. It immerses you in new sensations and experiences. It transforms your perception of life forever. Become a diver and transform yourself.
OPEN WATER DIVER
Step 1 Forms Must Be Completed and Submitted To Big Al's Scuba Before Signing Up For The Open Water Diver Course
If you’ve always wanted to take scuba diving lessons, experience unparalleled adventure, and see the world beneath the waves, this is where it starts.
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To enroll in a PADI Open Water Diver course (or Junior Open Water Diver course), you must be 10 years old or older.
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You need adequate swimming skills and need to be in good physical health. No prior experience with scuba diving is required.
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Step 1: Fill out the Diver Medical Participant Questionnaire
STUDENTS 10 TO 14
Parents must fill out the Diver Medical ParticipantQuestionnaire, Youth Diving Responsibility, and Risk form and watch the Youth Diving Responsibility and Risk video below with your child. After watching the video and filling out the forms you may then enroll your child by signing them up and pay for Step 2.
FORMS
Diver Medical Participant Questionnaire Form must be filled out and submitted to Big Al's Scuba before signing up and purchasing Step 2. Follow the instructions on the form.
* If you answered YES to questions 3, 5 or 10 on page 1 OR to any of the questions on page 2, please take all three pages of the form (Participant Questionnaire and the Physician’s Evaluation Form) to your physician for a medical evaluation. Participation in a diving course requires your physician’s approval prior to signing up and purchasing Step 2.
To download the Diver Medical Participant Questionnaire click the link below.
Email completed forms or questions to bigalsscuba@gmail.com
Diver Medical Participant Questionnaire
Youth Diving: Responsibility and Risk Form
PARENTS
PLEASE FILL OUT THE YOUTH DIVING: RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK FORM AND THE
DIVER MEDICAL PARTICIPANT QUESTIONNAIRE. THEN WATCH THE YOUTH AND DIVING: RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK VIDEO BELOW WITH YOUR CHILD.
Open Water Diver eLearning Course
Step 2: PADI Open Water eLearning Course
Get started by registering for the Open Water Diver Online - PADI's eLearning. The web-based system gives you the background information you need to dive safely and allows you to study at you own pace at HOME through an easy-to-use, interactive program.
When you finish Step 2 sign up for Step 3 to finish your PADI Open Water Diver Course
What you will learn
Becoming a scuba diver is a wonderful adventure! Scuba certification includes three steps:
1. Knowledge Development
During the first phase of your scuba lessons, you'll learn the basic principles of scuba diving such as
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What to consider when planning dives.
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How to choose the right scuba gear for you.
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Underwater signals and other diving procedures.
You'll learn this valuable information online with PADI eLearning®. At the end of each chapter, you'll answer questions about the material to ensure you understand it. Along the way, let your PADI Instructor know if there is anything you don't understand. At the end of the course, you’ll take a final exam that ensures you have thorough knowledge of scuba diving basics.
You'll also watch videos that preview the scuba skills you'll practice in a swimming pool or pool-like environment. In addition to the video, your instructor will demonstrate each skill for you.
Open Water Diver In-water Training Sessions
Step 3: You'll spend time in pool loke conditions learning and practicing what you learned online. The open water dives is putting what you've learned to the test and having fun
Confined Water Dives
This is what it’s all about – diving. You'll develop basic scuba skills in a pool or in confined water – a body of water with pool-like conditions, such as off a calm beach. If you own a pool then you can develop the basic skills right in your backyard. The basic scuba skills you learn during your certification course will help you become familiar with your scuba gear and become an underwater explorer. Some of the essential skills you learn include:
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Setting up your scuba gear.
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How to get water out of your mask.
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Entering and exiting the water.
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Buoyancy control.
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Basic underwater navigation.
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Safety procedures.
You'll practice these skills with an instructor until you're comfortable. When you're ready, it's time for your underwater adventure to begin at an open water dive site.
Open Water Dives
After your confined water dives, you'll head to "open water," where you and your instructor will make four dives, usually over two days. On these dives you'll get to explore the underwater world. You'll apply the skills you learned in confined water while enjoying what the local environment has to offer.
Equipment and what to bring
In the PADI Open Water Diver course, you learn to use basic scuba gear, including a mask, snorkel, fins, regulator, buoyancy control device and a tank. The equipment you wear varies, depending upon whether you’re diving in tropical, temperate or cold water.
When you start learning to scuba dive, as a minimum, you'll want your own:
If you don't have these items don't worry we have all the equipment you need to complete the course.
Equipment rental is included in the cost of the course.
Personal items to bring:
Swimsuit
Towel
Sunscreen
Sandals
Change clothes
Step 1 Diver Medical Participation Questionnaire
If you’ve always wanted to take scuba diving lessons, experience unparalleled adventure and see the world beneath the waves, this is where it starts.
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To enroll in a PADI Scuba Diver course (or Junior Scuba Diver course), you must be 10 years old or older.
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You need adequate swimming skills and need to be in good physical health. No prior experience with scuba diving is required.
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Step 1 fill out the Diver Medical Participation Questionnaire
STUDENTS 10 TO 14
Parents must fill out the Diver Medical ParticipantQuestionnaire, Youth Diving Responsibility, and Risk form and watch the Youth Diving Responsibility and Risk video below with your child. After watching the video and filling out the forms you may then enroll your child by signing them up and pay for Step 2.
Diver Medical Participation Questionnaire Form must be filled out before signing up and purchasing Step 2. Follow the instructions on the form.
* If you answered YES to questions 3, 5 or 10 on page 1 OR to any of the questions on page 2, please take all three pages of the form (Participant Questionnaire and the Physician’s Evaluation Form) to your physician for a medical evaluation. Participation in a diving course requires your physician’s approval prior to signing up and purchasing Step 2.
To download the Diver Medical Participation Questionnaire click the link below.
Submit completed form or questions to bigalsscuba@gmail.com
Diver Medical Participant Questionnaire
Youth Diving: Responsibility and Risk Form
PARENTS
PLEASE FILL OUT THE YOUTH DIVING: RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK FORM AND THE
DIVER MEDICAL PARTICIPANT QUESTIONNAIRE. THEN WATCH THE YOUTH AND DIVING: RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK VIDEO BELOW WITH YOUR CHILD.
Scuba Diver eLearning Course
Step 2: Sign Up and purchase the PADI Scuba Diver eLearning course.
The web-based system gives you the background information you need to dive safely and allows you to study at your own pace through an easy-to-use, interactive program. You only need to complete the first three sections but have a year to complete the whole program if you choose to go on to earn your PADI Open Water Diver certification.
After you finish Step 2 sign up for Step 3 to finish your PADI Scuba Diver Course
What you will learn
Becoming a scuba diver is a wonderful adventure! Scuba certification includes three phases:
1. Knowledge Development
During the first phase of your scuba lessons, you'll learn the basic principles of scuba diving such as
-
What to consider when planning dives.
-
How to choose the right scuba gear for you.
-
Underwater signals and other diving procedures.
You'll learn this valuable information online with PADI eLearning®. At the end of each chapter, you'll answer questions about the material to ensure you understand it. Along the way, let your PADI Instructor know if there is anything you don't understand. At the end of the course, you’ll take a final exam that ensures you have thorough knowledge of scuba diving basics.
You'll also watch videos that preview the scuba skills you'll practice in a swimming pool or pool-like environment. In addition to the video, your instructor will demonstrate each skill for you.
2. Confined Water Dives
This is what it’s all about – diving. You'll develop basic scuba skills in a pool or in confined water – a body of water with pool-like conditions, such as off a calm beach. If you own a pool then you can develop the basic skills right in your backyard. The basic scuba skills you learn during your certification course will help you become familiar with your scuba gear and become an underwater explorer. Some of the essential skills you learn include:
-
Setting up your scuba gear.
-
How to get water out of your mask.
-
Entering and exiting the water.
-
Buoyancy control.
-
Basic underwater navigation.
-
Safety procedures.
You'll practice these skills with an instructor until you're comfortable. When you're ready, it's time for your underwater adventure to begin at an open water dive site.
3. Open Water Dives
After your confined water dives, you'll head to "open water," where you and your instructor will make four dives, usually over two days. On these dives you'll get to explore the underwater world. You'll apply the skills you learned in confined water while enjoying what the local environment has to offer.
Scuba Diver In-Water Training Sessions
Step 3: You'll spend time in pool like conditions learning and practicing what you learned online. The open water dives is putting what you've learned to the test and having fun
Equipment and what to bring
In the PADI Open Water Diver course, you learn to use basic scuba gear, including a mask, snorkel, fins, regulator, buoyancy control device and a tank. The equipment you wear varies, depending upon whether you’re diving in tropical, temperate or cold water.
When you start learning to scuba dive, as a minimum, you'll want your own:
If you don't have these items don't worry we have all the equipment you need to complete the course.
Equipment rental is included in the cost of the course.
Personal items to bring:
Swimsuit
Towel
Sunscreen
Sandals
Change clothes
SCUBA DIVER
DISCOVER SCUBA DIVING
Have you always wondered what it’s like to breathe underwater?
If you want to try scuba diving, but aren’t quite ready to take the plunge into a certification course, Discover Scuba Diving is for you. Big Al's Scuba offers this course in a pool.
While not a scuba certification course, Discover Scuba Diving is a quick and easy introduction to what it takes to explore the underwater world.
To sign up for a PADI Discover Scuba Diving experience, you must be at least 10 years old. No prior experience with scuba diving is necessary, but you need to be in reasonable physical health.
Call (334)306-9800, send me an e-mail to sign up or sign up online for a Discover Scuba Diving program and get a Discover Scuba Diving Participant Guide. Your Participant Guide explains the experience and lets you pre-study the safety rules and skill techniques your dive professional will review with you. You’ll also learn about opportunities to become part of the scuba community after you complete your underwater experience.
Form to be filled out before class
